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North Carolina Supreme Court elections, 2018

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June 29, 2018
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Anita Earls (D) defeated incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson (R) and Chris Anglin (R) in the first partisan election for North Carolina’s Supreme Court since 2002. As of 2018, the North Carolina's Supreme Court had seven justices. Heading into the 2018 elections, four were Democrats and three were Republicans, according to Politics North Carolina.[1]

North Carolina’s Senate Bill 4, signed into law in December 2016 by outgoing Gov. Pat McCrory (R), restored partisan Supreme Court elections in the state for the first time since the 2002 elections.[1] In 2017, the Republican-controlled General Assembly of North Carolina overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's (D) vetoes of House Bill 100, which made Superior Court and District Court judicial elections partisan, and Senate Bill 656, which canceled all state judicial primaries for 2018 and eliminated the requirement that a candidate be registered with the party they hope to represent for 90 days.[2]

Anglin was a registered Democrat before switching to the Republican Party in June 2018 and filing for the race. GOP leaders criticized his move, saying it was an attempt to split the Republican vote between himself and Jackson so that Earls would win the election. Anglin said he was running to represent Republicans who were angry with the General Assembly's actions during Cooper's governorship and to point out what he said were flaws in SB 656.[3]

Jackson, who held Seat 1, was the only justice up for election in 2018. Justice Paul Martin Newby's (R) term expired in 2020. The terms of Chief Justice Mark Martin (R), Justice Robin Hudson (D), Justice Cheri Beasley (D), and Justice Sam Ervin (D) expired in 2022. Justice Michael R. Morgan's (D) term expired in 2024.

Democratic Party For more information about the state's Democratic primaries, click here.
Republican Party For more information about the state's Republican primaries, click here.

Candidates and results

Seat 1: Jackson's seat

General election

General election for North Carolina Supreme Court

Anita Earls defeated incumbent Barbara Jackson and Chris Anglin in the general election for North Carolina Supreme Court on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Anita Earls
Anita Earls (D) Candidate Connection
 
49.6
 
1,812,751
Image of Barbara Jackson
Barbara Jackson (R)
 
34.1
 
1,246,263
Image of Chris Anglin
Chris Anglin (R)
 
16.4
 
598,753

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,657,767
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Justice Barbara Jackson (R)
Supreme court justice since 2011 Campaign website


Endorsements

The following endorsements were listed on Jackson's campaign website:[4]

  • Cherie K. Berry (R), North Carolina Commissioner of Labor
  • Steve Troxler (R), North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
  • Burley Mitchell, former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
  • Republican Party of North Carolina
  • North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police
  • North Carolina Police Benevolent Association
  • North Carolina Troopers Association


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Anita Earls (D)
Southern Coalition for Social Justice, founder Campaign website


Endorsements

Here are some of the endorsements listed on Earls' campaign website:[5] Click here for a full list.



Endorsements

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Polls

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North Carolina Supreme Court election
Poll Poll sponsor Anglin (R) Earls (D)Jackson (R)Undecided/otherMargin of ErrorSample Size
SurveyUSA
October 26-29		Spectrum News 19%44%22%15%+/-6.0659
SurveyUSA
October 2-8		Spectrum News 22%43%15%21%+/-5.0561
Note: A "0%" finding means the question was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org

Noteworthy events

Anglin runs as a Republican

Chris Anglin was a registered Democrat in early June 2018 before changing his party registration to Republican and filing to run for Seat 1. His change of party affiliation was criticized by some Republicans. State Republican Party Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse said, "Somebody that was legitimately going to file would have come to us, said they wanted to compete for an endorsement."[2]

"I used a process that the Republican-controlled supermajority put into place," Anglin said. "I did something that was put in place over Roy Cooper's veto and a lawsuit," referring to House Bill 100, which made Superior Court and District Court judicial elections partisan, and Senate Bill 656, which canceled all state judicial primaries for 2018 and eliminated the requirement that a candidate is registered with the party they hope to represent for 90 days.[6][3]

