Two recounts have confirmed incumbent Allison Riggs, a Democrat, as the winner of her North Carolina Supreme Court seat over Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin.

More calls on Wednesday for Judge Jefferson Griffin to concede the election for a North Carolina State Supreme Court seat.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that North Carolina's disputed race for a seat on the state Supreme Court must be reviewed in state courts before the matter can go before a federal tribunal.