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American judge (born 1966)
Cheri Lynn Beasley [1] (born February 14, 1966) is an American attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 2019 to 2020; she was appointed an associate justice in 2012. Beasley previously served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and as a district court judge in Cumberland County, North Carolina .[2]
Beasley was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in North Carolina . She lost to Republican nominee Ted Budd .[3] [4]
Education [ edit ]
Beasley earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and economics at Douglass College of Rutgers University–New Brunswick in 1988 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1991. She also earned a Master of Laws from Duke University School of Law in 2018.[5] [6]
Judicial career [ edit ]
Beasley spent her first years after law school as an assistant public defender in Cumberland County, North Carolina .[2] She was first appointed to the bench as a state district court judge by Governor Jim Hunt in 1999, and then elected in a 2002 election. She was reelected without opposition in 2006.[7] She served as a Judge in District 12 (Cumberland County) until her election to the Court of Appeals.
Appellate court [ edit ]
In 2008 , Beasley was elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals , defeating incumbent Douglas McCullough by a 15-point margin.[8] In that election, she became the first Black woman to win election to statewide office in North Carolina without first being appointed by a governor.[9] In December 2012, after four years on the Court of Appeals, Beasley was appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court by Governor Beverly Perdue , filling the vacancy created by Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson 's retirement.[10] She was elected to a full eight-year term in 2014 .[11]
On February 12, 2019, Governor Roy Cooper appointed Beasley to the position of chief justice after Mark Martin retired, making her the first African-American woman to serve as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.[12]
Beasley ran for a full term as chief justice in the 2020 election , losing by 401 votes[13] to Associate Justice Paul Martin Newby .[14] After leaving office, she joined McGuireWoods as a partner in the law firm's Raleigh office.[15]
2022 U.S. Senate campaign [ edit ]
In February 2021, various media outlets reported that Beasley was considering running in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina .[16] [17] The News & Observer reported in March 2021 that Beasley had decided to enter the race for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Richard Burr .[15] She launched her campaign on April 27, 2021,[18] and on May 17, she won the Democratic primary election. She lost the general election on November 8 to Republican nominee Ted Budd .
Personal life [ edit ]
Beasley is married to Curtis Owens, a scientist.[19] They have twin sons.[20] In 2014, Beasley was the featured speaker at Saint Augustine's University 's Lyceum Leadership Speaker Series.[21] She was the commencement speaker to the 2018 class of University of Tennessee College of Law .[22] Beasley was also the keynote speaker at Samford University ’s Cumberland School of Law Black Law Students Association's 24th Annual Thurgood Marshall Symposium.[23] In 2019, she was the undergraduate commencement speaker for nearly 900 graduates at Fayettesville State University , for the 133rd graduate commencement of North Carolina Central University , and the commencement speaker for Elon University's School of Law .
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Seitz-Wald, Alex (November 8, 2022). "Republican Ted Budd defeats Democrat Cheri Beasley for U.S. Senate in North Carolina" . NBC News . Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022 .
^ "Republican Ted Budd defeats Democrat Cheri Beasley for U.S. Senate in North Carolina" . NBC News . November 8, 2022. Archived from the original on November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022 .
^ "Cheri Beasley (1991)" . alumni.utk.edu . Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2021 .
^ "Cheri Beasley's Biography" . Vote Smart . Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022 .
^ "NC Bar: 2006 results" . Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2007 .
^ "Meet Cheri Beasley - Cheri Beasley for North Carolina" . April 25, 2021. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021 .
^ "Article 404 - The Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville, NC" . February 13, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. [dead link ]
^ News & Observer: Perdue chooses appeals court judge Beasley for Supreme Court
^ "Voting machine problems do not change election outcome" . WRAL.com . November 25, 2014. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
^ "Cheri Beasley to become first African American woman Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court" . ABC11 Raleigh-Durham . February 12, 2019. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020 .
^ "North Carolina Supreme Court elections, 2020" . Ballotpedia . Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020 .
^ "Paul Newby wins North Carolina Supreme Court race as incumbent Cheri Beasley concedes" . ABC11 Raleigh-Durham . December 12, 2020. Archived from the original on August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021 .
^ a b Murphy, Brian (March 19, 2021). "She lost by 401 votes in 2020. Now former NC chief justice is planning a US Senate run" . The News & Observer . Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022 .
^ Arkin, James (February 2, 2021). "North Carolina Dems brace for a messy Senate primary" . Politico . Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022 .
^ Karson, Kendall (February 11, 2021). "Powered by recent wins, Democrats intensify push for diversity ahead of 2022" . ABC News . Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022 .
^ Anderson, Bryan (April 27, 2021). "Ex-Justice Cheri Beasley joins North Carolina Senate race" . Associated Press . Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2022 .
^ "Judge to speak at MLK Awards" . Salisbury Post . January 14, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022 .
^ Kruse, Michael (October 29, 2021). "One of These People Is the Future of the Democratic South" . Politico . Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved May 20, 2022 .
^ "University has reestablished the Lyceum Leadership Speaker Series" . Saint Augustine's University . August 29, 2014. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 .
^ Wilson, Jamie (May 11, 2018). "Alumna encourages graduates to lead, affect change" . University of Tennessee College of Law . Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2022 .
^ "Cheri Beasley to Speak at 2018 Thurgood Marshall Symposium" . Samford University . Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022 .
^ "NC SBE Contest Results" . er.ncsbe.gov . Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021 .
^ "NC SBE Contest Results" . er.ncsbe.gov . Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021 .
^ "NC SBE Contest Results" . er.ncsbe.gov . Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheri_Beasley&oldid=1219673076 "
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