State Supreme Court elections around the country have become increasingly partisan and expensive
FILE - This combo of images provided the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, left, and the Trey Allen Campaign, shows Associate Justice Sam Ervin IV, left, a Democrat and Trey Allen, general counsel for the state court system. Allen defeated Ervin IV for his seat on Nov. 10, 2022. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
One of the biggest players was the Republican State Leadership Committee, which focused heavily on the court races in“Republican wins in the Tarheel State and Buckeye State ensure that the redistricting fights ahead in those states within the next decade are ruled on by strong conservatives who will follow the Constitution and don’t believe it’s their role to draw maps from the bench," said Dee Duncan, president of the committee's Judicial Fairness Initiative.
“Now, we’ll be watching to make sure that the justices sitting in those seats follow through on those promises," said Ann Webb, senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina. But Democratic groups working to protect abortion rights ramped up efforts to defend seats after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade and saw victories in several other parts of the country.
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