Analysis of the North Carolina Contested Judicial Elections 2010

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Analysis of the North Carolina
Contested Judicial Elections
2010
Prepared by:
Court Watch of North Carolina, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION...............................................................
II. OBSERVATIONS
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A. Public Campaign Observations
1. Provisions of the Public Campaign Financing Act.........
2. Public Financing of Appellate Judge Campaigns...........
3. The Judicial Voter Guide.................................................
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B. Supreme Court Election Observations..............................
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C. Court of Appeals Election Observations...........................
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D. Superior Court Election Observations...............................
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E. District Court Election Observations.................................
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III. RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Judicial Campaign Reform Act.........................................
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B. Supreme Court Justice Selection.......................................
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C. Court of Appeals Judge Selection.........................………
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D. Superior & District Court Judge Selection ......................
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EXHIBITS……………………………………………….....
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IV. APPENDIX (RAW DATA) .......................................
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Supreme Court contested races
Court of Appeals contested races
Superior Court contested races
District Court contested races
I. INTRODUCTION
Court Watch of North Carolina, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation based in Greensboro. One of its goals is to
monitor the state courts’ system. To meet this goal, Court Watch routinely reviews and reports on all contested
state judicial elections. Court Watch tries to issue a report on each campaign every odd year. This is Court
Watch's eighth campaign financing report, and it covers the November 2010 judicial elections.
This campaign financing report contains four sections. Section I is this introduction. Section II contains Court
Watch's observations on the elections, based primarily on the raw data collected from the State Board of Elections
website, and summarized in the Appendix. Court Watch also has received input from several professional political
campaign consultants. Section III contains Court Watch's recommendations for improving the selection of North
Carolina's state court judges. Section IV is the Appendix, which contains data taken from the North Carolina
Board of Elections' website. After the raw data are some Exhibits.
II. OBSERVATIONS
A. PUBLIC CAMPAIGN OBSERVATIONS
1. PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING ACT
Under the North Carolina Public Campaign Financing Act, appellate judges qualify for public financial
assistance with their campaigns if they meet certain requirements and make certain commitments. 1 N.G. Gen.
Stat. 163-278.61 et.seq. The Act also provides for the publication and distribution of a Judicial Voter Guide to
registered voters throughout the state before the primary and general election. In 2010, there were three Voter
Guides - one for the Primary Election, the General Election and a Special Edition Judicial Voter Guide. Each of
these Voter Guides contained a biography of each appellate judicial candidate, and a 150-word personal statement.
Some of the pages from the 16-page 2010 General Election Voter Guide are included in Exhibit 1. The funds to
pay for the public campaign financing and Voter Guides came mainly from the voluntary taxpayer check-off on
state income tax returns and the mandatory $50 fee imposed on all attorneys in the state.
2. PUBLIC FINANCING OF APPELLATE JUDGE CAMPAIGNS
The first observation is that most candidates sought and qualified to receive public funding. The Supreme Court
candidates in the Hunter – Jackson race each received substantial public funds (Judge Hunter received $240,396
and Judge Jackson received $247,703). In the Court of Appeals races, (excluding the run-off vote between
McCullough and Thigpen) five of the eight candidates qualified for public funding, receiving between $164,000
and $247,000. The late entry run-off vote final candidates received public funding as well; McCullough with
$88,552 and Thigpen receiving $58,765 respectively.
A second observation is that the public campaign financing amounts constituted a good share of each candidate's
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First, candidates must file a declaration of intent to participate in public financing. Second, during a qualifying period, the candidate
must obtain contributions from at least 350 registered voters totaling up to $10,000. Third, the candidate (after receiving public funds)
must comply with strict limits on other funds received. GS 163-278.64.
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total money spent. In the Supreme Court races, the public funds constituted about 75% of each candidate's total
spending. In the Court of Appeals races, the public funds constituted between 67% and 77% of each candidate's
total spending (again, excluding the added race). In most races, the top donors gave $500 contributions, however;
there were some judicial candidates receiving upwards of $1,000 contributions.
A third observation is that no appellate candidate spent over $337,000 on his/her campaign (even when
substantial public financing was received). This amount did not reach the $500,000 - $1,000,000 level which some
political campaign consultants believe is needed to run an effective statewide campaign.
3. THE "JUDICIAL VOTER GUIDE"
Court Watch has several observations about the 2010 state "Judicial Voter Guides." First, the
2010 Voter Guides were widely distributed. There were 4,000,000 copies printed of both the
General and Primary Voter Guides, and another 4,212,000 copies printed for the Special Edition
Voter Guide. The cost of printing and mailing the guides was substantial. 2 Second, the Primary
and General Election Voter Guides were distributed so that households received them in the mail
slightly before the early voting periods began. 3 The Special Edition of the 2010 Judicial Voter
Guide was mailed out to supplement the General Election Voter Guide due to a sudden vacancy
on the North Carolina State Court of Appeals. The seat was vacated by Judge Jim Wynn, who
joined the United States Courts of Appeals in August 2010. Third, the 2010 General Election and
Special Edition Voter Guides were well-organized and provided important biographical
information on the candidates. The candidates were allowed to submit "personal statements" (up
to 150 words). Some personal statements included useful endorsements by individuals and
groups. None of the appellate candidates included their party affiliation -which was appropriate
since these were nonpartisan races. 4 The General Election Guide contained 16 pages, including 5
pages with information on the candidates.
B. SUPREME COURT ELECTION OBSERVATIONS
The Outcome
There was only one contested Supreme Court race. Robert C. Hunter and Barbara Jackson ran for the open seat
of incumbent Edward Brady, who did not file to run for re-election. Since only two candidates filed for this seat,
there was no need for a primary to narrow the field. Barbara Jackson won by receiving 51.86% of the votes.
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The cost of the Primary Voter Guide and the General Election Voter Guide was $542,831each. The additional Special Edition Voter
Guide cost $487,152. Printing costs were $217,453 for the first two guides, and $162,152 for the latter. The remaining costs were for
postage and handling (a contractor was hired for handling) for a grand total of $1,572,814.
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The law provides when the Primary and General Election Guides must be sent. The General Election Guide must be sent no more
than 28 days, nor fewer than seven days, before the one-stop voting period for the general election. GS 163-278.69 (a).
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All candidates chose to leave off their party affiliations from the Voters Guide personal statements. Candidates have learned not to
mention their party affiliation to statewide audiences, since that could lose them more votes than they gained. However most of these
same candidates were anxious to disclose party affiliation to targeted audiences whom they thought might support their party.
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Observations
The first observation is that many voters did not bother voting in the nonpartisan elections for appellate judges.
This can be seen by the voter "drop off" in the number of votes cast for the Supreme Court race.5 There are several
explanations as to why so many voters, even with the advantage of having Judicial Voter Guides, voted for the
Senate but failed to vote in the Supreme Court race (fewer still voted in Court of Appeals races). First, there was
an unfortunate lack of information in these important judicial races. Large numbers of voters knew nothing about
the judicial candidates. Many of these new voters didn't vote for appellate court candidates. 6
A second observation is that neither candidate spent over $337,000. Neither candidate spent more than this,
even when public campaign funds were added to the candidate's receipt of regular campaign donations.
C. COURT OF APPEALS ELECTION OBSERVATIONS
The Outcomes
There were four contested Court of Appeals seats during this election. In the general election, three of the four
races involved challenges to incumbents. Of the three races involving incumbents, all of the incumbents won.
In the one general election race that did not involve an incumbent (since the judge had moved on to the federal
court), thirteen candidates faced off against each other, using instant runoff voting . Doug McCullough defeated
Cressie Thigpen in this race.
Observations
The first observation is that fewer challengers tried to unseat Court of Appeals incumbents than in the previous
election. Three of the four incumbents were challenged. This 75% challenge rate was lower than the 83%
challenge rate in the 2008 elections, although it was still significantly higher than the 15% challenge rate in the
2004 elections.
The second observation is that the challengers were much less successful in unseating incumbents than in past
elections. All three challengers were defeated by incumbents, as opposed to the 60% challenger success rate of
2008.
A third observation is that the campaign spending has dropped. The winning candidates in the Court of Appeals
election spent an average of $163,464, and the minimum that a winning candidate spent was $51,864. In 2008, for
comparison, the winning candidates spent an average of $242,244 and a minimum of $237,787. This drop in
campaign spending may in part be due to the fact that a number of candidates, including Rick Elmore, Steven
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In November 2010, the drop off was 647,210 votes. In the 2008 election, the drop off was 972,625 votes.
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Many of the new voters just voted for the well-publicized races whose candidates were well known (e.g. the president, senate and
governor). Many voted straight party tickets. Many straight ticket voters didn't realize that casting a straight ticket didn't result in a vote
for a candidate in appellate judge races. In addition, some who realized that they had to cast a separate vote in the nonpartisan appellate
judge races couldn't identify the candidates, and couldn't match the candidates with a political party.
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Walker, and Dean Poirier, did not receive public funding, although the average spending of the remaining winning
candidates was still below the previous average at only $200,664.
A fourth observation is that in the general election, there was a large discrepancy between the average spending
of winning and losing candidates. The average difference in spending between the winning and losing candidates
was $68,804, with a range from $239,057 to $6,206. This extreme difference can be attributed to the fact that one
of the candidates who did not receive public funding ran against an opponent who did receive funding; without that
data point, the average difference in spending is only $12,053.
A fifth observation is that, not including the three candidates who forewent public campaign financing, the
candidates relied on the public campaign financing for on average 66% of their funds, thereby relying less on large
individual or corporate donors. Most donors donated $500 or less, although Ann Marie Calabria had eight donors
donate $1,000, and Steven Walker, who did not receive public campaign financing, relied on his family for 25% of
his finances.
A sixth observation is that while the Court of Appeals’ races were officially nonpartisan (party affiliations did
not appear on the ballot), they took on many aspects of a partisan election. For example, endorsements might
mention party affiliation, and the State Democratic and Republican Parties listed their candidates on their websites
(Exhibits 2, 3 & 4). This factor played a smaller part in these elections, because party affiliations of appellate
candidates were not listed on the ballots, and a straight ticket vote did not register as a vote for a Court of Appeals
candidate.
A seventh observation is that although the Court of Appeals race was officially nonpartisan, party affiliation
remained an important factor. Some voters actively sought out the party affiliation of judicial candidates.
Candidates and their parties promoted party affiliation.7 Party affiliation was an important factor in how many
voters made their choices. However party affiliation didn't have much effect on who won these races - candidates
from both parties won Court of Appeals seats.8 Party affiliation would have been a far more important factor had
more voters been able to identify the party affiliations of these candidates. 9
The eighth observation is that the influence of the Tea Party on elections was erratic and diffuse. The Tea
Party as a whole did not universally support any one candidate over another, instead encouraging members to
look up candidates on their own and share their endorsements online. Tea party members did not unanimously
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The state Democratic and Republican Parties listed their party's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals candidates on their websites
(Exhibit 2, 3 & 4). Individual candidates didn't promote their political party affiliation to statewide audiences (e.g. the Voter Guide, TV
ads) since they worried that they could lose as many votes as they might gain. However most candidates promoted their party affiliation
to targeted audiences which they knew supported their party.
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Of the two general election races in which a Democrat and Republican opposed each other, one Democrat won and one Republican
won; both were incumbents.
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The inability of voters to distinguish the party affiliation of these candidates can be verified by some county statistics. Voters in
some strong Republican districts voted for Democratic judicial candidates. For example, in Republican-dominated Wilkes County, 68.7%
of voters voted for Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain, yet 56% voted for Democrat Martha Geer; in Graham County,
68.4% voted for McCain yet 55.7% voted for Geer; in Onslow County, 60.5% voted for McCain yet 57% voted for Geer. The same
phenomenon occurred in a number of other counties, including but not limited to Rowan, Beaufort, and Pamlico Counties.
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endorse Republican or Conservative candidates, and would from time to time openly and knowingly endorse
Democratic or Liberal candidates. (See Exhibit 4) The overall effect of the Tea Party on the 2010 elections is,
therefore, hard to judge.
The ninth observation is that candidate gender may have been a factor in the elections; of the three races
exclusive of the thirteen way run-off, two of the races were won by females and both were incumbents.
