The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a bid from Republican Jefferson Griffin to expedite his challenge of over 60,000 ballots cast in the 2024 race for a seat on the high court ...

Earlier this month, Judge Jefferson Griffin filed a brief with the North Carolina Supreme Court arguing that more than 60,000 ...

Judge Griffin also challenged the ballots of nearly 300 voters who he said were “Never Residents,” meaning they did not live in North Carolina but were registered to vote there.

On Monday, Griffin appealed the case to the state Court of Appeals. Griffin himself is a judge on that court, along with two others, Valerie Zachary and Tom Murry, who donated to Griffin's campaign.

A Wake County Superior Court judge has ruled against Republican candidate Jefferson Griffin, who is trying to invalidate more than 65,000 ballots in the race for a seat on the North Carolina ...

Two recounts affirmed Riggs’ 734-vote margin of victory after the election, but Griffin, an appeals court judge, refused to concede and challenged the eligibility of more than 65,000 voters.

Jefferson Griffin, a current appeals court judge, lost to Justice Allison Riggs last month in a race for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court.

Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the N.C. Supreme Court listens to testimony in Wake County Superior Court on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.

Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs defeated her opponent, state appeals court Judge Jefferson Griffin, by 734 votes in November's election. But Griffin has yet to concede the loss.

“On the night of the election, petitioner led his opponent by almost 10,000 votes,” wrote Chief Justice Paul Newby, whom Griffin, a state appeals judge, has called his “good friend and ...

Griffin, who is a judge on the Court of Appeals, challenged Democratic incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs for her seat on the high court in the 2024 election.