The North Carolina state Supreme Court race between Democrat Allison Riggs and Republican Jefferson Griffin is heading to a recount after Riggs appeared to win the race by just 625 votes. Why it matters: If Riggs,

The North Carolina Supreme Court race is headed to a recount after incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, pulled ahead of her challenger, Republican Jefferson Griffin, by 625 votes after outstanding ballots were counted.

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democratic incumbent up for election this year, appears to have defeated Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin. Riggs led by 625 votes as of noon Tuesday,

The race for a seat on the state Supreme Court is incredibly tight. Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs has a 24-vote lead as of Saturday morning. That's out of more than 5.5 million ballots cast.

Incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, was leading Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin by 24 votes as of Sunday night as she tries to keep her seat on the state Supreme Court. Riggs was trailing Griffin by about 10,

Trailing incumbent Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs by 625 votes, Republican Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin wants to have batches of votes discounted. Griffin has challenged ballots of more than 60,

"When you tell your fellow citizens that an election is conducted fraudulently, they listen," the State Board of Elections executive director wrote Senate leader Phil Berger in response to his comments on Wednesday.