Aretha Blake

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Aretha Blake

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North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2024

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Aretha Blake (Democratic Party) is a judge of the North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2. Her current term ends on December 31, 2024.

Blake (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2024)

General election

General election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2

Incumbent Aretha Blake won election in the general election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Aretha Blake (D)
 
100.0
 
452,456

Total votes: 452,456
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Aretha Blake advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Blake in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2020)

General election

General election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2

Incumbent Aretha Blake won election in the general election for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Aretha Blake (D)
 
100.0
 
421,237

Total votes: 421,237
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2

Incumbent Aretha Blake defeated Lynna Moen in the Democratic primary for North Carolina District Court District 26 Seat 2 on March 3, 2020.

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%
Votes
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Aretha Blake
 
69.3
 
97,768
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Lynna Moen
 
30.7
 
43,308

Total votes: 141,076
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2016

See also: North Carolina local trial court judicial elections, 2016

North Carolina held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on March 15, 2016.[1] Aretha Blake defeated Tracy Hewett in the North Carolina Judicial District 26 general election for the Brown-Williams seat.[2]

North Carolina Judicial District 26 (Brown-Williams Seat), General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Aretha Blake 50.78% 174,982
Tracy Hewett 49.22% 169,581
Total Votes 344,563
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 8, 2016

Aretha Blake and Tracy Hewett defeated Faith Fickling and Paulina Havelka in the North Carolina Judicial District 26 primary election for the Brown-Williams seat.

North Carolina Judicial District 26 (Brown-Williams Seat), Primary Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Aretha Blake 30.76% 46,795
Green check mark transparent.png Tracy Hewett 29.27% 44,532
Faith Fickling 20.71% 31,507
Paulina Havelka 19.27% 29,313
Total Votes 152,147
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Unofficial Local Election Results - Statewide," accessed March 15, 2016

Selection method

See also: Partisan election of judges

The North Carolina District Courts utilize partisan elections in the selection of judges. District judges serve four-year terms, after which they must run for re-election if they wish to continue serving. From 2002 through 2016, elections for district court judges were nonpartisan; however, on March 23, 2017, the North Carolina legislature changed the method of election to partisan elections by overriding Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of HB 100. This change was effective with the 2018 district court elections.[3][4][5]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[3]

  • licensed to practice law in the state;
  • a district resident; and
  • under the age of 72 (retirement at 72 is mandatory).

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Aretha Blake did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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