the Vice Chair of that Commission since 2015. Expired nomination to district court On April 28, 2016, President Obama nominated Timmons-Goodson to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, to the seat vacated by Judge Malcolm Jones Howard, who took senior status on December 31, 2005. Her nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress. 2020 campaign for Congress In 2019, Timmons-Goodson filed to run for the United States House of Representatives seat representing North Carolina's 8th congressional district. The 8th district covers all or part of 7 counties including Cabarrus, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore, Lee, Harnett, and Cumberland. Timmons-Goodson lost to incumbent Republican Richard Hudson in the general election in November 2020, by 53% to 47%. Personal life Timmons-Goodson is a member of The Links. See also Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies List of African-American jurists References External links Pat Timmons-Goodson for Congress campaign website News & Observer biography 1954 births African-American judges Duke University School of Law alumni Living people North Carolina Court of Appeals judges North Carolina Democrats Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court People from Florence, South Carolina United States Commission on Civil Rights members University of North Carolina School of Law alumni 20th-century American judges 20th-century American women judges 21st-century American judges 21st-century American women judges 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people