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 December 4, 2025

Democratic AGs to Check Out Buy-Now-Pay-Later Companies

Seven Democratic AGs, co-led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, sent letters to the six largest Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) providers seeking information about their lending practices and whether they are complying with state consumer protection laws. In their letters, the AGs note that point-of-sale financing has become increasingly common in online shopping. They raise concerns that…

News August 14, 2025

No More Mr. Nice Dial: AGs Turn Up Heat on Robocallers

The Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, a bipartisan coalition of 51 AGs, has launched “Operation Robocall Roundup,” a multistate effort to crack down on robocalls across the country. As part of the operation, the Task Force sent notice letters to 37 voice service providers for allegedly failing to comply with FCC robocall mitigation requirements and…

News June 12, 2025

Bipartisan AGs Sue to Stop 23andMe’s Sale of Consumers’ Genetic Data

A bipartisan coalition of 28 AGs has filed a lawsuit against 23andMe Holding Co. and 23andMe, Inc. (collectively “23andMe”) to protect human genetic data collected by the company from being sold without consumers’ consent as a part of bankruptcy proceedings. In the complaint, the AGs argue that 23andMe is prohibited from selling or transferring the…

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