This journey to this point was not a normal one,” Justice Anita Earls told the crowd gathered to watch Justice Allison Riggs’ swearing in.

North Carolina Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs has been sworn in to a new term after her Republican rival challenged the results over six months.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Tuesday officially certified Allison Riggs as the declared winner of the state Supreme Court race, which has been contested by her competitor since last November.

Outside of North Carolina, the ruling reverberates, sending a clear message to those who might try to subvert the 2026 elections: your efforts won’t succeed.

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs was sworn in Tuesday after a six-month wait, bringing to an end a months-long saga that saw tens of thousands of ballots challenged and ultimately counted.

“We’ve knocked over the first domino that we need to for Democrats to take back the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2028,” Riggs told me after the election. “His effort to change the ...

Judge Jefferson Griffin conceded two days after a federal judge delivered a victory for Democratic sitting Justice Allison Riggs by ordering North Carolina's election board to not throw out any ballots cast by voters in the close race. "While I do ...

ISSUES LIKE PAYROLL. NEW HERE AT NOON. ALLISON RIGGS IS NOW SWORN IN TO A FULL TERM ON THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT. AFTER A SIX MONTH LEGAL BATTLE, JUSTICE RIGGS TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE THIS ...

A few weeks after the November 2024 election, Allison Riggs and her husband were over at her parents’ house in Durham, North Carolina, for dinner. Riggs, a candidate for state Supreme Court ...