PERSON: Cheri Beasley

Former Chief Justice of North Carolina

Cheri Beasley (Democratic Party) was a judge of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She assumed office in 2012. She left office on December 31, 2020.

Beasley (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent North Carolina. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Beasley first joined the North Carolina Supreme Court as an associate justice in 2012. She was appointed by Gov. Bev Perdue (D). On February 12, 2019, Gov. Roy Cooper (D) appointed Beasley to the office of chief justice to succeed Mark Martin. Beasley assumed the position on March 1, 2019.[1]

Prior to serving on the North Carolina Supreme Court, Beasley was a judge on the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 2008 to 2012 and a judge for the North Carolina 12th Judicial District from 1999 to 2008. She was the assistant public defender for the 12th Judicial District from 1994 to 1999. She received her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

When Beasley was elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in 2008, she became the first black woman to be elected to any statewide office in North Carolina without being first appointed by a governor.

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