The tenth observation is that the ballot position may have played a small role in this election. Appellate judge
candidates were listed in alphabetical order, pursuant to statute.10 (See sample ballot, Exhibit 7). A candidate
listed on the ballot above his opponent may gather a few more votes because of this position, since some voters
who don't know either candidate select the first listed candidate in a race. This phenomenon seems to be more
noticeable with races closer to the front of the ballot. 11
D. SUPERIOR COURT ELECTION OBSERVATIONS
The Outcomes
There were 31 Superior Court open seats in 2010. Of these, 23 seats were won by candidates who faced no
opposition. The 8 remaining seats were contested, and 7 of them involved attempts by challengers to unseat
incumbent judges.
Observations
The first observation is that more challengers tried to unseat incumbent Superior Court Judges than in the past.
Seven incumbent judges were challenged (an 87.5 % challenge rate). Statistically, a much higher percentage of
judges challenged than in 2008 (a 60% challenge rate).
A second observation is that challengers fared poorly against incumbents. No challengers won (a 00.0%
challenger success rate). This is a substantial decrease compared to the 67% success rate in the 2008 election, and
the 33% success rate of the 2004 elections.
A third observation is that money spent by challenged incumbent Superior Court candidates has risen.
Challenged incumbents spent an average of $59,167, compared to the $45,811 average spent in the 2008 race.
Winning candidates (incumbents and non-incumbents) spent an average of $34,659, which is less than the $37,326
average spent in the 2008 election. Overall, all candidates spent an average of $30,369.
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GS 163-165.6 provides that in nonpartisan races in the General Election, candidates must be listed in alphabetical order. However in
Primary elections, the State Board of Elections (SBOE) must use a process leading to random placement of candidates on the ballots. See
SBOE Memorandum 2004-16 of May 10, 2004 for this process.
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Voters who don't know either candidate (as is often true in judicial races) tend to make blind (or semi-blind) choices. They may choose
a candidate because he is listed higher on the ballot, is a female (or male), or has a familiar-sounding name. However after making a few
(blind) choices among unknown candidates, voters tend to give up making any selections. This phenomenon explains why 2,012,869
voted in the Supreme Court race, but only 1,951,625 voted in the first listed Court of Appeals race. The votes kept dropping further
down the ballot, until only 1,874,718 voted in the last Court of Appeals race (a 76,907 drop from the first to the last Court of Appeals
race).
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A fourth observation is that in a number of Superior Court races, many donors contributed $1,000 to candidates.
For example, Ronnie M. Mitchell received 29 donations of $1,000. In contrast, appellate court candidates seldom
received more than $500 from any individual donor.
A fifth observation is that money was a major factor in winning, especially in races involving an incumbent. In
all 7 of these races the winning incumbent candidates spent considerably more than their opponents.
A sixth observation is that the majority of the donations came from within the county that a candidate is
campaigning in. Although some candidates do receive funds from outside the county or state, most major
contributions come from within the county.
E. DISTRICT COURT ELECTION OBSERVATIONS
The Outcomes
There were 118 open District Court seats. Of these, 87 seats involved candidates (incumbents and nonincumbents) who faced no opposition. The remaining 31 seats involved candidates facing opposition, including 24
incumbent judges. There were six contested seats with no incumbent judge participating, including one new seat.
Observations
The first observation is that few challengers tried to unseat incumbent District Court Judges. Only 24 of the 117
incumbents were challenged. This 20% challenge rate was the same as the 20% challenge rate in the 2008.
A second observation is that incumbents did well defending their seats from challengers. In this election, 17 out
of 24 incumbents won re-election. This 70.8% success rate was higher than the 67% success rate of 2008, coming
closer to the 77% success rate of 2004.
A third observation is that the amount of money spent by a District Court Judge to retain his/her seat decreased.
Successful incumbents spent an average of $24,423 to defeat challengers in the general election. This amount was
significantly less than $32,711 spent by successful incumbents in 2008.
A fourth observation is that there was an increase in money spent by candidates in races for vacant seats (i.e.
with no incumbent participating). In only three of the seven contests, the candidate spending less money won the
contest, as opposed to the eight out of 12 candidates who won while under-spending their opponents in 2008. The
average amount spent by the successful candidate was $29,707, compared to $20,405 in 2008, and $28,390 in
2004. The average difference in spending between winning and losing candidates when there was no incumbent
was $467.
A fifth observation is that in a number of District Court races, donors made $1,000 contributions to some of the
candidates. For example, Hollingsworth received 13 donations of $1,000. In contrast, appellate court candidates
seldom received more than $500 from any individual donor.
A sixth observation gender, in 2008, 69.2 % of the races had female candidates, while in 2010 that number
dropped to 54.8%.
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III. RECOMMENDATIONS
A. RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT
As long as North Carolina's judges are elected, the public financing provisions of the Judicial Campaign Reform
Act should be retained. There are several reasons to retain it. First, 5 out of the 8 appellate candidates tried to
qualify for public financing, and all 5 succeeded. This showed candidate acceptance of the system, and showed
that the qualification requirements were reasonable. Second, under the system, candidates who qualify for public
funding are prohibited from receiving unlimited contributions from individual donors (very few donors contributed
over $500). These donations are not so large that a donor might have an advantage in future litigation that might
appear before that judge. Third, to qualify for public funding, the candidates had to secure from at least 350
registered voters donations between $20 and $500. This requirement tends to screen out candidates who are poorly
qualified or who aren't really interested enough in the job to run a serious campaign. Fourth, public campaign
financing funds constituted the great majority of each candidate's campaign contributions, and thereby reduces the
role of money in elections.
There are several changes that should be made to the public financing provisions of the Judicial Campaign
Reform Act. First, the current level of funding seems inadequate. The $235,000 - $251,000 allocated to the
Supreme Court candidates, even when combined with the limited funds they were allowed to raise on their own,
didn't reach the $500,000 level which several political campaign consultants believe is the minimum needed to run
an adequate statewide campaign. Neither Supreme Court candidate spent over $337,000, even when including
funds raised on their own (no Court of Appeals candidate spent over $245,000). While it is difficult to determine
the minimum funding needed to run a meaningful statewide campaign, there is a consensus among campaign
consultants that the cost of running a successful statewide campaign keeps rising. 12
Court Watch recommends that the State's "Judicial Voter Guide" be continued. The Guide is the only material
distributed to all North Carolina households.13 All households were sent both the General and Special Edition
Election Voter Guides, thereby greatly contributing to voter awareness. The Guides offered nonpartisan
information on candidate experience, philosophy, and endorsements. In contrast, most other information
distributed by candidates (or their political party) is sent to targeted groups, and focuses on party affiliation. Court
Watch believes that the Voters Guide will keep having a positive growing impact on these elections. 14 These
2010 Guides seem to have been read by many voters and used by them to help them decide how to vote for these
appellate candidates.
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The types and number of media outlets used by the public has expanded. The public once relied on just broadcast TV and radio, but
now many use cable TV and the internet. Candidates now must advertise in more and more outlets to reach the same number of viewers.
Most candidates in a statewide campaign rely on TV ads, but TV costs are so high that candidates are forced to cover just one of the
major media markets in the state.
13 Voter Guides are needed, since candidates with limited funds in statewide elections don't even try to campaign throughout the state.
Most candidates pick a major media market (like Charlotte or the Triad area) and saturate it with multiple television spots. The Voter
Guide insures that all voters in the state receive at least some information on each appellate candidate.
14 First, with each election, people will become more familiar with the Guide and learn to rely on it. Second, the Voter Guide will gain
more credibility with each election, as more important non-judicial candidates are included in it.
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However, several improvements could be made to the Voter Guide. First, the Guide should be shortened by
removing pages unrelated to the candidate profiles (only 5 of the 16 pages contained candidate information). More
voters would read the Guide if it were shorter. 15 Second, the order of the sections in the Guide should be altered
to make it more readable. Starting with the ballot is a good introduction. It should be followed immediately with
all the candidate profiles. All other general informative material should be placed after the candidate pages (few
readers read this reference material, and locating it at the end will increase the chance that readers will at least read
the important candidate pages). Third, the "Legal/Judicial Experience" section could be improved. Currently each
candidate writes his own section, and many are very wordy. Instead, the State Board of Elections (SBOE) should
begin this section for each candidate with its own standardized statement summarizing the candidate's judicial
experience (for example: "Years as trial judge ___; Years as appellate judge..."). 16 Then the candidate could be
given a limited space to elaborate.
B. RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SELECTIONS
First, both Supreme Court Justices and Court of Appeals Judges should be appointed (rather than elected) - in a
manner that insures that quality appointments are made. 17 There are several reasons why appellate judges should
be appointed. First, appellate judge candidates don't have the ability to raise enough campaign money (even with
public campaign funds) to run a meaningful statewide campaign. Professional political campaign consultants
believe that it now takes a minimum of $500,000 to run a statewide appellate judicial campaign that has a
significant effect on the race's outcome. 18 Since appellate court candidates cannot raise these large amounts (even
with the help of public campaign financing), judicial races will continue to be won largely based on such factors as
the candidate's name, gender, race, and positions on the ballot. None of these factors relate to the experience or
competency of the candidate. Second, party affiliation still can play an important part in the outcome of appellate
judge races. However a judicial candidate's party label has no bearing on a candidate's experience or competency.
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Third, because many voters cast their votes for irrational reasons, candidates sometimes are elected who have
16 Under the present Guide, candidates list their own experience, sometimes in a confusing (almost deceptive) way. For example, a
candidate may list "appellate judge" as "occupation," without indicating that he/she has served on the bench just 3 months due to a recent
appointment. Also, a candidate with no judge experience might state that he/she has been "admitted to practice" before the Supreme
Court, or has been a "Clerk" on the Supreme Court. Some readers may confuse this with service as a judge on the bench. Some judges
with a lot of judge experience may list many judge seats without listing total judge service, or even listing the years in each position.
17 Court Watch opposes legislation that simply allows the Governor to make all appointments, since that would allow a Governor to
appoint his friends or campaign supporters regardless of qualifications. On the other hand, Court Watch supports legislation which
provides for an impartial committee to review the candidates and have some control over who is appointed. The appointees should be
required to win a retention (recall) election after having served several years (or a full term) on the bench. Currently, over 30 states use
nonpartisan commissions to recommend candidates for appointment.
18 See footnote # 15.
19 A candidate's choice of party affiliation doesn't even mean that the individual shares the philosophy of the party he/she has chosen.
Some candidates who are independents feel compelled to choose a party when entering a judicial campaign in order to get a boost from a
party's endorsement. Some judges even have switched from one party to another just to boost their chances of winning. However even
assuming that a judicial candidate shares the philosophy of his party, judges on the Court of Appeals must base their decisions on
Supreme Court decisions, federal and state statutes and regulations. Their personal philosophy shouldn't affect their decisions.
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little or no experience on the bench. 20 The public would be better served by adopting an appointment selection
process that would give high priority to choosing candidates with solid trial judge experience. 21
Second, if appellate judges continue to be elected, the Judicial Campaign Reform Act should be changed to
make it more effective (see Court Watch's recommendations on the Judicial Campaign Reform Act in Section III,
A).
C. RECOMMENDATIONS ON COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE SELECTION
The first recommendation is that both Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges should be appointed
instead of elected. The reasons why Supreme Court Justices should be appointed apply equally to Court of
Appeals candidates. 22 There are several reasons why it is even more important to appoint Court of Appeals
Judges than Supreme Court Justices. First, Court of Appeals candidates historically haven't been able to raise as
much money for their campaigns as Supreme Court candidates. 23 With less campaign funds at their disposal, they
have more difficulty running an effective campaign covering all voters in the state. Second, while some voters
may recognize the names of one or two Supreme Court Justices, the names of Court of Appeals candidates are
virtually unknown (even to most attorneys). Therefore, most Court of Appeals candidates have to build up name
recognition from total anonymity.
A second (alternative) recommendation is that if all appellate judges are not appointed, then at least the Court
of Appeals be changed to an appointment system (Supreme Court Justices could remain elected positions).
Changing just the Court of Appeals selection process is justified because of the reasons offered above.
One option is for the Governor to appoint Court of Appeals Judges using a commission recommendation
system. 24 This appointment method also would reduce the cost of public financing Court of Appeals elections, and
thus free up money to adequately finance Supreme Court elections. A second option is for each Court of Appeals
Judge to be elected by the voters in just one or two judicial divisions, as is done in many other states 25 (all Court of
20 For example, in 2010, Steven Walker ran for the Elmore seat in spite of only having experience as a judicial clerk. In 2008, Robert N.
