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Madame Loony TunesEven Democrats, Republicans agree on this candidate A candidate for N.C. Supreme Court justice who promotes herself as Madame Justice deserves a nickname in her campaign, all right, but not the one lawyer Rachel Lea Hunter wants. Ms. Hunter, a Democrat, has never been a judge, but she wants voters to oust Associate Justice Mark Martin, a Republican, and elect her. She wanted the State Board of Elections to put her on the Nov. 7 ballot as "Madame Justice." No way, the board said. She should try Madame Loony Tunes.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The leaders of the state's Democratic and Republican parties have asked voters not to cast ballots for state Supreme Court candidate Rachel Lea Hunter, whose fiery rhetoric in recent weeks has included comparing the actions of a black congressional candidate to that of a slave. "She's unstable and unqualified, and the thought of her serving on the highest court in North Carolina is scary," state Republican party chairman Ferrell Blount said Tuesday. Blount's comments came after Hunter, a former Republican running as a Democrat, used the title "Dur Fuhrer" -- commonly associated with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler...

(RALEIGH) – Today, in yet another in a series of nonsensical email rants, candidate for North Carolina Supreme Court Rachel Lea Hunter has compared Democrat State Party Chairman Jerry Meek to Adolph Hitler.

Candidate for high court puts Robinson at a loss for wordsBy Scott Sexton JOURNAL COLUMNIST Thursday, June 8, 2006 Other than the good folks at the League of Women Voters and trial lawyers, who really knows anything about candidates for the N.C. Supreme Court? The answer, sadly, is not many of us. There is one candidate who is out to change all that - but not in a good way. The campaign antics of one Rachel Lea Hunter, a lawyer from Cary, are changing the perception of staid, nonconfrontational judicial races. She is running against Associate Justice Mark Martin for...

"I am announcing today that I will recommend that the State Democratic Party leadership withhold any endorsement in the Supreme Court seat that Rachel Lea Hunter is seeking. Today’s incident was one of many that have shown that Rachel Lea Hunter lacks the judgment and temperament necessary for a Supreme Court Justice."- Jerry Meek, NC Democratic Party Chairman