The Fifth Court of Appeals gets civil and criminal appeals from Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman and Rockwall counties. Here are the new judges on the bench.

North Carolina voters appear close to filling three of the 15 seats on the Court of Appeals — the state’s second highest court. Republicans, who held and 11-4 advantage over Democrats coming into the election,

Republican voters in North Carolina cast ballots in greater numbers than four years ago, while Democratic turnout sagged