Josh Stein

Stein was born on September 13, 1966, in Washington, D.C., the son of Jane (Stoneman) and Adam Stein.{{cite web| url = https://cqrcengage.com/unitedwaynnj/app/candidate/110152;jsessionid=node01ias2heqcfdzd3m4p0moh704n2064700.node0| title = Josh Stein (D-NC)| publisher = CQ Press| access-date = October 3, 2022}} His family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, before settling in Chapel Hill, where his father co-founded North Carolina's first integrated law firm.{{Cite web|title=The fight goes on for Adam Stein|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/11/the-fight-goes-on-for-adam-stein|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=The Daily Tar Heel}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6QwDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Adam+Stein+had+grown+up%22&pg=PA123 | title=Julius Chambers: A Life in the Legal Struggle for Civil Rights | isbn=978-1-4696-2855-4 | last1=Rosen | first1=Richard A. | last2=Mosnier | first2=Joseph | date=October 18, 2016 | publisher=UNC Press Books }}

Stein attended Chapel Hill High School and played on its state championship soccer team.{{cite web| url = https://www.wral.com/how-nc-attorney-general-josh-stein-is-bracing-for-his-next-big-political-fight/20489040/| title = How NC Attorney General Josh Stein is bracing for his next big political fight| last = Anderson| first = Bryan| date = September 25, 2022| website = WRAL| publisher = Capitol Broadcasting Company| access-date = September 25, 2022 }}{{Cite news |last=Blythe |first=Anne |date=April 29, 2018 |title=Josh Stein, the product of a bluer North Carolina, is on the front lines fighting Trump |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/article209284739.html |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=The News and Observer}} After graduating, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Dartmouth College in 1988.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-nc-senate-distri/136873604/ N.C. SENATE DISTRICT 16]. The News and Observer. October 25, 2008. After college, he taught English and economics in Zimbabwe.{{Cite web|url=http://www.joshstein.org/meet-josh|title=Meet Josh|website=Josh Stein for Attorney General|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227183434/http://www.joshstein.org/meet-josh|archive-date=December 27, 2016|url-status=live}} Stein went on to earn degrees from Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government.

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In the 1990s, Stein worked as an intern for State Representative Dan Blue. Out of law school, Stein worked for the Self-Help Credit Union and the North Carolina Minority Support Center.{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Josh Stein |url=https://truthinitiative.org/who-we-are/our-team/josh-stein |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=truth initiative: inspiring lives free from smoking, vaping & nicotine}} After managing John Edwards's 1998 U.S. Senate campaign, he served as Edwards's deputy chief of staff from January 1999 to December 2000.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-helms-takes-aim-at/136872971/ Helms takes aim at court]. The News and Observer. December 2, 2000. According to Edwards official Andrew Young, Elizabeth Edwards prevented her husband from naming Stein his chief of staff in the Senate because he withheld information from her at John's direction.{{cite book |last= Young |first= Andrew|date= January 2010|title= The Politician|publisher= MacMillan Publishers|page= 72}}

In 2001, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper appointed Stein as Senior Deputy Attorney General for Consumer Protection. He held that position until his election to the State Senate in 2008.[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-observer-sen-josh-stein/136873363/ Sen. Josh Stein - a different seat at the table]. The News and Observer. January 28, 2009. From 2012 until 2016, he served as of counsel at Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, a regional law firm.

Stein defeated Republican John Alexander to represent the 16th district in the North Carolina Senate in 2008.Dalesio, Emery (November 5, 2008). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-democrats-likely/136876572/ Democrats likely to keep hold of state legislature]. The Charlotte Observer. After being reelected in 2010, he was elected minority whip by his colleagues.{{cite news|date=December 18, 2014|title=NC Senate Democrats choose leaders|work=The News & Observer|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article10196954.html|access-date=August 25, 2017}}

