2016 North Carolina judicial elections

Elections for seats on both courts were technically nonpartisan, but under a bill passed by the legislature and signed into law by Gov.

Pat McCrory in 2015, House Bill 8, the party affiliations of Court of Appeals candidates were printed on the ballot.

Under current state law, Edmunds would have to relinquish his seat in 2021 if he was re-elected in 2016, because he would reach mandatory retirement age.

[6] A three-judge panel found in favor of Faires and the two voters, and the State Board of Elections established a new candidate filing period of March 16–25.

Wake County Superior Court Judge Michael R. Morgan then filed on March 21, and was joined later by attorney Daniel Robertson, setting up a primary.

Pat McCrory appointed Chief District Court Judge Wendy Enochs to fill the seat.

Under current state law, Hunter would have to relinquish his seat in 2019 if he was re-elected in 2016, because he will reach mandatory retirement age.

A Democrat, she ran for re-election, and was endorsed by former Chief Judges of the Court of Appeals John C. Martin, Sidney S. Eagles Jr., and Gerald Arnold.