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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...
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 Jackson is a major in the Army National Guard.
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.
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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