The North Carolina State Board of Elections' top administrator asked a powerful legislator on Thursday to retract a comment that he made suggesting this month's results were being manipulated, saying it could lead to threats against local election workers.
As the contest for a seat on the NC Supreme Court remains close, some cast doubt on how election results are certified. Here’s how it works.
North Carolina voters are choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina voters choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper were deciding Tuesday between an attorney general who would carry on Cooper's policies and a lieutenant governor whose blunt speaking style and working-class history favored him among hardline conservatives.
North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, speaks while state Republican Party Chairman Jason Simmons listens at a news conference reviewing Tuesday's general election results at state GOP headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)
The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat has formally requested a statewide recount
The final counts by counties are about over and a Democratic incumbent on North Carolina’s Supreme Court has an ever-slight lead over a Republican challenger.
U.S. Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina will be a vice chair for the Senate GOP’s campaign arm ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as the party looks to flip more seats, the National Republican Senatorial Committee announced Thursday. North Carolina’s senior senator, Republican Thom Tillis, is up for reelection in 2026.
North Carolina Republicans have advanced legislation that would weaken the powers of the incoming governor, attorney general and schools superintendent.
North Carolina county election boards began their recounts Wednesday in a much-watched Supreme Court contest in which just over 600 votes separate the Democratic and Republican candidates.