It took five weeks to settle the final race, but when the N.C. Supreme Court’s session opens in a few weeks, there will be a new chief in Raleigh.
Republican Associate Justice Paul Newby defeated incumbent Democratic Chief Justice Cheri Beasley by roughly 400 votes. Nearly 5.4 million ballots were cast. Beasley, who was elevated to the court’s top spot by Gov. Roy Cooper in 2019, conceded to Newby on Dec. 12 after a hand recount of sample precincts statewide suggested she wouldn’t prevail if all the ballots were counted by hand.
The tally produced unusual drama. Andy Jackson, elections policy analyst at the Civitas Institute, said at a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society event he counted eight times the lead changed on the State Board of Elections website before the counties began canvassing votes. Even in the sample recount, totals changed. When Beasley conceded, Newby had added 39 votes. Beasley 27.
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