2002 North Carolina judicial elections

none January 2025 July 2025 Several justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court and judges of the North Carolina Court of Appeals were elected to eight-year terms by North Carolina voters on November 5, 2002. Party primary elections were held on September 10. This was the last year in which statewide judicial elections were partisan. The result of the election was that all incumbent Democrats went down to defeat, and only one Democrat won a seat that was open (i.e. the incumbent chose not to run for another term). Supreme Court (Seat 1) Incumbent G. K. Butterfield, a Democrat, had been appointed by Gov. Mike Easley and faced election for the first time. He was defeated by attorney Edward Thomas Brady, a Republican. In the Republican primary, Brady had defeated Judge Ralph A. Walker. North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice (Seat 1) Republican primary election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=09/10/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=125 09/10/2002 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Edward Thomas Brady 162,956 50.24% Republican Party (United States) Ralph Walker 161,420 49.76% 324,376 100% North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice (Seat 1) general election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=354 11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Edward Thomas Brady 1,159,476 53.87% Democratic Party (United States) G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) 992,603 46.12% 2,152,079 100% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Supreme Court (Seat 2) Incumbent Bob Orr, a Republican, defeated North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Bob Hunter, a Democrat. In the Democratic primary, Hunter had defeated attorney Bradley K. Greenway. North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice (Seat 2) Democratic primary election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=09/10/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=126 09/10/2002 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Democratic Party (United States) Bob Hunter 351,350 71.90% Democratic Party (United States) Bradley K. Greenway 137,304 28.10% 488,654 100% North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice (Seat 2) general election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=355 11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Bob Orr (incumbent) 1,189,751 54.65% Democratic Party (United States) Bob Hunter 987,447 45.35% 2,177,198 100% Republican Party (United States) Court of Appeals (Seat 2) Incumbent Wanda Bryant, a Democrat, was defeated by District Court Judge Ann Marie Calabria, a Republican. In the Republican primary, Calabria had defeated Nathanael K. (Nate) Pendley. North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 2) Republican primary election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=09/10/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=1 09/10/2002 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Ann Marie Calabria 182,803 56.77% Republican Party (United States) Nathanael K. (Nate) Pendley 139,180 43.23% 321,983 100% North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 2) general election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=3 11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Ann Marie Calabria 1,108,615 52.07% Democratic Party (United States) Wanda Bryant (incumbent) 1,020,286 47.93% 2,128,901 100% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Court of Appeals (Seat 3) In the open-seat contest, Rick Elmore, a Republican, defeated George R. Barrett, a Democrat. In the Democratic primary, Barrett had defeated Beecher Reynolds Gray. In the Republican primary, Elmore had defeated Fritz Mercer. North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 3) Democratic primary election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=09/10/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=4 09/10/2002 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Democratic Party (United States) George R. Barrett 256,016 53.53% Democratic Party (United States) Beecher Reynolds Gray 222,263 46.47% 478,279 100% North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 3) Republican primary election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Rick Elmore 178,759 57.85% Republican Party (United States) Fritz Mercer 130,271 42.15% 309,030 100% North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 3) general election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=6 11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Rick Elmore 1,109,317 52.05% Democratic Party (United States) George R. Barrett 1,022,078 47.95% 2,131,395 100% Republican Party (United States) Court of Appeals (Seat 12) Incumbent Hugh Brown Campbell Jr., a Democrat, was defeated by District Court Judge Eric Levinson, a Republican. In the Republican primary, Levinson had defeated Lorrie L. Dollar. North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 12) Republican primary election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=09/10/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=2 09/10/2002 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Eric Levinson 168,835 52.42% Republican Party (United States) Lorrie L. Dollar 153,244 47.58% 322,079 100% North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 12) general election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=4 11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Eric Levinson 1,089,728 51.01% Democratic Party (United States) Hugh Brown Campbell Jr. (incumbent) 1,046,594 48.99% 2,136,322 100% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Court of Appeals (Seat 14) Incumbent Loretta Copeland Biggs, a Democrat, was narrowly defeated by Sanford Steelman Jr., a Republican. There were no primaries. North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 14) general election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=2 11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Republican Party (United States) Sanford Steelman Jr. 1,083,194 50.86% Democratic Party (United States) Loretta Copeland Biggs (incumbent) 1,046,689 49.14% 2,129,883 100% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Court of Appeals (Seat 15) In the open-seat contest, Martha Geer, a Democrat, narrowly defeated Bill Constangy, a Republican. In the Democratic primary, Geer had defeated Marcus W. Williams. North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 15) Democratic primary election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=09/10/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=3 09/10/2002 Official Primary Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Democratic Party (United States) Martha Geer 278,380 55.07% Democratic Party (United States) Marcus W. Williams 227,092 44.93% 505,472 100% North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge (Seat 15) general election, 2002https://er.ncsbe.gov/election_dt=11/05/2002&county_id=0&office=JUD&contest=5 11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide North Carolina State Board of Elections July 30, 2025 Democratic Party (United States) Martha Geer 1,073,423 50.35% Republican Party (United States) Bill Constangy 1,058,485 49.65% 2,131,908 100% Democratic Party (United States) References State Board of Elections - 2002 General Election Results State Board of Elections - 2002 Primary Election Results Judicial 2002