# Anita Earls The last remaining Democratic justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court, facing Republican State Rep. Sarah Stevens in November 2026. A veteran voting-rights litigator and founder of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Earls is the final check on the court's conservative supermajority. If she loses, the court goes 7–0 Republican, eliminating state-court challenges to [[Gerrymandering]] gerrymandered maps and [[Voter Suppression]] measures through at least 2030. See [[2026 Key State Races Hub]].