Sarah Stevens
North Carolina Supreme Court winner?
$355.76
NOV 4, 2026
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current roleState Representative
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age66 years old (Feb 15, 1960)
GenderFemale
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LocationNorth Carolina
BackgroundAttorney
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro — B.S., Social Work (1981)
Notable personal detailsSarah Suzanne Stevens is a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court (Seat 1) in 2026. She previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives representing District 90 (Alleghany, Surry, and Wilkes counties) and was Speaker Pro Tempore from 2017 to 2025. She is an attorney and has also served as a District Court judge in North Carolina. Stevens earned a B.S. in Social Work from UNC Greensboro and a J.D. from Campbell University’s law school.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Sarah Stevens is a Republican and describes herself as a conservative; her legislative record includes votes in favor of tax-cut measures such as reducing franchise taxes. Her campaign materials emphasize conservative principles rather than proposing tax increases or expanded redistribution.
Healthcare
The candidate supports expanding Medicaid to extend coverage to hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians and opposes partisan restrictions on women’s healthcare, stating that a woman’s healthcare decisions should be between her and her doctor. She frames protecting access to care and extending coverage as priorities for families in the state.
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Immigration & Border
Supports application of law as written and has criticized judicial statements that challenge or characterize immigration enforcement actions; emphasizes judicial restraint and enforcing laws without bias rather than advocating expanded asylum or regularization measures.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Sarah Stevens has supported restrictions on abortion, including backing legislation that limits most elective abortions after 12 weeks with exceptions and sponsoring/authoring pro-life measures such as the Born-Alive/abortion survivors protection bill. She identifies as pro‑life and has described the legislative package as a pro‑child, safeguards-oriented approach to abortion policy.
Climate & Energy
The candidate has endorsed state funding for renewable energy development but has indicated opposition to government regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and has voted for measures favoring fossil fuel and nuclear-inclusive, market-oriented energy policies. Public materials emphasize a conservative judicial philosophy without an explicit climate-focused platform. Overall her positions show support for some clean energy funding while opposing aggressive emissions regulation, producing a mixed policy pattern on climate and energy.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate has supported permitless/‘constitutional carry’ legislation and led a House judiciary committee that advanced bills to remove or loosen concealed-carry permitting requirements, indicating a pro-Second Amendment, deregulatory stance on firearms policy. She has overseen committee actions that advanced measures expanding carry rights and lifetime/permanent permit options.
News
Sarah Stevens is in the news because she has resigned to focus on her North Carolina Supreme Court race. That is the clearest recent development involving her. Other recent items in the feed are about North Carolina’s voter ID law and broader state attorney general races, but they do not appear to directly involve her.
Sarah Stevens resigning to focus on NC Supreme Court race
North Carolina’s photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law
Big money flows into state attorney general races as legal battles shape American politics
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