8 candidates filed so far....

...as of Monday, August 31, 2010.  Governor Perdue appointed Cressie Thigpen to the seat!  Thigpen filed for the seat, so it's now an 8-way "ClusterF@#k"!

COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE (WYNN) (WYNN SEAT)

CASTEEN, JOHN WESLEY JR (U-W)

J. Wesley Casteen

DILLON, ROBERT CHRISTOPHER (R-W)

Chris Dillon

FARLOW, JEWEL ANN (R-W)

Jewel Ann Farlow

HAMMER, STANLEY F (D-W)

Stan Hammer

KLASS, MARK E (D-W)

Mark E. Klass

MCCULLOUGH, JOHN DOUGLAS (R-W)

Doug McCullough 

MIDDLETON, ANNE (D-W)

Anne Middleton 

THIGPEN, CRESSIE (D-B/AA)
Cressie Thigpen

Let's look at some stats:

D - 4 - 50%
R - 3 - 37.5%
U - 1 - 12.5%

Now you know IRV is supposed to do wonderful things for minorities.  Does it?

Men - 6
Women - 2
% of women in NC in 2009 - 51%,
% of women in the Court of Appeals race - 25%

White - 7 - 87.5%
Black - 1 - 12.50%
Hispanic - 0
But blacks make up 21.6% of the population
Still think IRV helps minorities?