On January 31, North Carolina State Senators Thom Goolsby (R-Wilmington) and Jerry Tillman (R-Archdale) introduced SB 39. It would make all state judicial elections partisan, whether for State Supreme Court, State Court of Appeals, or District Court. According to this article, there is a fair chance the bill will pass.
Cool.
I would be shocked if this did not pass.
P.R. legislative
and nonpartisan App.V – executive/judicial
Difficult only for EVIL robot party hacks.
Judicial elections in NC used to be partisan. The General Assembly made them non-partisan when Republicans started winning judgeships, especially on the state Supreme Court.