A very close election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat heads next to a hand recount. That comes after a machine recount of well over 5 million ballots resulted in no margin change between the candidates.

The Republican-controlled North Carolina state Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D-NC) veto on a bill that would strip executive power from the state’s newly elected Democrats and give it to state legislators.

North Carolina legislative Republicans are closing in on enacting a measure that would erode powers of the incoming governor and other statewide Democratic officials who got elected last month.

North Carolina Senate Republicans on Monday voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent veto of a Republican-passed bill designed to strip away power from the newly-elected

After prevailing in a state that went for Republican Donald Trump, Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein said that his service as attorney general gave North Carolina voters confidence and called the Tar Heel state a “bright spot” for Democrats on election night.

“The vice president ran a strong campaign in North Carolina. I think she ran out of time,” Stein said Sunday to host Jonathan Karl. “She was a short, abbreviated campaign. It was a tough national mood as evidenced by the fact that Trump won all of the swing states.”

Her father, Jim Hunt, was a gubernatorial legacy and now Rachel Hunt will step into her first statewide role as lieutenant governor.

With Democratic state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs apparently maintaining her lead over Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin after a machine recount, Griffin on Monday requested a second recount. This time, state law requires that bipartisan teams of officials conduct a recount by hand in a random sample of precincts in each county.

North Carolina has seen a back-and-forth over voter identification rules. The requirement finally got its first major test in last month's presidential election.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections certified the results of the presidential election and many statewide and legislative races on Tuesday, while a state court seat and a handful of other races remain in limbo amid ongoing recounts.

On Tuesday, the embattled North Carolina State Board of Elections is scheduled to certify the 2024 election. The majority of the election results from 2,658 precincts across the state are expected to be approved,

CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina Elections Board has certified the results from the November election. More than 5.7 million voters were counted, which is a 73% turnout. However, 10 races are going to a recount.