Partisan affiliation will not be listed on the ballot this year.

A straight Party vote will not include these candidates. You must vote for them separately.

The following candidates are longtime registered Democrats in the statewide judicial elections:

Supreme Court:

Chief Justice Sarah Parker

Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson

Judge Robin Hudson

Court of Appeals:

Judge Robert Hunter

Judge Linda Stephens

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Supreme Court

Chief Justice Sarah Parker (incumbent)

Chief Justice Sarah Parker, a native of Charlotte, earned her undergraduate and her law degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She served as an attorney in private practice for 15 years before being appointed to the N.C. Court of Appeals in 1984. She served on the Court of Appeals until 1993 when she joined the N.C. Supreme Court. Read more.

Campaign contact: PO Box 1841 Raleigh NC 27602

Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, a native of Fayetteville, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, earning an undergraduate degree in speech in 1976 and a law degree in 1979. She worked as a prosecutor and as a private attorney in Fayetteville until she was named a District Court judge in 1984. In 1997, she was appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. She retired from that court in late 2005. In February 2006, she became the first African American woman to sit on the state Supreme Court. Read more.

Campaign Contact: 1801 Lakeshore Dr Fayetteville NC 28305; (919) 821-7661

Judge Robin Hudson

Judge Robin Hudson has been serving on the Court of Appeals since she was elected in 2000, as the first woman elected to the North Carolina appellate courts without having been appointed first. Before that, she practiced law for about 25 years, handling civil, criminal and domestic cases, as well as many workers' compensation cases and hundreds of appeals. She graduated from Yale in 1973 and UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 1976. Read more.

Campaign Contact: P.O. BOX 17942 Raleigh, NC 27619; (919) 621-3102

Court of Appeals

Judge Robert C. "Bob" Hunter (incumbent)

Judge Robert C. "Bob" Hunter, a native of Marion, earned a degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1966 and a Juris Doctorate in 1969. Hunter worked as a county attorney in McDowell County, North Carolina. He also represented the county in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1980 to 1998. In 1998, Hunter was appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt to the state Court of Appeals, and he was elected to an eight-year term on the court that same year. Read more.

Campaign Contact: P.O. Box 28977 Raleigh, NC 27611

Judge Linda Stephens, a native of Woodruff, South Carolina, attended the University of South Carolina and law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and earned her JD in 1979. She was Deputy Commissioner for the North Carolina Industrial Commission, hearing and deciding workers' compensation cases from 1980-1984. In 1984, Stephens joined Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, LLP as the firm's first woman associate. She later became the first female Partner (later Senior Partner) with the firm. From 2001-2002, Stephens served as the first woman President of the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys. She was appointed to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2006. Read more.

Campaign Contact: 5524 North Hills Drive Raleigh, NC 27612; (919) 395-5412

Support Democratic Judges!

We have some excellent Democratic Judges on the ballot this year. Here's what they need from you. First, they need your vote. Second, they need you to talk to your neighbors and friends, spreading the word. Third, they need you to volunteer your time and talents.

Above, we've listed the longtime Democrats running for appellate court seats this year. All will be on the November ballot. They are all fine people. And they need your support.