It took roughly seven months and a federal court ruling, but Republican Jefferson Griffin finally conceded North Carolina’s Supreme Court race to Democrat Allison Riggs. * In Illinois, the Democratic U.

The Republican candidate for North Carolina's state Supreme Court on Wednesday ended his six-month effort to overturn the election result against a Democrat.

The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November's election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, two days after a federal judge ruled that potentially thousands of disputed ballots challenged by Jefferson Griffin must remain in the final tally.