Category Archives: ELECTIONS

NC Court of Appeals Races – PT 2

Posted on April 30, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Due to reader demand, in addition to the Supreme Court races, I am supplying highlights and information on the Court of Appeals races. To quickly recap, there are three seats to run for in the Court of Appeals, however, one candidate has the distinction of running unopposed: Donna Stroud. That means we have two other races to look at:

Judge Robert C. Hunter’s Seat
Judge Mark A. Davis’s Seat

Yesterday we looked at the Hunter seat, today we turn to the Davis race. Judge Mark. A. Davis is running for reelection and Judge Paul Holcombe III is challenging. We’ll start with the challenger first this time. Continue reading →

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NC Court Of Appeals Races – Pt 1

Posted on April 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Changing lanes from the Supreme Court, here are some highlights and information on the Court of Appeals races. There are three seats to run for in the Court of Appeals, however, one candidate has the distinction of running unopposed: Donna Stroud. That leaves two other races to look at:
Judge Robert C. Hunter’s Seat
Judge Mark A. Davis’s Seat
We’ll check out the first race in this installment. A second article will cover the Davis seat. Continue reading →

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NC Supreme Court Races: Hunter/Ervin Associate Justice Race

Posted on April 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been writing about the judicial races in North Carolina this election cycle. I ended my series yesterday with the Beasley/Robinson race, but have been asked by readers to continue on to a few other races going on. This installment, we’ll look at the Associate Justice Race between Bob Hunter and Sam Ervin IV. Both are seeking the seat being vacated by Justice Mark Martin. While these races are non-partisan on the ballot, Hunter is Republican and Ervin is a Democrat.

Prior articles on these races will be located at the bottom of this article for reader reference. Continue reading →

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Cabarrus Conservative Alliance Backs Cabarrus GOP Resolution

Posted on April 28, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

On Saturday, April 26th, I reported that the Cabarrus Republican party had issued a resolution condemning two candidates. One was Leigh Brown, who is challenging Rep. Larry Pittman for his seat at the NC General Assembly. The other is Diane Honeycutt, running for County Commissioner.

On April 27th, the Cabarrus Conservative Alliance came out backing the Cabarrus Republican party’s resolution in an open letter to voters. Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: Primary Shenanigans In NC

Posted on April 27, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

There are primary shenanigans going on in North Carolina.
Get a whiff of what true desperation smells like. I’ve written about various candidates and a school official promoting the idea of Democrats switching their party affiliation to independent in order to influence the upcoming primary races in Cabarrus county. Now it’s going on in Rowan county too. Continue reading →

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NC Supreme Court Races: Beasley/ Robinson Race

Posted on April 27, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is the final installment of the series on this years Supreme Court races in North Carolina. This article will focus on the Beasley/Robinson Race. For those of you just joining, here are the previous installments:

The NC Supreme Court Races
NC Supreme Court Races: Chief Justice Race
NC Supreme Court Races: Chief Justice Race Part 2
NC Supreme Court Races: Chief Justice Race Updates
NC Supreme Court Races: Associate Justice Race
NC Supreme Court Races: Associate Justice Race PT 2
NC Supreme Court Races: Associate Justice Race PT 3
Quick Recap of the race between Cheri Beasley and Mike Robinson

This is an Associate Justice race. Cheri Beasley is the incumbent, Mike Robinson the challenger. North Carolina judicial races are nonpartisan on the ballot, however the reality beyond the ballot is that Beasley is a Democrat and Robinson is a Republican.

Beasley was a 2012 Perdue appointment. In order to retain her seat, Beasley has to run for re-election this year. Beasley was apparently supposed to have one challenger – Ola Lewis. Lewis instead decided to challenge Mark Martin for the Chief Justice spot — a race which if Martin was running alone in as Chief Justice Parker was ending due to legal restrictions on age limit. It appears that when Mike Robinson entered the race, Ola Lewis decided to hop out of that race. I covered some of this in prior articles. See NC Supreme Court Races: Chief Justice Race and NC Supreme Court Races: Chief Justice Race Part 2. Continue reading →

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