Tamara Barringer | |
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| Associate Justice of theNorth Carolina Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mark A. Davis |
| Member of theNorth Carolina Senate from the17th district | |
| In office October 4, 2012 – January 1, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Sam Searcy |
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| Born | (1958-12-01)December 1, 1958 (age 66) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BS,JD) |
Tamara Patterson Barringer (born December 1, 1958)[1][2] is an American lawyer and judge. She is an associate justice of theNorth Carolina Supreme Court. She was aRepublicanstate senator fromNorth Carolina's 17th district for six years.
She received herBachelor of Science in business administration and herJuris Doctor from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Barringer ran in the 2012 election for the North Carolina Senate. She defeated Erv Portman (D) in theNovember 2012 general election.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Tamara P. Barringer | 57,101 | 53.67% | |
| Democratic | Erv Portman | 49,298 | 46.33% | |
In theNovember 2018 general election, she lost toSam Searcy by a margin of 50 percent to 47 percent.[5]
Barringer ran for theNorth Carolina Supreme Court in 2020 against incumbentMark A. Davis.[6] She won the election inNovember 2020.[7]
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