Court of Appeals races to watch for November

And Bergermeister Junior is at the top of the list:

Only one of the incumbents is tied to Democrats: Judge Linda Stephens, who was first appointed to the court by Gov. Mike Easley in 2006. Her opponent is Phil Berger Jr., an administrative law judge whose dad is Senate leader Phil Berger. The younger Berger ran unsuccessfully for Congress last year and has also served as district attorney for Rockingham County.

State GOP leaders have already been promoting Berger’s candidacy.

Of course they have. The more they stack the Court of Appeals, the less they have to worry about a swing vote on the (NC) Supreme Court. While cases might still gravitate upwards, it's a heck of a lot easier to uphold a CoA opinion than it is to reverse it. As far as Junior Berger is concerned, we could spend all day discussing reasons to keep him from dislocating Linda Stephens, but I'll let a graphic tell part of the tale:

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