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.

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