Hunter, Jr. won a Court of Appeals seat without ever having been a judge. In 2004, Paul Newby was elected to the Supreme Court, even
though he had never been a judge. In 2002, Ed Brady was elected to the Supreme Court despite his never having served on the bench.
21 Trial judge experience is a very desirable background for appellate judges. First, most appeals to the Court of Appeals involve errors
alleged to have been made by judges in jury trials. Many years of sitting on the bench presiding over jury trials gives an appellate judge
the background enabling him/her to understand the procedures and dynamics of jury trials. Second, many years serving as a trial court
judge gives an appellate judge experience in applying the laws to the facts, and helps him/her reach fair, even-handed decisions on the
appellate court.
22 See first recommendation in Section III, B.
23 There are several reasons why Court of Appeals Judges have more difficulty. First, the Supreme Court is the state's court of last
resort, and its decisions must be followed by the Court of Appeals. Therefore PACs and corporations seeking to influence the law in real
estate, business and other fields tend to spend most of their money backing Supreme Court candidates. Second, there are fewer Supreme
Court justices than Court of Appeals judges, and so in most elections there are fewer Supreme Court races. Therefore PACs seeking to
back just one or two appellate candidates tend to donate to Supreme Court candidates.
24 See footnote # 30.
25 Court of Appeals Judges are elected by the voters in districts in seventeen states, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana,
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Appeals panels could continue to hold oral arguments in Raleigh). This second option also would give voters in
those divisions a better chance to learn about "their" Court of Appeals Judges. It also would alleviate the problem
that Court of Appeals candidates are unable to raise enough money to run a meaningful statewide election, since
now they could target voters in a smaller area.
D. RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUPERIOR & DISTRICT COURT JUDGE SELECTION
The first recommendation is that Superior and District Court Judges ("trial judges") should be appointed by
the Governor instead of being elected. The reasons for appointing trial judges are not as strong as for appellate
judges. 26 However, there are several reasons why appointing a trial judge is preferable to election. First, many
voters don't know who the judicial candidates are; especially in larger counties (for example, Mecklenburg County
has over 16 District Court Judges). Second, without sufficient information, many voters cast their votes according
to factors that have nothing to do with the experience or competence of the candidates. These factors include the
candidate's name, race, gender, party affiliation and position on the ballot. Third, many Superior and District Court
candidates received $1,000 campaign contributions from attorneys and other donors. A $1,000 donation is a
substantial enough sum so that a candidate who received such an amount and was elected might, consciously or
unconsciously, give that donor special consideration in cases that came before him.
The second recommendation is that if Superior and District Court Judges continue to be elected, a state system
should be implemented that would inform the voters about the performance of individual trial judges. The General
Assembly or State Supreme Court should assume the responsibility of routinely evaluating trial court judges by
polling all lawyers in the state. 27 The evaluations should be filled out by attorneys who evaluate their local judges
using standardized questionnaires (including a question evaluating whether the judge is "acceptable," "qualified",
or should "stay on the bench." The results of the judge evaluations should be widely publicized. 28
The North Carolina Bar Association released its 2011 Judicial Performance Evaluation in January of 2012. The
survey results are available on the internet at (NCBAR.ORG) or (www.courtwatchnc.org/resources/)
Mississippi, and Texas.
26 There is more justification for electing trial court judges than for electing appellate judges. First, voters will tend to know more about
local trial judge candidates, through local media publicity and personal experiences in local courtrooms. Second, trial judge candidates
only have to campaign in one or two counties, making the campaigns much less expensive than statewide campaigns. Third, most local
attorneys will know local trial judge candidates, and so can respond adequately to requests from their clients for recommendations during
the election campaign.
27 States which have attorneys evaluate trial court judges include Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Utah and West
Virginia. Arizona evaluates judges in two large counties. Several local bar associations evaluate judges, including the Denver and
Clearwater (Florida) bars.
28 Over the last 20years, Court Watch of North Carolina, Inc. has conducted three major trial judge evaluations plus Guilford County in
2010, which have reported on three-quarters of the judges in the state. Court Watch's latest evaluation was published in October 2010 ,
and it covered Guilford County. Once again, the key summary question that polled attorneys were asked to answer was whether the judge
should "stay on the bench." This question allowed Court Watch to rank judges according to the percentage of responding attorneys who
thought a judge should stay on the bench (for example, if 100% of polled attorneys thought that Judge X should be retained, but only 40%
of the attorneys thought that Judge Y should be retained, a reader could conclude that attorneys believed that Judge X was better than
Judge Y).
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1 2010 General Elections Voter Guide (sample pages)
EXHIBIT 2
NC Democratic Party Judges
EXHIBIT 3
Republican Party Judges
EXHIBIT 4 Tea Party Judges
EXHIBIT 5 Letter from political consultant Paul Shumaker Jr.
EXHIBIT 6 Letter from Damon Circosta, Esq. of NC Center for Voter Education
EXHIBIT 7 Sample Ballot, Guilford County
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EXHIBIT 1
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Exhibit 2
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Exhibit 3
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Exhibit 4
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Exhibit 7
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Supreme Court Contested Races
Robert C. Hunter
Barbara Jackson
Lost
Won
969,019 (48.14%) – Spent $336,051
1,043,850 (51.86%) – Spent $318,358
Major donors (Hunter):
$240,396 Judicial Campaign Public Funding
$500 – Doug Abrams - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Margaret Abrams - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Gina Cammarano - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Benjamin Cochran - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Christine Cochran - Raleigh
$500 – James Cooney III - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Michael Demayo - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Dickinson - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Victor Farah - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Stanley Fox - Oxford (Atty)
$500 – Chad Freeman - Asheville
$500 – K. Edward Greene - Chapel Hill
(Atty)
$500 – George Hanna III - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Johnson - Marion
Major Donors (Jackson):
$500 – Robert Calabria - Morrisville
$500 – Niell S. Fuleihan - Brevard
(Atty)
$500 – Steven Johnson - Zebulon
$500 – George Roundtree III Wilmington (Atty)
$500 – Ruth Samuelson - Charlotte
$500 – Jackie Shanklin - Wilmington
$500 – Julie Andrews - Cary
$500 – Vince Andrews - Cary
$500 – Vickie Clark - Greensboro
$500 – William Crowder Jr. - Charlotte
$500 – Thomas Farr - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Robert Hollister - Apex
$500 – Rae Jarema - Raleigh
$500 – Norman Kellum - New Bern (Atty)
$500 – John McCabe - Cary (Atty)
$500 – Charles Monnett III - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Larry Robbins - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Ann Sanders - Durham
$500 – Charles Sanders - Durham
$500 – Douglas Stafford - Albemarle
$500 – Donald Strickland - Durham (Atty)
$500 – Vernon Sumwalt Jr. - Matthews
(Atty)
$500 – Mark Sumwalt - Charlotte
$500 – Thomas Taft Sr. - Greenville (Atty)
$500 – Allen Wellons - Smithfield (Atty)
$500 – Robert Yelton - Shelby
$500 – Lynette Johnson - Zebulon
$500 – George Lipscomb - Raleigh
$500 – Robert Luddy - Wake Forest
$500 – John Lupoli - Highlands
$500 – Patty Mabry - Albemarle
$500 – Donovan Munford Jr. - Raleigh
(Atty)
$500 – Debra Salisbury - Wake Forest
$500 – Kieran Shanahan - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Tina Shanahan - Raleigh
$500 – Tommy West - Raleigh
$500 – James Trotter - Raleigh
$500 – Cindy Wiedel - Raleigh
$500 – Lawrence Wiedel (Ral)
Court of Appeals Contested Races
Ann Marie Calabria*
Jane Gray
Won
Lost
1,047,081 (53.65%) – Spent $235,956
904,544 (46.35%) – Spent $242,162
Major Donors (Calabria):
$1 K – Gerald Beatty - Fayetteville
$500 – James Pendergrass Jr. - Raleigh
$1 K – Thomas Calabria - Havertown, PA (Atty)
$1 K – David Dickerhoff - Vass
$500 – James Pope - Raleigh
$1 K – Janice Dickerhoff - Vass
$500 – Julie Pounds - Morrisville
$1 K – Peter Economou - Phoenixville, PA $500 – Ruth Samuelson - Charlotte
$1 K – Gary Jones - Pinehurst
$500 – Fern Shubert - Marshville
$1 K – Janet Smith - Fayetteville
$500 – Rebecca Spell - Fayetteville
$1 K – Terrance Smith - Fayetteville
$500 – Angela Adams - Wilmington
$500 – Zandstra Bunn - Cary
$500 – Brent Calabria - Raleigh
$500 – Richard Burr - Winston-Salem
$500 – Laura Calabria - Charlotte
$500 – Vanessa Carroll - Greensboro
$500 – Robert Calabria - Morrisville
$500 – Jimmy Clark - Greensboro
$500 – Vickie Clark - Greensboro
$500 – David Griffin - Jamestown
$500 – George Collins - Hubert (Atty)
$500 – John Hutson Jr. - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Lisa Gushin - Linden
$500 – Phyllis Jackson - Raleigh
$500 – Tina Honey - Hope Mills
$500 – Patrick Joyce - Beaufort
$500 – John Kitzmiller - Apex
$500 – Gina Kirkland - Raleigh
$500 – Rebecca Kitzmiller - Apex
$500 – William Kirkland III - Raleigh
$500 – Robert Luddy - Raleigh
$500 – Gina Manning - Raleigh
$500 – John Santoleri - New York, NY
$500 – William McLeod - Carthage
Major Donors (Gray):
$500 – Phillip Baddour Jr. - Goldsboro
$500 – James Hunt Jr. - Lucuma (Atty)
(Atty)
$500 – Maylon Little - Raleigh
$500 – Van Ellen Eure - Raleigh
$500 – Dewitt McCarley - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – N. Victor Farah - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – W. Douglas Parsons - Clinton (Atty)
$500 – Kathleen Glancy - Wilmington
$500 – Billy Sewell - Jacksonville
(Atty)
$500 – D. Joanne Stevens - Raleigh
$500 – Lauren Gray - Raleigh
$500 – Steven Thanhauser - Raleigh
$500 – Matthew Gray - Raleigh
$500 – James Blaine - Franklinton
$500 – R. Frank Gray - Raleigh
$500 – Henry Jones Jr. - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Jill Highsmith - Raleigh
$500 – Mary Jones – Raleigh
Rick Elmore*
Steven Walker
Won
Lost
Major Donors (Elmore):
$0 Judicial Campaign Public Funding
$1 K – John Arrowood - Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Leto Copely - Hillsborough (Atty)
$1 K – William Diehl - Charlotte (Atty)
$550 – Seth Langson - Charlotte (Atty)
956,283 (53.77%) – Spent $51,864
822,066 (46.13%) – Spent $18,144
$500 – Margaret Abrams - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Alan Duncan - Greensboro (Atty)
$500 – Karen Rabenau - Durham
$500 – Edgar Bain - Lillington (Atty)
$500 – Clark Bell - Asheboro (Atty)
$500 – Donald Beskind - Durham (Atty)
$500 – James Cooney - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – N. Victor Farah - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Burley Mitchell - Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – K. Edward Greene - Chapel Hill
(Atty)
Major Donors (Walker):
$2.4K – Sharon Walker – Hendersonville
$1450- David Walker- Hendersonville
$850 – Tyler Walker – Hendersonville
