Friday’s hearing marked the beginning of a new phase of arguments, after both sides spent months arguing over whether the case should be heard by state or federal courts.

A North Carolina trial judge has upheld decisions by election officials to reject protests by the trailing candidate in a very close state Supreme Court election

The trailing candidate in an undecided race to join the North Carolina Supreme Court will bring his post-election legal battle to court Friday, as he seeks to tilt the results of the election in his favor by having more than 60,