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Federal State County Term Last Next Office Name Party Length Elected Election FEDERAL **President/VP Obama/Biden 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM US Senate Kay Hagan 6 yrs 2008 2014 DEM US Senate Richard Burr 6 yrs 2010 2016 REP US House 7 th Mike McIntyre 2 yrs 2012 2014 DEM * = Term limit exists (2 terms), ** = Term limit reached STATE *Governor Pat McCrory 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP *Lt. Governor Dan Forest 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Attorney General Roy Cooper 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM Auditor Beth Wood 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM Agriculture Com Steve Troxler 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Insurance Com Wayne Goodwin 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM Labor Com Cherie Berry 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Secretary of State Elaine Marshall 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM Public Instruction June Atkinson 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM Treasurer Janet Cowell 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM NC Senate 8 th Bill Rabon 2 yrs 2012 2014 REP NC House 17 th Frank Iler 2 yrs 2012 2014 REP NC House 18 th Susi Hamilton 2 yrs 2012 2014 DEM District Att. 13 th Jon David 4 yrs 2010 2014 REP * = Term limit exists (2 terms), ** = Term limit reached COUNTY Clerk of Court James MacCallum 4 yrs 2010 2014 REP Sheriff John Ingram 4 yrs 2010 2014 REP County Com District 1 Phil Norris 4 yrs 2010 2014 REP County Com District 2 Marty Cooke 4 yrs 2010 2014 REP County Com District 3 Pat Sykes 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP County Com District 4 Scott Phillips 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP County Com District 5 Frank Williams 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Bd of Ed District 1 Bud Thorsen 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Bd of Ed District 2 Catherine Cooke 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Bd of Ed District 3 Charles Miller 4 yrs 2010 2014 REP Bd of Ed District 4 Shirley Babson 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Bd of Ed District 5 John Thompson 4 yrs 2010 2014 REP Register of Deeds Brenda Mercer Clemmons 4 yrs 2012 2016 REP Coroner Greg White 4 yrs 2012 2016 DEM Soil/Water Alan Robinson 4 yrs 2012 2016 NON Soil/Water Randy Sullivan 4 yrs 2010 2014 NON Soil/Water Anthony Street 4 yrs 2010 2014 NON Highlighted = upcoming election Term Last Next Office Name Party Length Elected Election JUDICIAL NC SUPREME COURT Chief Justice - Seat 1 Sarah Parker 8 years 2006 2014 NON Assoc Justice - Seat 2 Mark Martin 8 years 2006 2014 NON Assoc Justice - Seat 3 Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. 8 years 2008 2016 NON Assoc Justice - Seat 4 Paul Newby 8 years 2012 2020 NON Patricia Timmons- Assoc Justice - Seat 5 8 years 2006 2014 NON Goodson Assoc Justice – Seat 6 Robin Hudson 8 years 2006 2014 NON Assoc Justice - Seat 7 Barbara Jackson 8 years 2010 2018 NON NC COURT OF APPEALS Chief Judge John C. Martin 8 years 2008 2016 NON Judge *Doug McCullough 8 years 2010 2016 NON Judge Linda M. McGee 8 years 2012 2020 NON Judge Robert C. Hunter 8 years 2006 2014 NON Judge Wanda G. Bryant 8 years 2012 2020 NON Judge Ann Marie Calabria 8 years 2010 2018 NON Judge Rick Elmore 8 years 2010 2018 NON Judge Sanford L. Steelman, Jr . 8 years 2010 2018 NON Judge Martha A. Geer 8 years 2010 2018 NON Judge Chris Dillon 8 years 2012 2020 NON Judge Donna Stroud 8 years 2006 2014 NON Judge Linda Stephens 8 years 2008 2016 NON Judge Cheri Beasley 8 years 2008 2016 NON Judge Sam J. Ervin, IV 8 years 2008 2016 NON Judge Robert N. Hunter, Jr. 8 years 2008 2016 NON * = Serving unexpired terms SUPERIOR COURT- District 13B Senior Resident 13B Ola Lewis 8 years 2010 2018 NON DISTRICT COURT- District 13 Chief Judge Jerry Jolly (C) 4 years 2012 2016 NON Judge Pauline Hankins (Br) 4 years 2012 2016 NON Judge Marion R. Warren (Br) 4 years 2012 2016 NON Judge Scott Ussery (Bl) 4 years 2012 2016 NON Judge Sherry Dew Tyler (AL) 4 years 2010 2014 NON Judge Bill Fairley (AL) 4 years 2010 2014 NON 2 seats = Brunswick (Br), 1 seat = Columbus (C), 1 seat = Bladen (Bl), 2 seats = at large (AL) Highlighted = upcoming election .
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