$550 – Charles Gilliam – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Ralph Edwards – Selma
Martha Geer*
Dean R. Poirier
Won
Lost
$500 – Norman Kellum - New Bern (Atty)
$500 – Mona Wallace - Salisbury (Atty)
$500 – David Martin - Raleigh
$500 – F.R. Zamaroni - Southern Pines
$500 – Vicki Clark – Greensboro
$500 – Waymon Morris – Hendersonville
(Atty)
$500 – Ken Pryor – Hendersonville
$500 – Loraine Pryor- Hendersonville
$500 – Richard Fox III – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Susan Pryor – Hendersonville
1,122,392 (59.87%) – Spent $244,270
752,326 (40.13%) – Spent $ 5,213
Major Donors (Geer):
$500 – Franciso Bricio – Cary (Atty)
$500 – Harry Clendenin III – Greensboro
$500 – Rick Carlisle – Raleigh
(Atty)
$500 – Nancy Ferguson – Liberty
$500 – James Cooney III – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – John Green – Wilmington (Atty)
$500 – Amy Cox – Morganton (Atty)
$500 – Kenneth Haigler – Wilmington
$500 – William Diehl – Charlotte (Atty)
(Atty)
$500 – Steven Edelstein – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Richard Harper – Sylva (Atty)
$500 – N. Victor Farah – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – John Hutson Jr. – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Neill Fuleihan – Brevard (Atty)
$500 – William Peregoy – Leland (Atty)
$500 – Robert Gage – Morganton
$500 – William Richardson – Fayetteville
$500 – C. David Gantt – Fletcher (Atty)
(Atty)
$500 – Maureen Geraghty – Winston$500 – Adam Stein – Chapel Hill (Atty)
Salem (Atty)
$500 – Geraldine Sumter – Charlotte (Atty) $500 – Kathleen Glancy – Wilmington
$500 – M. Reid Acree Jr. – Salisbury (Atty) (Atty)
$500 – John Arrowood – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – K. Edward Greene – Chapel Hill
$500 – Phillip Baddour Jr. – Goldsboro
(Atty)
(Atty)
$500 – C. Mark Holt – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Seth Bernanke – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – James Hunt Jr. – Lucama (Atty)
$500 – Joanna Britt – Winston-Salem
$500 – Mary Joslin – Raleigh
$500 – Kevin Bunn – Apex (Atty)
$500 – Kenneth King Jr. – Wilmington
$500 – William Bystrynski – Cary (Atty)
(Atty)
$500 – Gina Cammarano – Raleigh (Atty) $500 – Leah King – Wilmington (Atty)
$500 – Heidi Chapman – Chapel Hill (Atty) $500 – Jonny Loper – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – R. James Lore – Fuquay-Varina
(Atty)
$500 – John McCabe – Cary (Atty)
$500 – Burley Mitchell Jr. – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – J. Griffin Morgan – Winston-Salem
(Atty)
$500 – Annemarie Pantazis – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – G. S. Parsons – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Henry Patterson – Chapel Hill
(Atty)
$500 – Jane Patterson – Chapel Hill
$500 – Thomas Ramer – Hendersonville
(Atty)
$500 – Vernon Sumwalt Jr. – Matthews
(Atty)
$500 – Mark Sumwalt – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Scott Taylor – Chapel Hill (Atty)
$500 – Henry Teich – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Isaak Thorp – Cary (Atty)
$500 – Mona Wallace – Salisbury (Atty)
Major Donors (Poirier):
No donors of $500 or more
Two Final Vote-getters for 13-way Instant Runoff
Doug McCullough
Cressie Thigpen
Won
Lost
543,980 (50.31%) – Spent $121,767
537,325 (49.69%) – Spent $113,120
Major Donors (McCullough):
$1 K – John Fennebresque – Charlotte
(Atty)
$1 K – Norman Kellum – New Bern
(Atty)
$1 K – Trawick Stubbs Jr. – New Bern
(Atty)
$500 – Jennifer Dowdy – Raleigh
$500 – Joseph Dowdy – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Kenneth Blizzard – Kinston
$500 – Reginald Browning Jr. – Atlantic
Beach
$500 – William Carter Jr. – WinstonSalem
$500 – Linda Keever – Raleigh
$500 – Antoinette Oberci – Beaufort
$500 – Melanie Shaffer – Greensboro
$500 – Christina Shanahan – Raleigh
$500 – Kieran Shanahan – Raleigh
(Atty)
$500 – Robert Stallings III – New Bern
$500 – John Warrington – Beaufort
$500 – Claude Wheatly III – (Atty)
Major Donors (Thigpen):
$500 – Doug Abrams – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Margaret Abrams – Raleigh
(Atty)
$500 – Albert Anderson – Asheville
$500 – Mary Baker – Durham
$500 – Betty Beck – Durham
$500 – Loretta Biggs – Lewisville (Atty)
$500 – Joseph Cheshire V – Raleigh
(Atty)
$500 – James Cooney III – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – William Diehl Jr. – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Charles Ferguson Jr. – WinstonSalem
$500 – David Forbes Sr. – Garner
$500 – Ralph Frasier Jr. – Durham
(Atty)
$500 – Haywood Gray – Raleigh
$500 – Lynne Holtkamp – Mebane
(Atty)
$500 – Douglas Kingsbery – Raleigh
(Atty)
$500 – Katherine Kingsbery – Raleigh
$500 – David Kirby – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Bridgett Langson – Charlotte
$500 – Seth Langson – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Mary O’Connell – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Nicolle Phair – Sanford (Atty)
$500 – Joseph Sansom – Raleigh
$500 – Alan Schneider – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Charles Smith – Bahama
$500 – Greg Scott – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Nettie Thigpen – Fayetteville
$500 – John Vernon III – Burlington
(Atty)
Superior Court Judge Contested Races
District 5C (Part of New Hanover County)
Norwood P. Blanchard III
Jay D. Hockenbury*
Lost
Won
4,289 (19.99%) – Spent $ 4,400
17,167 (80.01%) – Spent $14,413
Major Donors (Blanchard III):
Major Donors (Hockenbury):
District 12C (Part of Cumberland County) (vote for 2)
James Floyd Ammons, Jr.*
Ronnie M. Mitchell
Mary Ann Tally
John Marsh Tyson
Won
Lost
Won
Lost
Major Donors (Ammons Jr.):
$3 K – Donovan McLaurin – Wade
$2 K – Zack Smith – Fayetteville
$1750- William Peregoy – Wilmington
(Atty)
$1700- David Boliek Jr. – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1500- David Courie – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1050- Paul Crenshaw – Fayetteville (Atty)
15,542 (30.31%) – Spent $136,103
11,611 (22.65%) – Spent $ 71,615
13,465 (26.26%) – Spent $128,920
10,652 (20.78%) – Spent $ 27,264
$1 K – H. Gerald Beaver – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$1 K – Michael Lallier – Fayetteville
$1 K – Debra Mozingo – Fayetteville
$1 K – Ralph Potter – Fayetteville
$1 K – William Richardson – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$1 K – Timothy Edwards – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1 K – Sharon Williford – Fayetteville
$1 K – Lee Boughman – Fayetteville (Atty) $987 – E. Taliaferro Parks – Fayetteville *
$1 K – Deborah Koenig – Linden (Atty)
$800 – Lucy Jones – Fayetteville
$1 K – Jimmy Henley – Fayetteville
$750 – Steven Hatley – Raeford (Atty)
$1 K – Garris Yarborough – Fayetteville
$750 – James Faircloth – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$750 – Patricia Moss – Fayetteville (Atty)
$750 – Dot Wyatt – Fayetteville
$750 – John Healy – Fayetteville
$750 – James Musselwhite – Lumberton
(Atty)
$700 – Larry Tinney – Fayetteville
$600 – D. Keith Allison – Fayetteville
$600 – D. Hillman Godwin Jr. –
Fayetteville
$600 – William Wellons Jr. – Spring Lake
$600 – Susan Dempster - Fayetteville
$600 – David Fisher – Fayetteville
$500 – Lamar Armstrong – Four Oaks
(Atty)
$500 – F. Stuart Clarke – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – James Cooke Jr. – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Robby Hicks – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – R. Williford McCauley –
Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Timothy Smith – Fayetteville
$500 – G. F. Gurnee – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – John Koenig – Fayetteville
$500 – C. Douglas Maxwell Jr. –
Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Tyler Nelson – Fayetteville
$500 – Larry Strother – Fayetteville
$500 – Richard Tyler – Manchester, NH
$500 – Jim Yates – Fayetteville
$500 – Richard Fox III – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Swayn Hamlet – Fayetteville
$500 – Mark Hearp – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Tim Holtsclaw – Fayetteville
Major Donors (Mitchell):
$1 K – Arnold Smith – Fayetteville
$1 K – April Smith – Fayetteville
$1 K – Andrew Dempster – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$1 K – Susan Dempster – Fayetteville
$1 K – Matthew Feldbusch – Fayetteville
$1 K – Joseph Riddle – Fayetteville
$1 K – Danny Dye – Fayetteville
$1 K – Robert Norman – Fayetteville
$1 K – Douglas Guy – Fayetteville
$500 – Jaqueline Allison – Fayetteville
$500 – Kenneth Bellian – Fayetteville
$500 – Chuck Brittian – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Vickie Burge – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Max Faykus – Linden
$500 – Thomas Finch – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Pamela Harsant – Fayetteville
$500 – Floyd Jenkins – Fayetteville
$500 – Cackie Jones – Pinehurst
$500 – Ocie Murray Jr. – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Manfred Rothstein – Fayetteville
$500 – Arnold Smith – Roseboro
$500 – Rick Adams – Fayetteville
$500 – David Allred – Fayetteville
$500 – Michael Boose – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Harold Boughman – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Ronald Crosby Jr. – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Andrew Dempster – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – David Dickerhoff – Vass
$500 – Murray Duggins – Fayetteville
$500 – Timothy Edwards – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – John Elliott – Fayetteville
$500 – Jo Faircloth – Fayetteville
$500 – Ronald McSwain – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Nick Potter – Fayetteville
$500 – J. Wayne Riggins - Fayetteville
$1 K – Richard Galt – Fayetteville
$1 K – William Vurnakes – Fayetteville
$1 K – Charles Donau – Fayetteville
$1 K – Sara Donau – Fayetteville
$1 K – Michael Williford – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$1 K – Patty Herrera – Fayetteville
$1 K – Damien Herrera – Fayetteville
$1 K – Garris Yarborough – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$1 K – Ryan Aul – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1 K – Cara Spencer – Fayetteville
$1 K – Jaqueline Allison – Fayetteville
$1 K – Greta Bray – Fayetteville
$1 K – Paul Crenshaw – Fayetteville
$1 K – David Parnell – Fayetteville
$1 K – Duane Gilliam – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1 K – Dollie Bray – Fayetteville
$1 K – David Boelick – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1 K – Sanjiv Dalvi – Fayetteville
$1 K – Ralph Potter – Fayetteville
$1 K – Dan Raynor – Fayetteville
$500 – Seth Thompson – Coats
$500 – Bobby Knight – Fayetteville
Major Donors (Tally):
$2400 – John Tally – Fayetteville* (Atty)
$2 K – D. Ralph Huff III – Fayetteville
$2 K – David Kirby – Raleigh (Atty)
$2 K – H. Zack Smith – Fayetteville
$1500 – Jimmy Townsend - Fayetteville
$1 K – Robert Zaytoun – Raleigh (Atty)
$1 K – Ryan Aul – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1 K – Dee Wayne Bray – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$1 K – Wade Byrd – Fayetteville (Atty)
$1 K – Ernest Conner – Greenville (Atty)
$1 K – John Lennon – Fayetteville
$1 K – James Parish – Eastover (Atty)
$1 K – E. Spencer Parris – Raleigh (Atty)
$1 K – William Richardson – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$1 K – S.O. Smith – Fayetteville
$1 K – Esther Thompson – Fayetteville
$1 K – Margaret Abrams – Raleigh (Atty)
$1 K – William Gerrans – Newport (Atty)
$1 K – H. Gerald Beaver – Fayetteville
$1 K – Theodore Cummings III – Hickory
(Atty)
$1 K – Susan Hornaday – Fayetteville
$1 K – C. Mark Hurley – Fayetteville
$1 K – Albert McCauley – Fayetteville
$1 K – W. Douglas Parsons – Clinton
(Atty)
$925 – Connie Blue – Fayetteville*
$500 – Ralph Strickland – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Harvey Raynor – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Jose Coker – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – E.A. Bunce Jr. – Stedman
$500 – Mary Blaylock – Fayetteville
$500 – Torrey Johnson – Fayetteville
$500 – Tony Simpson – Roseboro
$500 – Deno Frangakis – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Bradford Hancox – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Clifford Brisson – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$500 – Earl Butler – Fayetteville
