North Carolina Supreme Court winner?
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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
Notable personal detailsSarah Suzanne Stevens is a Republican North Carolina state representative for House District 90 (Surry and parts of Wilkes counties) and an attorney. She served as Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House (2017–2024) and has chaired House judiciary and elections-related committees. She is a candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court in the 2026 election cycle. She is based in Mount Airy, North Carolina.
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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 a federal judge upheld North Carolina’s photo voter ID law, rejecting claims that it was enacted with discriminatory intent. The ruling is a major legal win for Republican leaders and keeps the law in place after years of litigation. Separate coverage also notes that state attorney general races are drawing heavy spending ahead of the 2026 midterms, though Stevens is not singled out in those reports.
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