North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Seat 6

Jefferson Griffin

Republican Jefferson Griffin was born and raised in Red Oak, North Carolina. In 2010, Griffin joined the Wake County district attorney’s office where he prosecuted cases from infractions to first degree murder. Griffin was elected to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in November 2020. 

According to his website, Griffin believes the Constitution means what it says. He believes in the separation of powers, judicial restraint and the independence of the judiciary.

Allison Riggs

Democrat Allison Riggs is running for the North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice seat 6. Riggs was the co-executive director for programs and chief counsel for voting rights at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, as well as a staff attorney and senior staff attorney. Riggs is a civil rights litigator and community lawyer who has served as lead counsel in numerous voting rights cases and has argued twice in front of the Supreme Court. Justice Riggs was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Roy Cooper in 2023. She previously served as a judge on the Court of Appeals.

Riggs wants to maintain the principles of integrity, transparency, consistency and empathy in the judicial system.