$750 – John O’Hale – Smithfield (Atty)
$500 – Edgar Bain – Lillington (Atty)
$500 – Norman Butler – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Robert Buzzard – Lillington (Atty)
$500 – Catherine Bass – Fayetteville
$500 – J.B. Cheshire V – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Victor Farah – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Elaine Gordon – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Randy Gregory – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Michael Howell – Durham (Atty)
$500 – Terry Hutchens – Fayetteville
$500 – Jim Macrae – Fayetteville
$500 – Julia Macrae – Fayetteville
$500 – R. Grant Singleton – Fayetteville
$500 – Michael Stone – Raeford (Atty)
$500 – Vicky Burge – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – Herman Gaskins – Washington
(Atty)
$500 – Gerda Stein – Raleigh
$500 – Janene Aul – Fayetteville (Atty)
$500 – James Cooney III - Charlotte(Atty)
$500 – Mark Edelman – Fayetteville
$500 – Jim Funderburk – Gastonia (Atty)
$500 – Charles Harrell – Fayetteville
$500 – Malcolm Hunter – Durham
$500 – Victoria Jayne – Hickory (Atty)
$500 – Carol Kendrick – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Crawford Mackethan – Fayetteville
$500 – Nina Millard – West Point, MS
$500 – William Senter – Fayetteville (Atty) $500 – R. Grant Singleton – Fayetteville
$500 – Rollin Shaw – Fayetteville
$500 – Judy Wellons – Fayetteville
Major Donors (Tyson):
$1 K – Donovan McLaurin – Wade
$500 – Gary Herring – Fayetteville
District 14B (Part of Durham County) (vote for 3)
Elaine M. Bushfan
James E. (Jim) Hardin, Jr.*
James H. Hughes
Michael O’Foghludha
Dan Read
Chris Shella
Won
Won
Lost
Won
Lost
Lost
Major Donors (Bushfan):
$500 – Glen Bachman – Bahama
$500 – Nicole Clayton – Durham
30,493 (24.9%) – Spent $12,269
28,254 (23.1%) – Spent $16,297
11,508 (9.43%) – Spent $ 9,342
28,773 (23.5%) – Spent $39,379
14,889 (12.2%) – Spent $15,055
8,129 (6.66%) – Spent $22,434
$500 – Ralph Frasier Jr. – Durham (Atty)
$500 – Ralph Hunt – unknown
Major Donors (Hardin Jr.):
$500 – Laura Hardin – Hillsborough
Major Donors (Hughes):
$811 – Richard Hutson II – Durham* (Atty) $500 – Steven Ayers – Durham (Atty)
$545 – J. Bruce Hoof – Durham
Major Donors (O’Foghludha):
$5 K – Fearghus O’Foghludha – Durham
$1 K – Harry Howard – Durham
$600 – Wil Weldon – Durham
$530 – Malvern F. King Jr. – Durham*
(Atty)
$500 – Lynn Fontana – Durham (Atty)
$500 – Stewart Fisher – Durham (Atty)
$500 – George Miller Jr. – Durham (Atty)
$500 – Catherine O’Foghludha – Durham
$500 – N. Cole Williams – Durham
Major Donors (Read):
$500 – Heidi Chapman – Chapel Hill (Atty)
Major Donors (Shella):
$500 – Kirkland Hicks – Arlington, VA (Atty)
District 15A (Alamance County) (vote for 2)
Wayne Abernathy
Robert F. (Rob) Johnson*
James K. (Jim) Roberson
Won
Won
Lost
20,313 (34.82%) – Spent $13,462
20,166 (34.57%) – Spent $21,050
17,861 (30.62%) – Spent $12,627
Major Donors (Abernathy):
$1 K – Kimberly McInnis – Wilmington
$1 K – M. Sharpe – Burlington
Major Donors (Johnson):
$4 K – Cathy Johnson – Burlington
$1 K – Sam Hunt – Burlington
$1 K – Mary Johnson – Burlington
$1 K – Gail McGill – Burlington
$1 K – James McGill – Burlington
$1 K – Mary Walker – Burlington
$999 – Maurice Koury – Burlington
$500 – Constance Griner – Burlington
Major Donors (Roberson):
$1 K – I.L. Cockman – Whitsett
$500 – Michael Griggs – Burlington
$500 – David Hunsucker – Burlington
District 18D (Part of Guilford County)
Lindsay R. Davis, Jr.*
Joseph D. (Joe) Floyd
Won
Lost
Major Donors (Davis Jr.):
$1 K – Robert Long – Greensboro
$1 K – Mackey McDonald – Greensboro
$1 K – Annie Armfield – Winston-Salem
$1 K – Edward Armfield Jr. – WinstonSalem
$1 K – Mary Blackwell – Greensboro
$1 K – W. Harden Blackwell – Greensboro
$1 K – Robert Albergotti – Dallas, TX
$750 – Thomas Stukes – Greensboro
$500 – Ann Davis – Greensboro
$500 – D. Kenneth Tisdale Jr. – WinstonSalem (Atty)
$500 – J. Michael Booe – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Christopher Clifton – WinstonSalem (Atty)
$500 – Jane Ellison – Greensboro
$500 – Michael Grace – Winston-Salem
(Atty)
$500 – Kevin Morse – Greensboro (Atty)
$500 – Hugh D. North III – Greensboro
(Atty)
$500 – Donald Tisdale Sr. – Topsail Beach
(Atty)
$500 – Jane Doughton – Sparta
$500 – Richard Jones Sr. – Charlotte
$500 – Frederick Lind – Greensboro (Atty)
$500 – Steven Bell – Greensboro
$500 – W. David Lloyd – Greensboro
(Atty)
Major Donors (Floyd):
$990 – Kim Floyd – High Point (Atty)
9,730 (61.05%) – Spent $49,641
6,209 (38.95%) – Spent $43,485
$500 – Jeffrey Mabe – Lexington (Atty)
District 24 (Counties: Avery, Madison, Mitchell, Watauga and Yancey) (vote for 2)
Gary Gavenus
Charles Philip Ginn*
Hal G. Harrison
Won
Won
Lost
16,370 (30.79%) – Spent $29,294
20,568 (38.68%) – Spent $76,421
16,237 (30.54%) – Spent $37.566
Major Donors (Gavenus):
$2 K – Ruth Gavenus – Kingston, PA
$1 K – Julia Aldridge – Spruce Pine
$1 K – Loretta Coates – Marshall
$1 K – Ward Scott – Asheville (Atty)
$1 K – Jerry Wallin – Marshall
Major Donors (Ginn):
$1 K – Debbie Casey – Boone (Atty)
$1 K – Brad Fisher – Asheville (Atty)
$1 K – Joe Garner – Boone
$1 K – John Sullivan – Boone
$1 K – Perry Fisher II – Asheville (Atty)
$1 K – Barry Mallatere – Blowing Rock
$1 K – Cindy Penick – Boone
$1 K – Stewart Penick – Boone
$1 K – Claude Smith – Blowing Rock
(Atty)
$1 K – Tom Speed – Boone (Atty)
$1 K – Mark Vannoy – Jefferson
$1 K – William Vannoy – Jefferson
$1 K – Jim Wooten – Valle Crucis
$880 – Dan Williams – Boone
Major Donors (Harrison):
$600 – Jim Thompson – Spruce Pine
$500 – Kermit Banks – Burnsville
$500 – Bruce Briggs – Mars Hill (Atty)
$1 K – Robin Scott – Asheville
$650 – Clarke Wittstruck – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Susan Martin – Burnsville
$500 – James Harwood – Marshall
$600 – George Cunningham – Mount
Mourne (Atty)
$500 – Dorothy Tart – Boone
$500 – Martha Turlington – Todd
$500 – Michael Vetro – Boone (Atty)
$500 – Philip Anderson – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Tony Greene – Boone
$500 – Bob Brown – Boone
$500 – Mack Brown – Boone
$500 – Charles Clement – Boone (Atty)
$500 – Dale Greene – Boone
$500 – Phil Stevens – Jefferson
$500 – John Sullivan – Boone
$500 – Harold Tilley – Boone
$500 – Maggie Tilley – Boone
$500 – Brent Hall – Boone
$500 – Gina Phillips – Spruce Pine
District 26B (Part of Mecklenburg County) (vote for 2)
Bill Constangy
Hugh Lewis
Nancy Norelli
F. Lane Williamson
Won
Won
Lost
Lost
27,533 (31.77%) – Spent $ 71,345
26,967 (31.11%) – Spent $100,005
16,879 (19.47%) – Spent $ 1,244
15,292 (17.64%) – Spent $ 19,862
Major Donors (Constangy):
$1 K – David Cohen – Charlotte
$1 K – Michael Demayo – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – John Fennebresque – Charlotte
(Atty)
$1 K – James Smith – Charlotte
$948 – Robert Gallagher – Charlotte
$548 – Richard Hoefling – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Kenneth Andersen – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – James Babb Jr. – Charlotte
$500 – James Bishop - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Francis Blanchfield Jr. - Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – R. Kent Brown - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Tom Bush - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Claire Campbell - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Cannon - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Jack Case Jr. – Charlotte
$500 – Nelson Casstevens - Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Theodore Grieve - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Carl Hall III - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Herbert Harris – Charlotte
$500 – Michael Kahn – Charlotte
$500 – Robert Karney - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Richard Keffer Jr. – Charlotte
$500 – David Kingery – Columbia, SC
$500 – William McMahan – Charlotte
Major Donors (Lewis):
$77 K – Barbara Lewis – Charlotte
$20 K – Clayton Lewis - Charlotte
$500 – Gary Murphy - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Royce Myers – Matthews (Atty)
$500 – Chiege Okwara - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Douglas Petho – Matthews (Atty)
$500 – Paul Polking - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Larry Price - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Felix Sebates – Pineville
$500 – Edward Seltzer – Charlotte
$500 – Wesley Sturges – Charlotte
$500 – Ann Tarwater – Charlotte
$500 – Philip Van Hoy – Charlotte
$500 – Charles Viser - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Frank Weaver - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Christopher Connelly - Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Thomas Downer - Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – David Ford – Columbia, SC (Atty)
$500 – Troy Stafford – Cornelius (Atty)
Major Donors (Norelli):
No major donors of $500 or more
Major Donors (Williamson):
$1 K – Forrest Ferrell – Hickory (Atty)
$1 K – Michael Demayo – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Charles Wells – Charlotte (Atty)
$600 – W. L. Sitton – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Bentford Martin – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – C. Jeff Warren – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – John Rudisill – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Seth Langson – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Jimmy Cooley – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Martin Brackett – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Michael Boot – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Mark Sumwalt – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Jon Moore – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Gary Jackson – Charlotte (A
District 28 (Buncombe County)
Kate Dreher
Alan Z. Thornburg*
Lost
Won
Major Donors (Dreher):
$7.372 K – David Wells – Asheville*
$2 K – Donald Cooper – Black
Mountain
29,915 (47.76%) – Spent $ 55,715
32,727 (52.24%) – Spent $100,244
$2 K – Lisbeth Cooper – Black
Mountain
$2 K – Janice Dreher – Williamsport,
PA
$1 K – William Anderson – Asheville
(Atty)
$1 K – Albert Messer – Arden (Atty)
$1 K – Albert Wells – Hendersonville
$1 K – Jack Stewart – Asheville (Atty)
$750 – James Wallbillich – Pottsville,
PA (Atty)
$500 – Roger Massell – Asheville
$500 – Bill Boyum – Cherokee
Major Donors (Thornburg):
$26 K – Dorothy Thornburg – Webster
$5.063 K – Sarah Thornburg – Asheville*
(Atty)
$1 K – Jim Turner – Asheville
$1 K – Martin Nesbitt – Asheville
$1 K – Rusty Pulliam – Asheville
$1 K – Robert Speed – Boone
$1 K – J. Todd Thornburg – WinstonSalem
$1 K – Lora Thrash – Asheville
$1 K – Carolyn Butler – Arden
$1 K – Marvin Butler – Arden
$1 K – Martin Lewis – Arden
$1 K – Ward Scott – Asheville (Atty)
$1 K – David Cartner – Asheville* (Atty)
$891 – J. Carr Swisgood – Fletcher*
$692 – Joe Swicegood – Fletcher*
$692 – Lynda Swicegood – Fletcher*
$600 – Neil Jarrett - Leicester
$500 – Arnold Lakey – North Wilkesboro
$500 – Stan White – Nags Head
$500 – R. Lawrence Ashe – Atlanta, GA
(Atty)
$500 – Jame Barkley – Weaverville
$500 – John Davis – Asheville*
$500 – Brian England – Asheville
$500 – Wade Hall – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Lennox – Covington,
LA
$500 – Eugene Presley – Asheville
$500 – Reese Steen – Mars Hill
$500 – Melanie Williamson –
Weaverville
$500 – Frank Howington – Asheville
$500 – Laura Doran – Asheville
$500 – Elizabeth Ervin – Morganton
$500 – Donald Freeman – Marion
$500 – Martin Lewis – Arden*
$500 – Robert Lewis – Asheville*
$500 – Peter Mangone – Asheville
$500 – Tingley Moore – Oxford
$500 – John Oswald – Asheville
$500 – Charles Owen – Asheville
$500 – Winston Pulliam – Asheville
$500 – Wayne Wells – Leicester
$500 – Angelo Cammarata – Asheville
$500 – Linda Lewis – Asheville
$500 – Kenneth Murphy – Candler
$500 – William Newman – Candler
$500 – Mack Pearsall – Asheville
$500 – Kenneth Wilson – Canton
$500 – Doris Wright – Swannanoa
$500 – J. W. Davis – Flat Rock
$500 – Donald Freeman – Marion
$500 – Peter Mangone – Asheville
$500 – Diana Pickering – Asheville
$500 – James Swain – Asheville
$500 – Wayne Wells – Leicester
$500 – John Winkenwerder – Asheville
District Court Judge Contested Races
District 2 (Counties: Martin, Beaufort, Tyrrell, Hyde and Washington)
Darrell B. Cayton, Jr.
