North Carolina Republicans captured all seven statewide contests in strong victories in the high profile 2022 midterm election, according to unofficial results from the N.C. Board of Elections. In the headliner race, Republican Ted Budd secured victory in a comfortable 51% to 47% victory over Democrat Cheri Beasley in the contest for the state’s open...
Throughout election night, Carolina Journal will be providing up-to-the-minute results from key state and federal races across North Carolina. Check back for regular updates as the evening unfolds. U.S. Senate race Cheri Beasley (Democrat) vs. Tedd Budd (Republican). 10:30pm update: 47% Beasley, 51% Budd. N.C. Congressional races District 1: Don Davis (Democrat) vs. Sandy Smith...
With just weeks to go until the November midterm elections, both major political parties have their eyes on the North Carolina Supreme Court, where control of the court is up for grabs. Two seats are on the ballot. If Republicans win even one, the balance of the court shifts from left-leaning to right-leaning.
Carolina Journal recently surveyed the four candidates running for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Below are their answers to core questions on personal judicial philosophy. Read carefully, because the stakes are high. November's two races could shift the balance of power on the state's high court.
The N.C. Supreme Court will decide in the days ahead whether a judge can order the state to spend an additional $785 million for education-related items. Justices also will decide whether the courts can bypass the General Assembly and order the money transferred out of the state treasury. Those are the key questions in the latest stage of the long-running Leandro school funding case. The case that dates back to 1994 returned to the state’s highest court Wednesday for oral arguments.
All seven N.C. Supreme Court justices will take part in this month’s oral arguments in the Leandro school funding case. Justices Phil Berger Jr. and Anita Earls both announced Friday that they are rejecting requests that they recuse themselves from the case.
Legislative defendants in North Carolina’s legal fight over new election maps are seeking Supreme Court Justice Sam “Jimmy” Ervin IV’s recusal from the case. If Ervin, a Democrat, agrees with the request, the state’s highest court could face a 3-3 partisan split when justices review the case as early as next week. Legislative leaders filed...
After splitting along party lines just twice in their first six months together, the current lineup of the N.C. Supreme Court has produced four more 4-3 partisan splits today. Democrats hold the one-seat majority on the state’s highest court. In a case dubbed In re Harris Teeter, the grocery store chain and Mecklenburg County disputed...
Editors note: This story will be updated as additional reports become available. Carolina Journal recently reported on the second quarter federal fundraising numbers for declared U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina. But the U.S. Senate race is just one of three big prizes up for grabs in North Carolina in 2022. The other is the...
N.C. Appeals Court Judge Lucy Inman is aggressively campaigning for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Inman announced her intentions shortly after being defeated by fellow Court of Appeals Judge Phil Berger Jr. in 2020 for an open seat on the state’s highest court. Berger defeated Inman 51% to 49%, a margin of 71,517...
The N.C. Supreme Court has affirmed the General Assembly’s control over state spending decisions. A new 6-1 ruling rejects the governor’s attempt to bypass lawmakers in determining how federal block grants should be spent. A 43-page opinion from Justice Sam Ervin IV affirms earlier court rulings upholding state lawmakers’ constitutional power to control money flowing...
