The North Carolina Supreme Court, the highest court in the state, takes up appealed cases from lower state courts, having the final say on matters. There are seven total justices, with one being the chief justice, and one of those seats is up for grabs this fall.

After dropping out of the race and endorsing Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been fighting in court to remove his name from ballots in several states.

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held a campaign rally in Asheville, North Carolina, on Tuesday.

A Republican-backed television advertisement is attacking North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s record on getting rapists off the streets.

The North Carolina Court of Appeals handles cases appealed by lower state courts and deals only with whether the previous trials were conducted in line with the law. There are 15 judges who serve on the court of appeals with three open seats this November. Terms for these judges last eight years.

After incumbent Catherine Truitt lost in the primary, the race for superintendent of public instruction was set. Learn about the November candidates.

North Carolina’s first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week.

For 16 years, the state has been a heartbreaker for Democrats, and so has Mecklenburg County — a reliably blue area that just hasn’t been blue enough.

The 115 District, like all North Carolina state legislative districts, has been redrawn by Republican legislators. The new version of the 115th will cover western, northern and northeastern Buncombe County.