Josh Stein | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Stein in 2024 | |
| Governor-elect of North Carolina | |
| Assuming office January 1, 2025 | |
| Lieutenant | Rachel Hunt (elect) |
| Succeeding | Roy Cooper |
| 51st Attorney General of North Carolina | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2017 | |
| Governor | Roy Cooper |
| Preceded by | Roy Cooper |
| Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 16th district | |
| In office January 1, 2009 – March 21, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Janet Cowell |
| Succeeded by | Jay Chaudhuri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joshua Harold Stein September 13, 1966 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Anna Harris |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | |
| Website | Campaign website Official website |
Joshua Harold Stein (born September 13, 1966)[1] is an American lawyer and politician who is the governor-elect of North Carolina.[2] He has been serving as the 51st attorney general of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Stein previously served in the North Carolina Senate from 2009 to 2016.
Born in Washington, D.C., Stein moved to North Carolina with his family at an early age. He studied at Dartmouth College and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School before being elected to represent North Carolina's 16th Senate district in 2008. Stein left the state Senate upon winning the Democratic nomination in the 2016 North Carolina Attorney General election and defeated Republican state senator Buck Newton by 0.54%, making him the first Jewish person to win a statewide election in North Carolina.[3][4] He was re-elected in 2020 after narrowly defeating Republican Forsyth County district attorney Jim O'Neill by a margin of 0.26%.[5]
Stein chose not to seek a third term as state attorney general and instead opting to run for governor in the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election.[6] After winning the Democratic nomination, he defeated Republican nominee Mark Robinson in the general election by 14.8%.[7]
- ^ "Josh Stein's Biography". Vote Smart.
- ^ "Stein defeats scandal-plagued Robinson in North Carolina gubernatorial race". November 5, 2024.
- ^ Gannon, Patrick (November 29, 2013). "Josh Stein says he'll run for NC Attorney General in 2016". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017.
- ^ "Jewish Firsts in North Carolina Politics". November 25, 2020.
- ^ "NC Attorney General Josh Stein wins reelection". newsobserver.com/. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "NC Attorney General Josh Stein to run for governor". Abc 11. January 18, 2023.
- ^ "Stein defeats scandal-plagued Robinson in North Carolina gubernatorial race". November 5, 2024.