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 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…

News May 15, 2025

Bipartisan AG Coalition Targets WeChat’s Alleged Role in Fentanyl-Linked Money Laundering

A bipartisan coalition of six AGs, led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, has sent a demand letter to WeChat US, Inc., seeking answers about the app’s alleged role in facilitating transnational money laundering operations tied to fentanyl trafficking. The letter alleges that Chinese underground banking networks, in coordination with Mexican drug cartels, use WeChat’s…

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…

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