(CNN) As members of the House of Representatives celebrated their swearings-in and the start of a new Congress, one district in North Carolina was left unrepresented, and Republican Mark Harris, the man who'd thought he'd be serving it, wasn't taking part in the pomp and photo ops.

Instead, Harris was home in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District, asking a judge to certify the results of the unsettled election and meeting with investigators who are looking into potential election fraud in the race.

After the state's board of elections dissolved last week as part of an ongoing legal battle over its composition and the state was unable to seat a new board, Harris' legal team said it had no choice but to go to court.

"We kind of find ourselves in no man's land, and we have asked the court to step in," Harris told reporters after leaving the nearly two-hour interview with investigators.

Harris argued in his petition to the court that the board of elections is legally required to certify the election results.

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