The latest rendition of the North Carolina congressional district boundaries will continue to be used in next week’s primary elections.

That decision came when a three-judge panel on Thursday denied objections filed by attorneys for voters who brought a lawsuit in 2013 challenging the 1st and 12th Districts.

Those two districts were illegally drawn with too much focus put on race when outlining the boundaries, the court ruled in February. That sent the North Carolina General Assembly into a special session to redraw the maps to decide party representatives for the November race for the United States House of Representatives.

The primary race for those candidates was originally going to be held with the other primary races across the state on March 15. After the new maps were drawn, June 7 was selected as the primary date for the Congressional races.

Early voting for next Tuesday’s election is already underway.

Democratic Congressman David Price is running unopposed in the primary in the 4th District, which contains all of Orange County in the new map. On the Republican side, Sue Googe and Teiji Kimball are running for their party’s nomination.

There are also four candidates on the ballot for North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice. The top two finishers among those four candidates will be on the November ballot to decide who will get the seat on the state Supreme Court.

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