Anglin also said he was running to represent "the many constitutional Republicans" angry with what he called the General Assembly's "assault on the rule of law" and "to point out the mistake this legislature has created with doing away with the primary elections." He added that he became a Republican "to give Republican voters an opportunity to vote for someone who believes in the independence of the judiciary and conservative constitutional values."[3]

On July 24, the state legislature passed a bill saying that only Jackson would have her Republican Party affiliation listed on the ballot. Anglin denied that he was running as a Republican in an attempt to split the Republican vote. Anglin criticized the bill in a written statement, “I chose to run as a Republican for a reason, to be a voice for Republicans who are appalled at these types of shenanigans that attack our rule of law and the checks and balances of our Republic.”[7]

On August 6, Anglin sued the state legislature and accused its leaders of meddling in the election and violating his rights to benefit their preferred candidate. The General Assembly had "been relentless in its attack on our independent judiciary in trying to rig this election," he said.[8]

Judge Rebecca Holt ruled in favor of Anglin on August 14, preventing any ballots from being printed listing Anglin as anything other than a Republican.[9]

State Senate leader Phil Berger responded to the suit, saying, "One of the supposedly ‘Republican’ candidates will be represented in court by a Democrat elected official who is a public supporter of his client’s opponent in the same race, a strikingly clear indication of their true intent to help the Democrat candidate win the race for state Supreme Court."[8]

Debates and forums

On October 23, the candidates participated in a debate in Raleigh hosted the Federalist Society.

Read a roundup of the debate from NC Policy Watch.

"Federalist Society Debate" October 23, 2018

Campaign themes

Republican Party Barbara Jackson

Jackson’s campaign website stated the following:

“

In 2004, the citizens of North Carolina elected me to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and in 2010, I was elected to my current seat on the Supreme Court. I cannot overstate how overwhelmed I was with gratitude at this outpouring of support. Since first taking office as a judge in January 2005, I have done my best to live up to the trust that the citizens placed in me when they first elected me to judicial office. I have participated in hundreds of cases that are important to every citizen in this State. In every decision, I have sought to follow through on my longstanding judicial philosophy that it is the duty of the judicial branch to judge fairly and impartially, and within the limitations provided by the constitution and laws of the State. Put simply: Judges should judge; legislators should legislate.

When asked during job interviews over the years what my greatest strength is, I consistently have responded, my integrity. I always have strived to conduct myself in a manner that will reflect well both on myself as a person and as a member of the legal profession. Our profession is grounded in the imperative that attorneys abide by the Rules of Professional Conduct-rules that require us to maintain that sense of integrity and to be as straightforward and honest in our dealings with our colleagues as possible while maintaining our obligations of client confidentiality. I have followed those rules, tenets and principles assiduously throughout my legal career-and frankly, it has not been difficult because those are core values with which I was brought up and which I was expected to follow. I have found that this course of conduct has served both me and my clients well throughout my career, and I have continued to conduct myself in this manner on both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals benches.

Finally, I am a fair and even-handed person. I think that is an essential characteristic that one should look for in evaluating a candidate for a judicial office. In addition, with the breadth and depth of my personal and professional experience, I have the demonstrated legal ability to form a carefully considered opinion, based upon both the facts and the law and render consistent justice to the citizens and the attorneys of the State of North Carolina. I believe my career choices have demonstrated a commitment to equal justice under law, freedom from bias and compassion.

I think you can see from the career path I have chosen during my fourteen years practicing law here in Wake County and my thirteen years as an appellate court judge serving on both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals that my commitment to public service is strong. I ask for your support as I seek re-election to a second term on the Supreme Court of North Carolina. [10]

”
—Barbara Jackson’s campaign website (2018)[11]

Democratic Party Anita Earls

Campaign website

Earl's campaign website stated the following:

“

Anita Earls has worked passionately for 30 years protecting civil rights, fighting for families, and advocating for fair political processes. Earls founded the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a North Carolina based civil rights nonprofit that partners with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities in the South to defend and advance their political, social, and economic rights. Most recently, Earls is known for her leadership in litigating successful challenges to North Carolina’s “monster voter suppression law" and unfair redistricting plans.

