What is Cheri Beasley?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Cheri Beasley |image = Cheri Beasley of the NC Supreme Court.jpg |office = Chief Justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] |appointer = [[Roy Cooper]] |term_start = March 1, 2019 |term_end = December 31, 2020 |predecessor = [[Mark Martin (judge)|Mark Martin]] |successor = [[Paul Martin Newby]] |office1 = Associate Justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] |appointer1 = [[Bev Perdue]] |term_start1 = December 12, 2012 |term_end1 = March 1, 2019 |predecessor1 = [[Patricia Timmons-Goodson]] |successor1 = [[Mark A. Davis]] |birth_name = Cheri Lynn Beasley |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|2|14}} |birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Curtis Owens |children = 2 |education = [[Rutgers University–New Brunswick]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Tennessee]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br />[[Duke University]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]]) }} '''Cheri Lynn Beasley'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://connect.americanbar.org/network/members/profile?UserKey=def699f4-8de6-4e0c-a325-d1cccad9853d|title = Cheri Lynn Beasley - Profile &#124; American Bar Association}}</ref> (born February 14, 1966) is an American attorney and jurist. She was the chief justice of the [[North Carolina Supreme Court]] from 2019 to 2020. She was on the [[North Carolina Court of Appeals]] and as a district court judge in [[Cumberland County, North Carolina]].<ref name=Bio>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20190212/cheri-beasley-formerly-of-fayetteville-to-be-chief-justice-of-nc-supreme-court|title=Cheri Beasley, formerly of Fayetteville, to be chief justice of NC Supreme Court|first=A. staff and wire|last=report|website=[[The Fayetteville Observer]]}}</ref> She was the unsuccessful [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for the [[United States Senate]] in the [[2022 United States Senate election