Won
17,036 (62.86%) – Spent $69,443
Watsi M. Sutton
Lost
10,067 (37.14%) – Spent $30,150
Major Donors (Cayton Jr.):
$2 K – Herman Gaskins III – Washington
$1.1 K – John Bramble – Washington
(Atty)
$1 K – Debra Pollock – Washington
$1 K – Elton Ipock – Washington
$1 K – Debbie Modlin – Washington
$1 K – Roland B. Modlin III – Washington
$1 K – R. Blount Modlin Jr – Washington
$1 K – Angela Moore – Washington
$1 K – Bryan Moore – Washington
$1 K – Cathy Skinner – Merry Hill
$1 K – Brian Jones – Washington (Atty)
$1 K – Israel Unika Shachia – Plymouth
$1 K – Dedric U. Wilkins – Plymouth
$1 K – Allison Jones - Washington
$1 K – Sandy Hardy – Washington (Atty)
$1 K – D. Cayton Sr. - Aurora
$800 – Steven Graves – Washington (Atty)
$700 – Gary Chrismon – Washington
$500 – James Boyd – Pinetown
$500 – Carol Price – Jamesville
$500 – Richard Criffin – Greenville (Atty)
$500 – Mark Owens III – Greenville (Atty)
$500 – Hal Potter III – Aurora
$500 – Edward Birdsong – Washington
$500 – James R. Boyd – Meridianville, Al.
$500 – Lloyd Smith Jr. – Windson (Atty)
$500 – Kent Fogelson – Wendell
$500 – Jason Williams – Washington (Atty)
Major Donors (Sutton):
$1 K – Frankie Bordeaux – Greenville
$773 – Mitchell St. Clair – Washington
$650 – Mark Gray – Greensboro (Atty)
$550 – Joseph Boston – Washington
$550 – Charmaine Smith – Greensboro
$500 – David L Moore – Washington
$500 – Yvonne Saleem – Washington
District 5 (New Hanover and Pender Counties)
Rebecca Weathers Blackmore*
Won
Jonathan Worth Washburn
Lost
Major Donors (Blackmore):
$1 K – Noel J. Blackmore Jr. – Carolina
Beach
$1 K – Jonathan S. Crane – Wilmington
$500 – Carolyn M. Smith – Pinehurst
Major Donors (Washburn):
$3 K – Michael W. Washburn – Raleigh
(Atty)
34,100 (52.74%) – Spent $11,172
30,553 (47.26%) – Spent $56,288
$500 – G. Bradley Fields – Wilmington
(Atty)
$500 – Alicia C. Sneeden – Wilmington
$500 – Bruce A. Mason – Wilmington
$1.9 – K Benjamin Washburn III –
Lexington Park, Md
$1 K – Ann Longley - Wilmington
$1 K – William Peregoy – Leland (Atty)
$1 K – Michael Byrd – Wilmington
$1 K – Irwin Freedland – Wilmington
$1 K – W. Paul Lewis – Wilmington (Atty)
$1 K – Emily Penton Longley –
Wilmington
$1 K – William Maus III – Wilmington
$500 – D. Scott Corbett – Wilmington
District 5 (New Hanover and Pender Counties)
Chad Hogston
Won
Robin Wicks Robinson
Lost
Major Donors (Hogston)
$1 K – Deborah Hogston – Hardy, Va.
$1 K – Bruce Mason – Wilmington (Atty)
$1 K – Wesley Jones – Wilmington
$1 K – Bert Lea – Hampstead
$1 K – Jack Lea – No Listing
$1 K – Neil Bender – Wilmington
$1 K – Christina Rivenbark – Wilmington
(Atty)
$1 K – David Collins – Wilmington (Atty)
$1 K – Bridgett Bender – Wilmington
$1 K – Gregory Jones – Wilmington (Atty)
$1 K – Nicholas Dillon – Burgaw
$750 – M. Ezzell – Carolina Beach
$750 – Don Bullard II – Wilmington
$750 – Durant Vick – Roanoke, Va.
$600 – Jonathan Dunn – Smithfield
$500 – Dennis Sullivan Jr. – Wilmington
(Atty)
$500 – Harold Pollock – Burgaw (Atty)
Major Donors (Robinson):
$2.5 K – Raiford G. Trask III – Wilmington
$2 K – Neil C. Bender II
$2 K – James H. Robinson – Wilmington
$2 K – J. Anderson Berly III – Mt.
Pleasant, SC
$2 K – James W. Lea III – Wilmington
(Atty)
$1 K – Lawrence S. Craige – Wilmington
(Atty)
$1 K – Charlotte Noel Fox – Wilmington
(Atty)
$1 K – Bridget Bender – Wilmington
32,648 (52.01%) – Spent $39,161
30,121 (47.99%) – Spent $81,140
$500 – Rhett Pollock – Wilmington (Atty)
$500 – Jeff Billiter – No Listing
$500 – Robert Huckabee – Wilmington
$500 – Christopher Loutit – Wilmington
(Atty)
$500 – Mark Courtret – Whiteville
$500 – H. Lawrence Shotwell – Carolina
Beach (Atty)
$500 – Cynthia Locklear – Wimington
(Atty)
$500 – Raymond Bray – Castle Hayne
$500 – Steve Porter – Wilmington (Atty)
$500 – Glenn McGhee – Salem, Va
$500 – D. Hixon – Wilmington
$500 – Robby Collins – Wilmington (Atty)
$500 – Larry Powell – Wilmington
$500 – Pat Mulligan – Wilmington (Atty)
$500 – Woody White – Wilmington (Atty)
$1 K – James P. Bonner – Wilmington
(Atty)
$500 – Rick Biberstein Jr. – Burgaw (Atty)
$500 – M. Terry Coffey – Wilmington
$500 – D. Scott Corbett – Wilmington
$500 – Diana G. Corbett – Wilmington
$500 – Frank A. Hobart – Wilmington
$500 – Cyndi McNeil - Wilmington
$500 – Christopher N. Reid – Wilmington
$500 – Robin W. Robinson – Wilmington
$500 – Michael T. Mills – Wilmington
(Atty)
District 6B (Counties: Northampton, Bertie and Hertford)
Thomas L. Jones, Jr.
Won
11,670 (60.28%) – Spent $68,126
Alfred W. Kwasikpui*
Lost
7,689 (39.72%) – Spent $ 6,068
Major Donors (Jones, Jr.):
$2 K – Nancy Chamblee – Ahoskie
$2 K – Margaret Larabee – Ahoskie
$1.9 K – Lawrence Larabee – Ahoskie
$1 K – Dillon Lowe – Ahoskie
$1 K – Michael Burke – Lewiston
$1 K – Wanda Burke – Lewiston
$1 K – Chris Chamblee – Ahoskie
$1 K – Cyndi W. Chamblee – Ahoskie
$1 K – Melvin Chamblee – Ahoskie
$1 K – Ed Lipscomb – Windsor
$1 K – Mitchell McLean – Ahoskie
$1 K – Lloyd Smith Jr. – Windsonr
$1 K – M. B. Chamblee – Ahoskie
$1 K – Donna Hurdle – Ahoskie
$1 K – David Pope – Winton
$1 K – Arthur Brown – Ahoskie
$950 – Joann Jones – Murfreesboro
$500 – Thomas Harvey – Rich Square
$500 – Annetta Lipscomb – Windsor
$500 – Terrell Boone – Jackson
$500 – Timothy Boone – Jackson
$500 – Henry Boyd III – Belhaven
$500 – Philip Godwin – Gatesville
$500 – Clawson Jernigan – Raleigh
$500 – Ben McLean – Murfreesboro
$500 – Thomas Vinson – Pendleton
$500 – Robert Rowe – Winton
Major Donors (Kwasikpui):
$1 K – John M. Glover – Seabord
$1 K – Jewell G. Glover – Seabord
$1 K – Edward Misse – Ahoskie
$1 K – Ronnie C. Reaves – Weldon (Atty)
$650 – Rosiland Grant – Ahoskie (Atty)
$500 – Jamal Summey – Scotland Neck
(Atty)
$500 – William Ivey Long – New York,
NY.
District 10 - Fullwood Seat (Wake County)
James R. Fullwood*
Won
Brad Sahl
Lost
Major Donors (Fullwood):
$1 K – Gloria Norwood – Raleigh
$500 – Jonathan Sasser – Raleigh (Atty)
104,501 (53.77%) – Spent $ 7,372
89,858 (46.23%) – Spent $64,769
$500 – Charles Ballard – Raleigh
$500 – Joel Keith – Wake Forest
Major Donors (Sahl):
$1.1 K – Andrea Sahl – Cary*
$500 – Martin Ranft – Cary
$1 K – Robert Sahl – Bala Cynwyd, PA.