[10]

”
—Anita Earl’s campaign website (2018)[12]

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Anita Earls completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Earls' responses.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

My top three priorities are ensuring a fair and impartial judiciary, increasing access to justice and eliminating unjust racial disparities in the criminal justice system. North Carolinians deserve an independent court where the rules are the same for every North Carolinian, not just political insiders or those with great wealth and power. We are at a critical moment where our basic civil rights and values are being threatened. Politicians and powerful corporate special interests are trying to influence and politicize our courts to stay in power. I am running for one simple reason---so that our judicial system lives up to the basic promise of equal justice under the law and to protect the rights of every North Carolinian. I served on the North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission because I believe that the biggest change North Carolina needs to make to its judicial system is to improve access to civil justice for all citizens. Currently many people cannot afford legal representation to meet basic legal needs, which impacts their access to housing, employment, education, and family security. With regard to our criminal justice system, eliminating racial disparities, promoting demonstrated programs that divert youth and young adults from the criminal justice system, and restoring adequate funding to the indigent defense services are just a few of the changes that North Carolina needs to make. It is axiomatic that racial bias should have no role in the administration of justice. As a Supreme Court Justice, it would be my responsibility to apply the legal precedents, including constitutional standards that prohibit racial bias, to the facts of any case that comes before the Court. Outside the courtroom, Judges have a responsibility to “uphold the integrity and independence of the judiciary.” Appropriate participation in professional activities which further that responsibility can also address issues of racial bias in the administration of justice.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a judge, my role would not be to implement public policy. I can identify the areas of law I have been involved in during my thirty-year career. From 1988 to 1998 I was an attorney in private practice in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Ferguson, Stein law firm, where I represented individuals and communities throughout the state in voting rights, police misconduct, employment discrimination, housing discrimination, school desegregation, personal injury, family law, consumer law, first amendment, and disability rights cases. From 1998 to 2000, I was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice with responsibility for the Voting Rights, Disability Rights, Educational Opportunities and Federal Coordination and Compliance Sections. Technically I represented the United States of America. The injured parties involved in these matters were people of color, people with disabilities, students, women, LGBTQ individuals and communities of color. At the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law from 2000 to 2003, I was Director of the Voting Rights Project, representing primarily African-American voters and communities across the country in voting rights cases. I returned to North Carolina in 2003 to serve as Director of Advocacy at the UNC Center for Civil Rights, where I represented predominantly African-American communities in voting rights and environmental justice matters. In 2007 I founded the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, whose mission is to partner with communities of color and economically disadvantaged communities in the south to defend and advance their political, social and economic rights through the combination of legal advocacy, research, organizing and communications. While Executive Director, I participated in a number of lawsuits in voting rights and other cases raising issues of racial discrimination.

How would you describe your legal philosophy?

I define "judicial philosophy" as one's understanding of the role of courts in society, and the proper methods appellate courts should follow to interpret and apply constitutional, statutory and common laws. I believe in the importance of a fair and impartial judiciary which guarantees equal justice under law. Our courts are one of three branches of government, whose function is to interpret and apply the law to the facts of cases and controversies that come before it, brought by impacted parties who have proper standing to raise those claims. The canons of constitutional and statutory interpretation are well-established in our case law. For example, the North Carolina Supreme Court recently held that in determining whether the constitution has been violated "we look to the text of the constitution, the historical context in which the people of North Carolina adopted the applicable constitutional provision, and our precedents." State ex rel. McCrory v. Berger, 368 N.C. 368, 639, 781 S.E.2d 248, 252 (2016). Thus, many issues of constitutional and statutory interpretation have already been established by prior cases. In my view, in interpreting state or federal constitutional law, statutory law, or the common law, it is the responsibility of the judge to apply the law equally and fairly to everyone. In order to do so, a judge must look to the text, structure and history of the constitutional or statutory provision at issue, as well as all applicable precedent, not to their own personal values, political beliefs, or policy views.

