Joe John

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American judge and politician (1939–2025)

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::summary American judge and politician (1939–2025) ::

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nameJoe John
imageJoe John NC.jpg
state_houseNorth Carolina
district40th
term_startJanuary 1, 2017
term_endJanuary 21, 2025
predecessorMarilyn Avila
successorPhil Rubin
partyDemocratic
birth_nameJoseph Robert John
birth_date
birth_placeEast Chicago, Indiana, U.S.
death_date
spouseEvelyn
children3
occupation
website
educationUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, MA, JD)
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Joseph Robert John Sr. (October 13, 1939 – January 22, 2025) was an American politician and jurist who was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, having served from 2017 to 2025. He had formerly been a judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 1992 until 2000. Previously, he had been a state Superior Court and District Court judge, based in Greensboro. He had also been a prosecutor and practiced law at the firm of Pell, Pell, Weston & John.

Life and career

In 2010, John was named interim director of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation crime lab by N.C. Attorney General Roy A. Cooper. He was named to the post on a permanent basis in 2011. John retired in 2014.

John was elected as a Democrat to the North Carolina House of Representatives, District 40, in 2016, defeating incumbent Rep. Marilyn Avila. In 2018, John was re-elected to a second term after defeating Avila in a rematch. John won a third term in 2020, defeating Republican challenger Gerald Falzon.

During his time in office, John had focused on fully funding North Carolina schools, eliminating partisan gerrymandering, and fighting against what he called the "War on an Independent Judiciary".

John announced his resignation from the legislature on January 19, 2025, effective January 21st, after his cancer diagnosis was deemed terminal. He died the next day, on January 22, at the age of 85.

Electoral history

2022

| party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Joe John (incumbent) | votes = 5,520 | percentage = 74.10% | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Marguerite Creel | votes = 1,929 | percentage = 25.90% | votes = 7,449 | percentage = 100%

2020

| party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Joe John (incumbent) | votes = 31,837 | percentage = 56.47% | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Gerald Falzon | votes = 24,545 | percentage = 43.53% | votes = 56,382 | percentage = 100% | winner = Democratic Party (United States)

2018

| party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Joe John (incumbent) | votes = 24,193 | percentage = 51.24% | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Marilyn Avila | votes = 21,256 | percentage = 45.02% | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | candidate = David Ulmer | votes = 1,767 | percentage = 3.74% | votes = 47,216 | percentage = 100% | winner = Democratic Party (United States)

2016

| party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Joe John | votes = 23,786 | percentage = 50.41% | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Marilyn Avila (incumbent) | votes = 23,402 | percentage = 49.59% | votes = 47,188 | percentage = 100% | winner = Democratic Party (United States) | loser = Republican Party (United States)

Committee assignments

2021–2022 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations – Justice and Public Safety
  • Judiciary II
  • Families, Children, and Aging Policy
  • Transportation

2019–2020 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations – Justice and Public Safety
  • Judiciary
  • Families, Children, and Aging Policy
  • Transportation

2017–2018 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations – Justice and Public Safety
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
  • Insurance
  • Judiciary II
  • State and Local Government II

References

References

  1. North Carolina. Secretary of State. (1916). "North Carolina manual [serial]". [Raleigh] : North Carolina Historical Commission.
  2. [http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/10/13/article/former_greensboro_judge_named_interim_director_of_sbi_crime_lab Greensboro News-Record: Former Greensboro judge named interim director of SBI crime lab]
  3. [http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/10/07/1547746/sbi-upgrades-its-temporary-leader.html News & Observer: SBI lab upgrades its temporary leader]
  4. "The Voter's Self Defense System".
  5. [http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article49688400.html News & Observer: Former Appeals Court judge runs for NC House]
  6. [http://www.wral.com/auditor-s-race-ends-amid-statewide-recount/16325289/ WRAL.com]
  7. WRAL. (January 20, 2025). "NC Rep. Joe John of Raleigh, facing terminal cancer diagnosis, resigns from state legislature".
  8. (January 22, 2025). "NC Rep. Joe John, who served in state judicial, administrative and legislative roles, dies after battle with cancer".
  9. [https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=05/17/2022&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1601] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.
  10. [https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/03/2020&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1209] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.
  11. [https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/06/2018&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1043] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.
  12. [https://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=11/08/2016&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=1115] ''North Carolina State Board of Elections''.
  13. "Joe John".

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