North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announces the appointment of State Court of Appeals Judge Allison Riggs to the North Carolina Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

The state Supreme Court primary is causing some intra-party tension for Democrats.

Last year, Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Allison Riggs to fill the seat of Justice Mike Morgan, who is running for governor. Riggs is now running to keep that seat, and she’s facing a challenge from Superior Court Judge Lora Cubbage, a more moderate candidate with less support among top Democrats. […]

Michael Hewlett is a courts and law reporter for The Assembly. He was previously a legal affairs reporter at the Winston-Salem Journal and has won two Henry Lee Weathers Freedom of Information Awards.

Anne Blythe, a former reporter for The News & Observer, has reported on courts, criminal justice, and an array of topics in North Carolina for more than three decades.

Carli Brosseau is a K-12 education reporter for The Assembly. She previously worked at The News & Observer, where she was an investigative reporter and a ProPublica Local Reporting Network fellow.

Bryan Anderson is a politics reporter for The Assembly, covering state government and anchoring our twice-weekly politics newsletter, The Caucus. He previously covered elections, voting access, and state government for WRAL-TV, The Associated Press, and The News & Observer.