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Republican Party Chris Anglin

Anglin wrote the following op-ed about his candidacy on July 30, 2018. It was published in response to an editorial by the Charlotte Observer criticizing Anglin's decision to run as a Republican.

“

This has been a dizzying decade for North Carolinians. Nearly every day we have witnessed attacks on the rule of law and the checks and balances of our democracy at both the federal and state level.

Our legislature has governed like the emperor with no clothes since gaining super majorities. The only check to its overreach has been an independent judiciary, so judicial elections have been a frequent and repeated target of power grabs.

First, N.C. lawmakers eliminated public financing for judicial races, widening the door for big money influence on the courts.

Then they made us the first state in 100 years to make judicial races partisan, including the state Supreme Court. They rigged the ballot order to favor their candidate and eliminated the primary election for this year.

They’ve abolished seats on the Court of Appeals and redrawn judicial districts to favor one party over another.

They have openly expressed a desire to do away with judicial elections altogether and to give the legislature the power to control all judicial seats.

They passed six unneeded, misleading constitutional amendments that will harm voting rights, and strip power from the executive and judicial branches of government. There is nothing transparent, nor conservative about this. It’s just bad governing, putting party and power over the people.

While this has happened, the incumbent Supreme Court justice running for re-election has failed to stand up for the judiciary, remaining silent as lawmakers took steps to help her.

I could no longer watch from the sidelines and decided to run for Supreme Court to fight for our independent judiciary. When I announced, I stated I was running as a Republican to be a voice for the many disaffected, conservative, constitutional Republicans who believe the party has left them, and to make the point that partisan judicial elections are a mistake. They force judges to kowtow more to parties, and it is how you get judges like Roy Moore.

Some have questioned if I’m a “genuine” Republican. That is a fair question for many elected GOP leaders today. Is Donald Trump? An independent before 2012, I voted for George Bush, Pat McCrory and interned in Phil Berger, Jr.’s D.A. office. I want to represent the traditional GOP, one that respected our Constitution and the rule of law.

Bob Orr and Howard Manning were outstanding independent yet conservative jurists who also happened to be Republicans. I would serve as they did, for the people, not a party.

Now, in a stunning act of cowardice, legislators have taken steps to misrepresent my campaign on the ballot, and the incumbent continues to remain silent. They made the rules. I followed them. They will stop at nothing to hand pick their judge, and undermine our democratic process.

It may be legal, but it certainly isn’t right. Even children understand that changing the rules in the middle of the game is wrong. It’s downright un-American. No matter what happens next, our campaign has been victorious because it has exposed the folly of partisan judicial elections, and the emperor’s naked grab for power.

North Carolinians have a chance to get off this dizzying ride. They can stand up for an independent judiciary and the checks and balances of our democracy by defeating all six unneeded, misleading Amendments, and by electing lawmakers and judges who will fight for the rule of law, not undermine it. I’m confident they will make the right choices.

[10]

”
—op-ed by Chris Anglin for the '"Charlotte Observer.[13]

About the North Carolina Supreme Court

See also: North Carolina Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state's highest appellate court and is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices has varied from time to time.

Political composition

This was the political composition of the supreme court heading into the 2018 election. Since 2016, justices on the North Carolina Supreme Court are selected by partisan election. Because North Carolina previously used nonpartisan election to choose judges, none of the currently-sitting judges have run on a party ticket for this court. One of current justices was appointed by a Democratic governor and then later elected; the remaining justices were elected to their seats.

■ Mark Martin Elected in 1998, 2006, and 2014
■ Paul Martin Newby Elected in 2004 and 2012
■ Robin Hudson Elected in 2006 and 2014
■ Cheri Beasley Appointed by Bev Perdue (D) in 2012, elected in 2014
■ Sam Ervin Elected in 2014
■ Barbara Jackson Elected in 2010
■ Michael R. Morgan Elected in 2016

Selection

The North Carolina Supreme Court has seven justices. Starting with the 2018 election, the justices began to be chosen by partisan election.[14] This became law in December 2016.[15] Before that, election of appellate judges had been nonpartisan since 2004.[16] In the event of a midterm vacancy, the outgoing judge is replaced via merit selection. With the help of a judicial nominating commission, the governor appoints a successor to serve until the next general election occurring more than 60 days after the vacancy occurred. A judge is then elected.[14]

Qualifications

To serve on this court, a judge must be:

  • "learned in the law" and
  • under the age of 72 (retirement at 72 is mandatory).[14]

Selection of the chief justice

The chief justice of the supreme court is elected by voters to serve in that capacity for a full eight-year term. North Carolina is one of only seven states in which the chief justice is elected by voters.

