From North Carolina to Wisconsin, State Supreme Courts Are Political Battlegrounds

In the pivotal electoral battleground state of North Carolina, Justice Anita Earls’ campaign to hold onto her state Supreme Court seat has been called “one of the most important races in the state" by the North Carolina AFL-CIO, and “one of the most-watched statewide races in this year's midterm elections," per Axios. 

Earls is currently the only Black justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Before beginning her tenure in 2019, she was a civil rights attorney focused on voting rights, education, employment, criminal law and First Amendment issues.

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