The DNC Wades Into Republicans’ Fight to Overturn a North Carolina Supreme Court Race

The state Supreme Court blocked the certification of a Democratic justice’s reelection. The DNC chair says they’re attempting to “steal an election in plain sight.”

North Carolina Supreme Court Allison Riggs

North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs won by less than 800 votes. Gary D. Robertson/AP

The national Democratic Party is intervening in a legal battle over a North Carolina Supreme Court seat, alleging the state Republican Party is trying to steal an election.

The Democratic National Committee filed a legal brief in opposition to a Republican lawsuit to invalidate tens of thousands of ballots from the 2024 election.

The race in question is the reelection of Democratic Justice Allison Riggs. After two recounts, Riggs won the election by 734 votes, defeating state appeals court Judge Jefferson Griffin.