State profile

Demographic data for North Carolina
 North CarolinaU.S.
Total population:10,035,186316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):48,6183,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:69.5%73.6%
Black/African American:21.5%12.6%
Asian:2.5%5.1%
Native American:1.2%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.1%0.2%
Two or more:2.4%3%
Hispanic/Latino:8.8%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:85.8%86.7%
College graduation rate:28.4%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$46,868$53,889
Persons below poverty level:20.5%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in North Carolina.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in North Carolina

North Carolina voted Republican in six out of the seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Pivot Counties (2016)

Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, six are located in North Carolina, accounting for 2.91 percent of the total pivot counties.[17]

Pivot Counties (2020)

In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. North Carolina had six Retained Pivot Counties, 3.31 percent of all Retained Pivot Counties.

More North Carolina coverage on Ballotpedia

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Six of 100 North Carolina counties—6 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Bladen County, North Carolina 9.39% 1.97% 2.07%
Gates County, North Carolina 9.07% 4.11% 5.22%
Granville County, North Carolina 2.49% 4.54% 6.58%
Martin County, North Carolina 0.43% 4.65% 4.64%
Richmond County, North Carolina 9.74% 2.95% 1.50%
Robeson County, North Carolina 4.27% 17.41% 13.78%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won North Carolina with 49.8 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 46.2 percent. In presidential elections between 1792 and 2016, North Carolina voted Democratic 53.5 percent of the time and Republican 25 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, North Carolina voted Republican all five times with the exception of the 2008 presidential election.[18]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in North Carolina. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[19][20]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 40 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 38.3 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 44 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 36.4 points. Clinton won three districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 80 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 22.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 76 out of 120 state House districts in North Carolina with an average margin of victory of 27.7 points. Trump won five districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


Recent news

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Politics North Carolina, "A GUIDE TO NC SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS," August 13, 2018
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 News Observer, "Veto override means voters will know judges’ party affiliations," March 23, 2017
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ‘’WRAL,’’ "Democrat turned Republican says he's no stalking horse in Supreme Court race," July 6, 2018 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "wral" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "wral" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ Barbara Jackson for North Carolina Supreme Court, "Home," accessed October 31, 2018
  5. ↑ Anita Earls for North Carolina Supreme Court, "Endorsements," accessed October 31, 2018
  6. ↑ WRAL, "Cooper vetoes judicial bill, signs budget corrections bill" October 9, 2017
  7. ↑ News Observer, "‘I have not been involved,’ NC Supreme Court justice says of bill targeting opponent," July 26, 2018]
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Courier-Tribune, "Judicial candidate sues legislature, leaders," August 6, 2018
  9. ↑ WNCT, "Judge rules in favor of NC Supreme Court candidate in lawsuit," August 14, 2018
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  11. ↑ Barbara Jackson for North Carolina Supreme Court, “Judicial Integrity,” accessed October 31, 2018
  12. ↑ Anita Earls for North Carolina Supreme Court, “About Anita,” accessed October 31, 2018
  13. ↑ Charlotte Observer, “Chris Anglin: Why I’m running as a Republican for NC Supreme Court,” accessed July 30, 2018
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection: North Carolina," accessed March 20, 2017
  15. ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Session Law 2016-125 Senate Bill 4," December 16, 2016
  16. ↑ General Assembly of North Carolina, "Session Law 2002-158 Senate Bill 1054," October 10, 2002
  17. ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  18. ↑ 270towin.com, "North Carolina," accessed June 1, 2017
  19. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  20. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
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