Josh Stein

Josh Stein
Stein in 2024
Governor-elect of North Carolina
Assuming office
January 2025
LieutenantRachel Hunt (elect)
SucceedingRoy Cooper
51st Attorney General of North Carolina
Assumed office
January 1, 2017
GovernorRoy Cooper
Preceded byRoy Cooper
Succeeded byJeff Jackson (elect)
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 16th district
In office
January 1, 2009 – March 21, 2016
Preceded byJanet Cowell
Succeeded byJay Chaudhuri
Personal details
Born
Joshua Harold Stein

(1966-09-13) September 13, 1966 (age 58)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAnna Harris
Children3
Education
WebsiteCampaign 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, making him the first Jewish person to win a statewide election in North Carolina.[3][4] He was re-elected in 2020 after defeating Republican Forsyth County district attorney Jim O'Neill.[5]

Stein chose not to seek a third term as state attorney general and instead to run for governor in the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election.[6] After winning the Democratic nomination, he faced Republican lieutenant governor Mark Robinson in the general election. On November 5, 2024, Stein won the governor's race in a landslide.[7]

  1. ^ "Josh Stein's Biography". Vote Smart.
  2. ^ "Stein defeats scandal-plagued Robinson in North Carolina gubernatorial race". November 5, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Jewish Firsts in North Carolina Politics". November 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "NC Attorney General Josh Stein wins reelection". newsobserver.com/. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "NC Attorney General Josh Stein to run for governor". Abc 11. January 18, 2023.
  7. ^ "Stein defeats scandal-plagued Robinson in North Carolina gubernatorial race". November 5, 2024.