Washington, DC – This week, The Charlotte Observer editorial board endorsed Rep. Jeff Jackson to serve as North Carolina’s next Attorney General.

The editorial board writes, “In Jeff Jackson, North Carolina voters have a strong choice. As a state lawmaker and member of Congress, Jackson has been a solid progressive but one who is willing to think and work across the aisle. (The nonpartisan Lugar Center ranked him as one of the most bipartisan members of the U.S. House.). As a public representative, he has been refreshingly thoughtful and accessible, with a straightforward style and transparency that has such a broad appeal among voters that fearful Republicans gerrymandered away his chances of another term in Congress.”

 They continue, “In an interview with the editorial board, he outlined the collaborative steps he wants to take with local law enforcement to continue the fight against fentanyl in North Carolina. He spoke of getting in front of the growing threat of Artificial Intelligence used to scam citizens. He wants to work with law enforcement on major felony cases including sex offenses, and he has reiterated the attorney general’s role in defending the constitutional rights of all citizens, regardless of party.”

The board also slammed his GOP opponent, Rep. Dan Bishop, and stated, “The Republican nominee, after all, is Dan Bishop, a candidate who in so many ways exemplifies the opposite of what an attorney general should be.”

“As North Carolina’s chief law enforcement official, [Bishop] would be a leader who tried to overturn a free and fair election with a vote not to certify Arizona’s 2020 election results. In an office tasked with protecting North Carolina’s citizens, he would be a leader who has a long, harsh history of discrimination. As a Mecklenburg commissioner, he spoke out against a county measure to ban discrimination against gays. He publicly advocated for North Carolina’s Amendment 1, which in 2012 made our state the last in the country to ban gay marriage before a court overturned it.”

 The ed board writes, “Most notably, Bishop also was the author of perhaps the most destructive bill in our state’s history. HB2 was a grab bag of discrimination that went far beyond bathrooms, and it did more damage to North Carolina and its economy than perhaps any single piece of legislation. Bishop, incredibly, shows no public remorse over his role in it, and he’s operated in similar grievance-filled fashion as a U.S. House member. Once a smart, promising conservative thinker, he has become little more than a disappointing, disapproving sneer.”

 The ed board concludes, “We recommend Jeff Jackson for North Carolina Attorney General.”

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