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.
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.
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.