2006 North Carolina judicial elections

Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court and judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals are elected to eight-year terms in statewide judicial elections. In 2006, all these races were non-partisan. The 2006 congressional elections and the 2006 North Carolina legislative elections were held on the same day, November 7, 2006.

The result was that all incumbents except Linda Stephens were elected (if they had been appointed) or re-elected. All the candidates supported by FairJudges.net,^[1] the first independent group to get involved in North Carolina's non-partisan judicial elections, won.

Supreme Court (Chief Justice)

Candidate	Popular Vote	Pct
Sarah Parker	1,138,346	67%
Rusty Duke	568,980	33%

Supreme Court (Timmons-Goodson seat)

Candidate	Popular Vote	Pct
Patricia Timmons-Goodson	953,976	58%
Eric Levinson	682,641	41%

Supreme Court (Martin seat)

Candidate	Popular Vote	Pct
Mark Martin	1,000,792	62%
Rachel Lea Hunter	601,676	38%

Supreme Court (Wainwright seat)

Candidate	Popular Vote	Pct
Robin E. Hudson	806,861	51%
Ann Marie Calabria	786,310	49%

Justice George L. Wainwright, Jr. retired, making this an open seat. Candidates Bill Gore, Jill Cheek, and Beecher "Gus" Gray were eliminated in a May primary election.

Court of Appeals (Hunter seat)

Candidate	Popular Vote	Pct
Robert C. Hunter	903,691	58%
Kris Bailey	652,733	42%

Candidate Bill Constangy was eliminated in a May primary election.

Court of Appeals (Stephens seat)

Candidate	Popular Vote	Pct
Donna Stroud	774,819	50.1%
Linda Stephens	771,353	49.9%

Candidate Christopher L. (Chris) Parrish was eliminated in a May primary election.

Notes

1. "FairJudges.Net". Archived from the original on March 14, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2006.

Sources

• NC State Board of Elections