07-05-2025
Republican concedes in N.C., ending effort to change election rules after the fact
A Republican who narrowly lost a North Carolina Supreme Court election ended his challenge to the results Wednesday, clearing the way for the Democratic incumbent to be sworn in six months after she won the race.
Justice Allison Riggs, who was appointed to the court by a Democratic governor in 2023, won the November election by 734 votes out of 5.5 million cast. Two recounts confirmed her victory. Jefferson Griffin, the Republican appeals judge who ran against Riggs, went to court to challenge tens of thousands of votes to try to reverse the results.
