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A law clerk at the N.C. Supreme Court is taking a leave of absence while he campaigns for a seat in the state House of Representatives. Tim Longest’s boss announced that decision in an order issued Sunday. Republican legislators raised questions Friday about Longest's role in a redistricting case.

Four days before the N.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to take up a case involving N.C. election maps, a new issue has emerged. Republican legislative leaders are raising concerns about a Supreme Court clerk who could be affected directly by the case’s outcome. In a document filed Friday with the state’s high court, lawyers for