A very close election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat heads next to a hand recount. That comes after a machine recount of well over 5 million ballots resulted in no margin change between the candidates.

With Democratic state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs apparently maintaining her lead over Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin after a machine recount, Griffin on Monday requested a second recount. This time, state law requires that bipartisan teams of officials conduct a recount by hand in a random sample of precincts in each county.

After a statewide recount was conducted in the race for NC's next Supreme Court Justice, the results did not end in a new outcome.

The Republican-controlled North Carolina state Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D-NC) veto on a bill that would strip executive power from the state’s newly elected Democrats and give it to state legislators.

The North Carolina Senate voted to override a veto from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday amid protests, the latest example of Republicans using their supermajority power after election results indicated they will lose it next month.

Changes are bound to happen for coach Shane Beamer and South Carolina football. After their 9-3 season and record-breaking 5-3 record in conference play, the Gamecocks will lose and gain players via the transfer portal this offseason.