Below are the unofficial vote counts of the Nov 7 election for 4 seats on NC Supreme Court (4 of 7 seats) and 2 seats on NC Court of Appeals (2 of 15), with winner listed first for each pair of candidates.

Candidates enrolled in the NC public financing program won 5 of 6 races; the only African American running for any of the seats won; women beat men, except for the woman both political parties and all editorial boards renounced as a wacko (Rachel Lea Hunter -- e.g., she wanted to be listed on the ballot as Madame Justice even though she'd never been a judge anywhere).

These are all nonpartisan races, but party affiliation is included below. Both parties spent modest sums of money to promote their slate of candidates (Democrats omitted Hunter) and in the last week, a 527 committee (FairJudges.net) promoted the 4 Supreme Court candidates who won, although experts/pundits should not attribute those victories to that last burst of publicity.

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North Carolina Supreme Court – 4 seats

Chief Justice
*Sarah Parker [I] 1,138,346 -- white female Dem
Rusty Duke 568,980 -- white male Rep

Associate Justice
Mark D. Martin [I] 1,000,792 -- white male Rep
Rachel Lea Hunter 601,676-- white female Dem (renounced
by NC Democratic Party for bizarre and racist behavior)

Associate Justice
*Patricia Timmons-Goodson [I] 953,976 -- black female Dem
*Eric Levinson 682,641 -- white male Rep

Associate Justice (open seat)
*Robin Hudson 806,861 -- white female Dem
*Ann Marie Calabria 786,310 -- white female Rep


North Carolina Court of Appeals – 2 seats

Court of Appeals Judge
*Robert C. (Bob) Hunter [I] 903,691 -- white male Dem
Kris Bailey 652,733 -- white male Rep

Court of Appeals Judge
*Donna Stroud 774,819 -- white female Rep
*Linda Stephens [I] 771,353 -- white female Dem


* = enrolled in judicial public financing program
I = incumbent