$500 – Betsy T. Sigmon – Raleigh
$500 – William Heiman – Philadelphia, PA
(Atty)
District 10 - Gregory Seat (Wake County)
V. A. (Woofer) Davidian III
Lost
Keith O’Brien Gregory*
Won
Major Donors (Davidian III):
$1 K – Dianne B. Davidian – Raleigh
$1 K – Amy Davidian – Chapel Hill
$1 K – James Goodman – Raleigh
$1 K – Robert Clay – Raleigh*
$1 K – Edward Davidian – Chapel Hill
$1 K – Christopher Frushone – Raleigh
$950 – Alex Bloom – Raleigh
$950 – Julie Castle – Raleigh
$750 – Laura Frushone – Raleigh
$646 – Miles Williams – Raleigh* (Atty)
$593 – David Powell – Raleigh*
$550 – Nancy M. Davidian – Bethesda, MD
$520 – Tracy Davidian – Raleigh
$500 – Charles Clanton – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Steve Smalley – Raleigh (Atty)
Major Donors (Gregory):
$1 K – Paul Adrian – Youngsville
$1 K – John McCabe – Cary (Atty)
$1 K – Patrick Roberts – Raleigh (Atty)
$1 K – Michael L. Williford – Fayetteville
(Atty)
$750 – Ralph K. Frasier – Durham (Atty)
$750 – Roger W. Smith – Raleigh (Atty)
$750 – William D. Young – Raleigh (Atty)
$700 – Jessie A. Jeffers – Raleigh (Atty)
$600 – Joel Hart Miles – Raleigh (Atty)
$600 – Omar Williams – Raleigh
$534 – Yvonne Pugh – Raleigh (Atty)
$525 – Jim R. Black – Raleigh (Atty)
District 10 - Rozier Seat (Wake County)
Michael J. Denning
Won
Vince Rozier, Jr.*
Lost
Major Donors (Denning):
$3 K – Michael Malone – Raleigh
$500 – James Parker
$500 – Steven Bumgarner
84,901 (43.90%) – Spent $51,571
108,484 (56.10%) – Spent $49,010
$500 – James A. Pope – Raleigh
$500 – Joyce Pope – Raleigh
$500 – Claire Broyhill – Chapel Hill
$500 – Robert Porton – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Lynn Leepron – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – John Kober – Southern Pines
$500 – Julia Kober – Southern Pines
$500 – Jim Blount – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Cary Close – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Edward Greene – Chapel Hill (Atty)
$500 – John Fuscoe – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Tracy Davidian – Raleigh
$500 – Gordon P. Street Jr. – Chatanooga,
TN
$500 – Douglas B. Abrams – Raleigh
(Atty)
$500 – David F. Kirby – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – James D. Williams – Durham (Atty)
$500 – Damon Chetson – Apex (Atty)
$500 – William Fay – Cary (Atty)
$500 – Anthony W. Gay – Zebulon (Atty)
$500 – Frank Gray – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Michelle Harper – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Edward Roberts – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Tammi L. Stephens – Cary
$500 – Roger W. Smith – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – William D. Young IV – Raleigh
(Atty)
109,451 (56.43%) – Spent $11,299
84,523 (43.57%) – Spent $41,926
$500 – Kieran Shanahan
$500 – Gordon Welsh
Major Donors (Rozier Jr.):
$950 – James Williams – Durham (Atty)
$750 – Ralph Frasier – Durham (Atty)
$650 – Edd Roberts – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Patrick Roberts – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Taurus Becton – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – James Crouch – Raleigh (Atty)
District 10 - Salisbury Seat (Wake County)
Kris D. Bailey
Won
Dan Nagle
Lost
Major Donors (Bailey):
$2 K – Al Childers – Cary
$2 K – Marybeth Childers – Cary
$1 K – Graydon Stephenson – Dunn
$1 K – Rhonda Stonestreet – Birmingham,
AL
$1 K – James R. Thomas – Raleigh
$1 K – Robert Barker – Fuquay-Varina
Major Donors (Nagle):
$2.1 K – Mary T. Nagle – Chapel Hill*
$1.2 K – Fred Nagle – Chapel Hill
$1 K – Jewel Brandon – Cape Carteret
$700 – Marie B. Webster – Orangeburg,
NY
$500 – William Fay – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Nardine Guirguis – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Mark Key – Lillington (Atty)
$500 – Jessie Jefers – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Manning – Wake Forest
(Atty)
95,336 (51.14%) – Spent $30,741
91,085 (48.86%) – Spent $19,471
$1 K – W. Broyles – Chapel Hill
$1 K – Thomas Perkins – Raleigh
$500 – Beth Wood – Raleigh
$500 – Karl Zurl – Wake Forest
$500 – Cynthia Orphanos – Durham
$500 – Christopher Pierce – Apex
$500 – Theodore Fowler – Raleig
$700 – Jacqueline Mills – Raleigh
$500 – Yuan Shan Chen – Montvale, NJ
$500 – Deepak Pasi – Raleigh
District 11A (Counties: Harnett, Johnston and Lee)
Charlene Coggins-Franks
Lost
19,031 (34.77%) – Spent $ 161
Winston Gilchrist*
Won
35,700 (65.23%) – Spent $26,554
Major Donors (Coggins-Franks):
Major Donors (Gilchrist):
$1 K – Sam Harrington – Sanford
$1 K – Roy Harrington – Sanford
$1 K – Robert Buzzard – Lillington (Atty)
$1 K – Gerald Hayes Jr. – Dunn (Atty)
$1 K – Reggie Kelly – Lillington (Atty)
$702 – Holly Post – Sanford
$500 – Xinhua Guo – Lillington
$500 – Norman Post – Sanford (Atty)
$500 – Parrish Daughtry – Dunn (Atty)
$500 – Ed Roun – Lillington (Atty)
$500 – Robert Morgan – Lillington (Atty)
$500 – M. Hunter – Erwin (Atty)
$500 – Tim Morris – Lillington (Atty)
$500 – Vernon Stewart – Dunn (Atty)
District 14 – Bushfan Seat (Durham County)
Brian Aus
Lost
Pat Evans
Won
23,010 (37.56%) – Spent $ 4,246
38,254 (62.44%) – Spent $23,888
Major Donors (Aus):
Fourth Quarter Campaign Finance Report Not Received
Major Donors (Evans):
District 14 – McKown Seat (Durham County)
Freda Black
Lost
Doretta Walker
Won
28,600 (43.38%) – Spent $31,653
37,330 (56.62%) – Spent $ 9,667
Major Donors (Black):
$18 K – J. Thomas Bowman – North
Wilkesboro
$500 – James Bowman – Burlington
$500 – William Holder – Durham
$500 – Todd Russell – Durham
Major Donors (Walker):
$500 – Robert Nauseff – Durham (Atty)
$500 – Ralph Frazier – Durham (Atty)
$500 – Audra Walker – Durham
District 15A (Alamance County)
Brad Allen*
Shannon Peterson
Won
Lost
Major Donors (Allen, Sr.):
$2 K – James Penergrass Jr. – Raleigh
(Atty)
$1.5 K – William C. Scott – Burlington
$1 K – Matthew Crenshaw – Burlington
$1 K – William J. Armfield IV –
Greensboro
$1 K – Nat T. Harris – Whitsett
$1 K – James Coble – Burlington
$1 K – Patricia Hair – Burlington
$1 K – Ray Womack – Burlington
$1 K – R. G. Kirkpatrick Sr. – Burlington
$1 K – John Crenshaw – Burlington
$1 K – James Barnwell Jr. – Burlington
$1 K – Larry Nichols – Elon
23,669 (63.24%) – Spent $35,952
13,758 (36.76%) – Spent $21,247
$1 K – Robert Adams – Burlington
$565 – Jeffrey Allen – Burlington
$540 – Judith Williams – Graham
$500 – Albert Freeman – Burlington
$500 – William Buchanan Jr. – Goldsboro
$500 – Ernest Farley – Elon
$500 – Hoyt Tessener – Raleigh (Atty)
$500 – W. E. Love Jr. – Burlington
$500 – W. Clarke Lidley – Burlington
$500 – David Morton – Elon
$500 – Rhonda Capps – Burlington
$500 – Chris Stone – Burlington
$500 – Randy McGinnis – Burlington
Major Donors (Peterson):
$1.1 K – Shannon Peterson – Elon (Atty)
$1 K – John Beshel – Elon
$1 K – Nancy Hemrick – Burlington
$500 – Blairton Hampton – Elon
$500 – J. Patrick Harman – Burlington
District 19A (Cabarrus County)
Donna H. Johnson*
Ben Small
$500 – Todd Smith – Graham
$500 – Larosa Pinnix-Bailey – Elon
$500 – Brenda Hampton – Elon
$500 – Charita Reaves – Graham
Won
Lost
Major Donors (Johnson):
$1 K – C Todd Williford – Kannapolis
(Atty)
$1 K – Cecil Jenkins – Kannapolis (Atty)
$1 K – Lucas Baker – Concord (Atty)
$500 – David Black – Concord (Atty)
18,313 (51.96%) – Spent $22,563
16,934 (48.04%) – Spent $16,125
$500 – Phillip Carol – Concord (Atty)
$500 – Wesley Grant – Concord (Atty)
$500 – William Rogers – Concord (Atty)
$500 – Mary Beth Smith – Salisbury (Atty)
Major Donors (Small)
$500 – Timothy Hawkins – Concord (Atty)
District 19A – Knox Seat (Cabarrus County)
Brent Cloninger
Won
Michael G. Knox*
Lost
18,008 (51.25%) – Spent $ 3,272
17,129 (48.75%) – Spent $27,530
Major Donors (Cloninger):
$500 – Timothy Hawkins – Concord
Major Donors (Knox):
$1 K – C. Todd Williford – Kannapolis
(Atty)
$1 K – Patricia Knox – Davidson
$1 K – Laura Baker – Concord (Atty)
$1 K – Lucas Baker – Concord (Atty)
$500 – Randall Hastings – Concord (Atty)
District 19C – Dixon Seat (Rowan County)
Beth S. Dixon*
Won
Douglas A. Smith
Lost
Major Donors (Dixon):
$1 K – Roy G. Dixon Sr. – Roanoke Rapids
$1 K – Anne Spencer – VA
$1 K – Greg Alcorn – Salisbury
$500 – Mary Smith – Salisbury
$500 – Carol Herndon – Salisbury
$500 – Mary Beth Smith – Salisbury (Atty)
$500 – Charles Ratliff Jr. – Lakeland, FL
$500 – Shanon Lankin – Concord
$500 – Donald Whitaker – Concord
$500 – Ralph Knox – Mooresville*
$500 – Shelia Knox – Mooresville*
17,453 (61.65%) – Spent $19,389
10,856 (38.35%) – Spent $31,131
$500 – E. Blake Evans – Salisbury (Atty)
$500 – Terry Morgan – Salisbury
$500 – Edward Norvell – Salisbury (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Robinson – Salisbury
Major Donors (Smith):
$2.8 K – Gene Smith – Dublin, GA*
$1.3 K – Melissa Oleen – Salisbury*
$1 K – Amy Pickett – Kansas City, MO
$1 K – Jan R. Oleen – Dwight, KS
$1 K – Austin F. Oleen – Kansas City, MO
$1 K – Lojean Oleen
$600 – Charles Dabbs – Salisbury
$573 – Phil Barton – Salisbury*
District 19C – Eddinger Seat (Rowan County)
Kevin Eddinger*
Won
June Showfety
Lost
15,959 (55.35%) – Spent $18,249
12,874 (44.65%) – Spent $20,186
Major Donors (Eddinger):
$914 – Mary Beth Smith – Salisbury*
(Atty)
$800 – Len Clark – Salisbury*
$500 – Rodney Eddinger – Salisbury
$500 – Eva Bingham – Salisbury
$500 – Cecil Whitley – Salisbury (Atty)
Major Donors (Showfety):
$900 – Mary Showfety – Salisbury
$800 – Nancy Calvert – Salisbury
District 22A (Alexander and Iredell Counties)
H. Thomas Church*
Won
Brandon J. Crouse
Lost
Major Donors (Church):
$2.3 K – Cynthia Church – Mooresville*
$712 – Dr. Wartman Jr. – Mooresville*
29,965 (72.51%) – Spent $8,454
11,358 (27.49%) – Spent $1,665
$564 – A. Edwards – Mooresville* (Atty)
$500 – Charles Lyons – Mooresville (Atty)
Major Donors (Crouse):
$500 – William Gepson – Mooresville
District 25A – Mullinax Seat (Counties: Burke, Catawba and Caldwell)
Robert A. Mullinax, Jr.*
Won
42,465 (62.74%) – Spent $62,158
R. Kelsey Williams
Lost
25,330 (37.36%) – Spent $ 9,134
Major Donors (Mullinax Jr.):
$9.8 K – Robert A. Mullinax Sr. – Newton
(Atty)
$1 K – Brenda Proctor – Hick
$1 K – Lynn Mullinax – Newton
$1 K – Robert Grant – Newton (Atty)
$1 K – Timothy Yount – Claremont
$1 K – Rebecca Inglefield – Hickory
$1 K – Larry Yount – Conover
$1 K – Danny Poteat – Hickory
$1 K – Blair E. Cody III – Hickory (Atty)
$1 K – Matthew Poteat – Hickory (Atty)
$770 – Lewis Waddell – Conover* (Atty)
$700 – Stephen Thomas – Hickory (Atty)
$654 – Daniel Fulkerson – Hickory* (Atty)
$500 – Leslie Moose – Newton
$500 – Dean Proctor – Hickory
$500 – Forrest Ferrell – Hickory (Atty)
$500 – M. Eric Connor – Claremont
$500 – Charlotte Williams - Hickory
$500 – Ken Issac – Newton
$500 – Kent Crowe – Conover (Atty)
$500 – Larry Robinson – Newton
$500 – J. Michael Correll – Granite Falls
(Atty)
$500 – Michael D. Correll – Hudson (Atty)
$500 – Donovan Phillips – Claremont
$500 – Richard Beyer – Morganton (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Warlick – Newton
$500 – Michael Thomas – Hickory
Major Donors (Williams):
$800 – Deborah Williams – Catawba
District 25A – Owsley Seat (Counties: Burke, Catawba and Caldwell)
L. Suzanne Owsley*
Won
36,820 (58.37%) – Spent $23,637
F. Wesley Sigmon
Lost
26,262 (41.63%) – Spent $ 8,966
Major Donors (Owsley):
$1 K – Linda M. Raines – Hickory
$1 K – J. Ricklers Raines – Hickory
$1 K – Donald Hollifield – Hickory
$500 – Michael A. Johnson – Hickory
$500 – Margery Owsley – Hickory
Major Donors (Sigmon):
$1 K – Daniel Fullerson – Hickory
$1 K – Kimberly C. Little – Claremont
$1 K – Matthew Poteat – Hickory
$500 – Bynum Caldwell – Denver
$500 – Jennifer Fulkerson – Hickory
$500 – Brenda M. Sigmon – Denver
$500 – Thomas Greene – Newton
District 26 – Bell Seat (Mecklenburg)
Lisa Bell*
Won
Twyla E. Hollingsworth
Lost
Major Donors (Bell):
$1 K – John M. Flynn – Charlotte
$1 K – Thomas Cannon – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Ivan Hinrichs – Charlotte
$1 K – Louis A Trosch – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – C. Jeff Warren – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Cecil R. Bell – Pinnacle
$1 K – William K. Dicht – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Brad F. Icarl – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Nathaniel Proctor – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – J. Bradley Smith – Charlotte (Atty)
$950 – C. M. Visor – Charlotte (Atty)
$850 – T. Jonathan Adams – Charlotte
(Atty)
$750 – Christopher A. Connelly – Charlotte
(Atty)
$700 – Amy Simpson – Charlotte (Atty)
118,441 (68.23%) – Spent $59,772
55,153 (31.77%) – Spent $ 7,399
$500 – William Powers – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Francis Blanchfield – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Martin L. Brackett – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Edward Jonnette – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – James P Cooney III – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Irvin W. Hankins III – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Gary S. Hemric – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Fred Hicks – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Sara W. Higgins – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Chiege Kalu Okwara – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – N. Todd Owens – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Brenda Parnell – Charlotte
$500 – David B Pevney – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Paul Reichs – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – David Whelpley – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – James F. Wyatt – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – John C. Fennebresque – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Michael Demayo – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – T. Jonathan Adams – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Peter S. Gilchrist III – Huntersville
(Atty)
$500 – M. Timothy Porterfield – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Sandra G. Shelton – Dobson (Atty)
$500 – Noell Tim – Charlotte (Atty)
Major Donors (Hollingsworth)
Fourth Quarter Financial Statement not in yet
$1 K – Grant L. Davis – Kansas City, MO $1 K – Manuel DaSilva – Berkley, MA
$1 K – Bruce D. Garner – Leawood, KS
$1 K – Joseph Borrelli – Charlotte
$1 K – David L. Johnson – North Kansas
$1 K – Neill Sullivan – San Francisco, CA
City, MO
$500 – Rhonda P Patt – Charlotte
$1 K – John Chadwick Chandler – Albany, $500 – Joshua C. Patt - Charlotte
GA
$500 – Michael Dulaney – Charlotte
$1 K – Cathie K. Chandler – Albany, GA
$500 – Lori Bluvas – Redwood City, CA
$1 K – Michael Driscoll – Westport, CT
$500 – Eugene Rerat – Minneapolis, MN
$1 K – Robert Raible – Charlotte
$500 – David Elyachar – Overland Park,
$1 K – Michelle Elliot – Kansas City, MO KS
$1 K – Susan DaSilva – Charlotte
$500 – Sean Springman – Scottsdale, AZ
$1 K – Jacinta DaSilva – Fall River, MA
District 26 – Culler Seat (Mecklenburg)
Jena P. Culler*
Lost
Donald Cureton, Jr.
