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Judge Calabria files legal challenge
Dec. 15, 2006
A partisan group purporting to be "fair" and "impartial" ran more than $200,000 in advertising for Judge Calabria's opponent. Judge Calabria has filed a legal challenge to ensure that judges limited by public campaign financing aren't put at a disadvantage by such groups in the future.
To read more information from Judge Calabria about the controversy, please click here.
Calabria runs in 12th Annual 5K “Run For Life”
Sept. 10, 2006
“The Run for Life is a fun way to support an extremely worthy cause,” says Judge Calabria,
who is a long-time member and one of the former board members of the North Carolina Roadrunners Club. “I am honored to have participated in this important effort.”
To see the full article, please click here.
N.C. Supreme Court candidates campaign before ag council
Aug. 14, 2006
The Associated Press reports that at a gathering of agribusiness executives on Monday, Aug. 14, Ann Marie Calabria said she is in favor of letting market forces decide in most circumstances involving economic interests and individual rights over government powers. "I base my judicial opinions on principles," she told the 470 people at the meeting. For the full story on the eight candidates for four seats on the state Supreme Court, please click here.
Under the Dome - GOP slaps one of its own
News&Observer - Capitol&N.C., March 23, 2006
By Barbara Barrett and Andrea Weigl, Staff Writers
In the race to fill a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court, the state GOP has endorsed Ann Marie Calabria in the nonpartisan race.
But not before several Republicans took aim at another GOP candidate, Beecher "Gus" Gray, an administrative law judge also in the race. Gray ran as a Democrat for the N.C. Court of Appeals in 2002. Last year, he switched political parties.
Although these races are nonpartisan, the parties do support specific candidates. In fact, the Republican Party also endorsed Rusty Duke, who is running for chief justice of the state Supreme Court; Mark Martin and Eric Levinson for associate justices of the state supreme Court; and Bill Constangy and Donna Stroud to seats on the N.C. Court of Appeals bench.
On a Web site called northcarolinaconservative.com, Gray was taken to task for donations totalling almost $12,000 he made to Democrats over the years.
In a response posted on the Web site, Gray wrote, "I believe in the conservative principles of the Republican Party and finally aligned my registration with my long history of voting conservative Republican."
Gray is running against Calabria and Robin Hudson, both appeals court judges; Bill Gore, a Columbus County Superior Court judge; and Jill Cheek, who works for the N.C. Attorney General's Office.
5 aim for top court
News&Observer - Capitol&N.C., Feb 18, 2006
By Andrea Weigl, Staff Writer
The lure of an open seat on the N.C. Supreme Court has already led five hopefuls to announce their intent to run for associate justice.
Justice George Wainwright's retirement has attracted the most candidates for any judicial seat this election year, and others are rumored to be considering a run as well.
THE CANDIDATES SO FAR: N.C. Court of Appeals judges Ann Marie Calabria of Morrisville and Robin E. Hudson of Raleigh; Beecher "Gus" Gray, 58, of Durham County, an administrative law judge; Jill Cheek of Carrboro, who has spent 20 years working in the N.C. Attorney General's Office; and Senior Resident Superior Court Judge William C. Gore Jr., who is based in Columbus County.
LARGEST CAMPAIGN KITTY: Hudson, with about $20,000 in the bank.
BEST NICKNAME: Gore, who is called the "Swamp Judge."
A WINNING RECORD: Cheek says she has argued 37 cases before the N.C. Supreme Court during the last 16 years, losing only twice.
STRONGEST WAKE COUNTY LEGAL TIE: Calabria served as a Wake District Court judge for six years.
HOPING THE SECOND TIME IS A CHARM: Gray, who is mounting his second run for the appellate courts; he lost a primary race in 2002 for a Court of Appeals seat.
Under the Dome - Calabria aims for high court
News&Observer - Capitol&N.C., January 13, 2006
By Barbara Barrett, Andrea Weigl and Dan Kane, Staff Writers
N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Ann Marie Calabria announced Thursday that she plans to run for the state's highest court -- the N.C. Supreme Court.
Calabria plans to run for the seat currently held by Associate Justice George L. Wainwright Jr.
Wainwright hasn't said publicly that he is leaving the bench, although people around the Supreme Court building have been told he doesn't plan to run again.
Calabria was first elected to the bench in 1996 as a Wake District Court judge. In 2002, she successfully won a seat on the Court of Appeals.
