“The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November’s election to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs on Wednesday, two days after a federal judge ruled that potentially thousands of disputed ballots challenged by Jefferson Griffin must remain in the final tally,” the AP reports.

Former President Joe Biden told the BBC that he doesn’t know “that it would have made much difference” if he had withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race earlier.

Said Biden: “I don’t think it would have mattered. We left at a time when we had a good candidate. She was fully funded.”

He added: “It was hard to say, ‘Now I’ll stop now.’ I meant what I said when I started, that I’m preparing to hand this to the next generation, the transition government. But things moved so quickly that it made it difficult to walk away, and it was a hard decision.” 

For members: Rewriting History Around Biden’s Decision to Run Again

“The half brother of Vice President JD Vance is projected to finish in the top two in Tuesday’s primary race for Cincinnati mayor and will advance to the general election in November,” the Washington Post reports.