Won
Major Donors (Culler)
$3 K – Patsy Page – Jacksonville*
$1 K – Thomas Bush – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Patricia Culler – High Point
$1 K – William Diehl – Charlotte (Atty)
$515 – Wanda Stamp – Cornelius
$500 – Kent H. Lopp – Thomasville
Major Donors (Cureton Jr.):
$1 K – Ellis Hunter – Charlotte
$1 K – Ann Powers
$700 – Chad Mathewsin – Charlotte
$500 – Christopher Connelly – Charlotte
(Atty)
68,774 (47.52%) – Spent $34,667
75,964 (52.48%) – Spent $16,302
$500 – Thomas R. Cannon – Charlotte
(Atty)
$500 – Michael Demayo – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Fred Hicks – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Manny Page – Jacksonville
$500 – Anne Eason – Smithfield
$500 – Bobby Eason – Smithfield
$500 – John Fulton – Midlothian, VA
$500 – Julie Lewis
$500 – David Driscoll – Charlotte
$500 Tarun Mehta – Concord
District 26 – Hands Seat (Mecklenburg)
Tyyawdi M. Hands*
Lost
Sean Smith
Won
73,464 (45.20%) – Spent $32,378
89,067 (54.80%) – Spent $22,061
Major Donors (Hands):
$1.9 K – David W. Hands – Charlotte*
(Atty)
$1 K – William K. Diehl Jr. – Charlotte
(Atty)
$1 K – Allison Gong – Pfafftown
$966 – Corey Rosensteel – Charlotte*
(Atty)
$750 – George Battle Jr. – Davidson
$504 – E. Clarke Dummit – Charlotte
$500 – Tom Bush – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Bridget-Anne Hampden – Charlotte
$500 – Brad Icard – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Shirley Manigault – Winston-Salem
$500 – Stoney Sellars – Charlotte
$500 – Charles Johnson – Charlotte (Atty)
Major Donors (Smith):
$1 K – George Caughren II – Charlotte
(Atty)
$1 K – Matt Arnold – Charlotte
$1 K – Christopher Connelly – Charlotte
(Atty)
$1 K – Laura Smith – Burr Ridge, IL
$1 K – Rod McInerney – Cicero, IL
$1 K – Brian Smith – Charlotte
$1 K – Richard Smith – Burr Ridge
$960 – Tonya Grazer – Charlotte (Atty)
$700 – Lee Graser – Andersonville, TN
$700 – Margaret Grazer – Andersonvill, TN
$500 – William Moody – Matthews
$500 – Charles Smith – Western Springs,
IL
$500 – Denise Smith – Elmhurst, IL
$500 – Bryan Labutta – Orlando, FL
District 26 – Smith Seat (Mecklenburg)
Matt Osman
Won
Tim Smith*
Lost
80,413 (53.56%) – Spent $22,309
69,731 (46.44%) – Spent $48,809
Major Donors (Osman):
$1 K – Richard Osman – Charlotte
$1 K – Margery Hart – Tarpon Springs, FL
$1 K – Peter Hart – Tarpon Springs, FL
$500 – Erin Arnold – Charlotte
$500 – Whitney Smith – Charlotte
$500 – Casey Viser – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Anna Goodwin – Monroe (Atty)
$500 – Tom Bush – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Margaret Lehman – Ocala, FL
Major Donors (Smith)
$2 K – Mary Rogers – Charlotte (Atty)
$2 K – Edward Seltzer – Charlotte (Atty)
$1.5K – Christopher Connelly – Charlotte
$1.5K – James B. Smith – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Mei Yong Xiao – Raleigh
$1 K – Michael DeMayo – Charlotte (Atty)
$1 K – Patricia Gainey – Waxhaw
$820 – Linda Klein – Charlotte
$800 – Dr. Ted Greve – Charlotte (Atty)
$800 – William Hulse – Charlotte (Atty)
$800 – Gloria Bryan – Melbourne, FL
$750 – Scott Hicks – Waxhaw
$750 – Dr. Michael Estramonte – Charlotte
$750 – Stefan Latorre – Charlotte (Atty)
$715 – Corey Rosensteel – Charlotte (Atty)
$700 – Chiege Okwara – Charlotte (Atty)
$600 – Dorothy Smith – Charlotte
$600 – Allen Brotherton – Denver (Atty)
$550 – William Heroy – Charlotte (Atty)
$525 – David Driscoll – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Thomas Downer – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Lucinda Hicks – Waxhaw
District 27A (Gaston County)
Gus Anthony III
Michael K. Lands*
$500 – Mei Sheng Xiao – Winston-Salem
$500 – Ai Ji Jiang – Winston-Salem
$500 – Keith Stroud – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Jason Taylor – Hickory (Atty)
$500 – Larry Price – Charlotte (Atty)
$500 – Crandall Bowles – Charlotte
Lost
Won
Major Donors (Anthony III):
$1 K – Sylvia Bogle – Belmont
$1 K – Julius Dalpiaz – Gastonia
$1 K – William Anthony Jr. – Gastonia
$750 – Brent Ratchford – Gastonia
$600 – Ed Bogle – Gastonia (Atty)
$500 – Ronnie Pack – Belmont
18,110 (46.18%) – Spent $19,351
21,110 (53.82%) – Spent $25,978
$500 – Buddy Ashe – Gastonia
$500 – Timothy Bradshaw – Dallas
$500 – Larry Starnes – Gastonia
$500 – Timothy Farris – Dallas
$500 – Donna Hand – Alexis (Atty)
$500 – David Huggins – Dallas
Major Donors (Lands):
$500 – Debra Kelso – Gastonia
District 28 – Brown Seat (Buncombe County)
Shirley H. Brown*
Won
John Jay Watson
Lost
Major Donors (Brown):
$500 – James Hastings – Boone
$500 – Bryan Todd Lentz – Asheville
(Atty)
Major Donors (Watson):
$1 K – Steven R. Hagaman – Black
Mountain
$900 – Melissa Duarte – Black Mountain
$600 – Marcus Duarte – Black Mountain
$500 – Richard T. Sluder – Asheville
$500 – Bill Anderson – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Devere Lentz – Asheville
$600 – Walter W. Davis – Maggie Valley
$500 – Scott Reed – Black Mountain
$500 – Chip Culbertson – Black Mountain
District 28 – Young seat (Buncombe County)
Rhonda Moorefield
Lost
Patricia Kaufmann Young*
Won
Major Donors (Moorefield):
$900 – Betty M. Moorefield – Asheville
$700 – Judy C. Lewis – Faireview*
$600 – Nancy D. Blewett – Faireview
$500 – Anthony Alan Coxie – Asheville
34,776 (61.24%) – Spent $9,514
22,015 (38.76%) – Spent $11,915
19,694 (38.55%) – Spent $22,437
31,387 (61.45%) – Spent $19,049
$500 – Mitchell Laith D’or – Leicester
$500 – David L. Moorefield – Asheville
$500 – Clark Kent Wittstruck – Asheville
(Atty)
$500 – William McDowell Jr. – Asheville
(Atty)
$500 – Jack Stewart – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Irma Janette Dampier – Faireview
$500 – William Eugene Dampier –
Faireview
$500 – Charles E. Lane Jr. – Longwood, FL
$500 – Sharon A. Miller – Lakeland, FL
Major Donors (Young):
$2.1 K – Brenda Brown – Faireview*
$1 K – Martin Nesbitt – Asheville
$750 – Stanley D. Young – Faireview
$500 – Chris Papakonstantinou – Asheville
$500 – Jimmy Papakonstantinou –
Asheville
$500 – Dora Poulos – Candler
$500 – John Poulos – Candler
$500 – Susan Poulos – Candler
$500 – William Anderson – Asheville
(Atty)
$500 – William Brazil – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Todd Lentz – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Albert Messer – Asheville (Atty)
$500 – Rebecca Nelson – Asheville (Atty)
District 29A – Davis Seat (McDowell and Rutherford Counties)
Tommy Davis*
Won
16,473 (71.15%) – Spent $5,402
Brian K. Plemmons
Lost
6,681 (28.85%) – Spent
Major Donors (Davis):
No donors of $500 or more.
Major Donors (Plemmons):
Second, Third, and fourth Quarter Reports were not received
District 29A – Pool Seat (McDowell and Rutherford Counties)
C. Randy Pool*
Won
20,367 (76.57%) – Spent $5,601
Marvin Sparrow
Lost
6,233 (23.43%) – Spent $6,561
Major Donors (Pool):
No donors of $500 or more.
Major Donors (Sparrow):
$1 K – Ruth Parish – Washington
$500 – John Byrd – Asheville (Atty)
District 30A (Counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and
Swain)
Kristina L. Earwood
Won
27,150 (51.79%) – Spent $16,823
David F. Sutton
Lost
25,272 (48.21%) – Spent $24,745
Major donors (Earwood):
$1.7 K – Mike Walker – Victoria, VA
$1.7 K – Linda Walker – Victoria, VA
$1.5 K – Nathan Earwood – (Atty)
$750 – Sam Hyde – Canton (Atty)
$660 – Travis Bramtell – Waynesville
Major Donors (Sutton):
$750 – Bob Clarke – Waynesville (Atty)
$500 – Marion Jones – Sylva
$500 – Erik Melville – Clyde
$500 – Peggy Melville – Clyde
District 30A (Counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and
Swain)
Stephen G. Ellis
Lost
23,979 (46.12%) – Spent $13,281
Roy Wijewickrama
Won
28,008 (53.88%) – Spent $18,232
Major Donors (Ellis):
Major Donors (Wijewickrama):
$641 – Davis A. Wijewickrama – Waynesville* (Atty)
District 30A – Vanhook Seat (Counties: Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson, Macon and Swain)
Donna Forga
Won
30,397 (57.49%) – Spent $12,336
Danya Ledford Vanhook*
Lost
22,476 (42.51%) – Spent $17,401
Major Donors (Forga):
Major Donors (Vanhook):

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