North Carolina Democrats called a GOP-backed law shifting election board control to a Republican auditor unconstitutional in a lawsuit to block it.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein have filed another lawsuit against a GOP-inspired law that strips away powers from several incoming Democratic state leaders.

Donald Trump won North Carolina and will soon begin his second term. But how did he win the Tar Heel State? Explore voter turnout by demographics.

Amazon.com Inc. employees at a North Carolina warehouse filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board requesting an election to determine if workers in the facility will be represented by a union.

Josh Stein will start out his term as North Carolina's chief executive much the same way his predecessor and fellow Democrat Roy Cooper did, battling the Republican-led legislature in court. But Stein faces a much more slanted playing field than Cooper did.

(The Center Square) – An uncertified election for North Carolina Supreme Court took another step in federal court Monday, a business day after the suspension from federal court of a state elections board member’s spouse earlier mired in recusal ...

With 292 ballots in question and the difference of votes counted 734, the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Friday voted to dismiss remaining protests by Republican Jefferson Griffin in his race against Democrat Allison Riggs.

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Three federal judges appointed by Democrats have changed their retirement plans ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

A trailing candidate in a very close election last month for the North Carolina Supreme Court has asked that court to get involved legally in his race.

A motion by the North Carolina State Board of Elections has removed a Republican state Supreme Court candidate's protest over 60,000 ballots to federal court.

Republicans in the state legislature gave an ally control over the state’s elections board, rewrote ballot-counting rules and chipped away at the power of the incoming Democratic governor.