North Carolina Attorney General

Current State AG: Jeff Jackson (D)
Political Party: Democrat
Assumed Office: 2025

Jeff Jackson represented North Carolina’s 14th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2023-2024. Previously, between 2014 and 2023, AG Jackson represented Charlotte and surrounding areas in the North Carolina Senate. He dedicated much of his time in the general assembly to reforming the criminal justice system. AG Jackson also served as a business litigator at the law firm Womble Bond Dickinson and an assistant district attorney in Gaston County where he tried more than one hundred cases. AG...

AG Jackson’s 2024 campaign for state attorney general focused on being a non-partisan, independent voice for the people of North Carolina, tackling the fentanyl epidemic, supporting law enforcement, protecting veterans and seniors from fraud, and defending Constitutional rights.

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The AG is an elected position in North Carolina.

Next Election:November 7, 2028
Election Process:Elected
Term/Limit:4 years / none

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News May 8, 2025

TN, MO & IA AG Staff Elevated to Federal Positions; New SG Staff in NC & AR

Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti’s Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit, Whitney Hermandorfer, was nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Missouri AG Andrew Bailey’s Solicitor General Joshua Divine and Principal Deputy Solicitor General Maria Lanahan have been nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…

News April 17, 2025

Bipartisan AG Task Force Wants to Hang Up on Illegal Robocalls

The bipartisan Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force—consisting of 51 AGs—issued warning letters to nine Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers that they may be transmitting illegal robocall traffic in violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Truth in Caller ID Act, and state consumer protection laws. In the letters, the Task Force allege…

News January 16, 2025

AGs Buzzing Over New Leadership Hires, Legislative Agendas, and Bid for Governor

New Attorneys General: Washington: Nick Brown was sworn in as Washington’s 19th Attorney General on January 15, 2025. West Virginia: J.B. McCuskey was sworn in January 13, 2025. Leadership Hires: Kentucky: AG Russell Coleman began the second year of his term by announcing leadership promotions. Kevin Grout was named Chief of Staff, and Deputy Communications…

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