In the Senate, Stein worked to expand the state's DNA database, ban cyberstalking, extend and expand the state's renewable energy tax credit, and improve school safety.{{Cite news |last=Bonner |first=Lynn |date=July 9, 2010 |title=State Senate supports taking DNA upon arrest |url=https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1519360&crid=ce5a3d9f-c6ff-40e4-abb1-4018d65ea43a&pddocfullpath=%2Fshared%2Fdocument%2Fnews%2Furn%3AcontentItem%3A7YWT-X9X0-Y9NR-M50V-00000-00&pdcontentcomponentid=156860&pdteaserkey=sr0&pditab=allpods&ecomp=twmyk&earg=sr0&prid=c1dbf64b-99d9-4ec3-8293-5990683506d4 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |work=News and Observer}}{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Stein - North Carolina Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Studies - 2019 Winter School |url=https://www.ncfads.org/2019-winter-school/personnel/josh-stein/ |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=North Carolina Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Studies - 2019 Winter School - Providing Excellence in Addiction Training since 1978}}{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Josh Stein - Democratic Attorneys General Association |url=https://dems.ag/profile/josh-stein/#:~:text=As%20a%20State%20Senator%2C%20Stein,to%20protect%20North%20Carolina%20students |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=Democratic Attorneys General Association}}

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In 2016, Stein became the first Jewish person to win a statewide election in North Carolina. As attorney general, he worked to eliminate North Carolina's backlog of untested sexual assault kits, the nation's largest.{{Cite web|last=DeWitt|first=Dave|title=NC AG Stein Calls For More Funding To Test Backlogged Rape Kits|url=https://www.wunc.org/post/nc-ag-stein-calls-more-funding-test-backlogged-rape-kits|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=wunc.org|date=January 29, 2019 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Donovan|first=Chelsea|title=Attorney General announces Survivor Act; $6 million to combat rape test kit backlog|url=https://www.wect.com/2019/01/29/attorney-general-announces-survivor-act-million-combat-rape-test-kit-backlog/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=wect.com|date=January 30, 2019 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=DeGrave|first=Sam|title=Attorney General announces $2M grant to begin clearing NC's 15,000 untested rape kits|url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/10/04/rape-kits-north-carolina-attorney-general-josh-stein-grant/1512983002/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=Citizen Times|language=en}} This led to arrests in cases involving a 2015 assault and attempted murder in Durham, North Carolina;{{Cite web|title=4 Year Old Sexual Assault Cold Case Solved|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/2020/01/30/4-year-old-sexual-assault-cold-case-solved|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=spectrumlocalnews.com|language=en}} assaults in 2009 and 2010 in Fayetteville;{{Cite web|title=DNA Used to Charge Man in Series of Cold Case Rapes in Cumberland County|url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/dna-used-to-charge-man-in-series-of-cold-case-rapes-in-cumberland-county/83-9189675d-0191-471d-a7ca-351c9ac9fa32|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=wfmynews2.com|date=May 7, 2019 |language=en-US}} and a 1993 assault in Winston-Salem.{{Cite web|title=Rape Kit Test Leads to Arrest of 71-Year-Old Man in 1993 Assault|url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/rape-kit-winston-salem-arrest/83-5b3f6a52-4b5f-4a51-9ba9-6138d643ea95|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=wfmynews2.com|date=September 18, 2019 |language=en-US}}

Stein led the bipartisan effort of state attorneys general to negotiate a national settlement framework with drug companies—manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy chains—over the nation's opioid epidemic, totaling more than $50 billion.{{Cite web|author=WECT Staff|title=N.C. among four states that reach $48B settlement framework with drug companies over opioid epidemic|url=https://www.wect.com/2019/10/21/nc-among-four-states-that-reach-b-settlement-framework-with-drug-companies-over-opioid-epidemic/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=wect.com|date=October 21, 2019 |language=en-US}} North Carolina's share of the settlement was $1.5 billion.{{Cite web |title=About the Opioid Settlements - North Carolina Opioid Settlements |url=https://ncopioidsettlement.org/about-the-settlements/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=North Carolina Opioid Settlements}} Stein negotiated a memorandum of agreement with the state's counties that ensured the vast majority of the funds would go to prevention, harm reduction, treatment or recovery.{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2024 |title=MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON PROCEEDS RELATING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF OPIOID LITIGATION |url=https://www.morepowerfulnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Final-Opioid-MOA-rev-July-2023-re-Ex-E-and-F.pdf |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=More Powerful NC}} Johns Hopkins School of Public Health recognized this partnership as one of the best in the nation.{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Nazneen |date=June 28, 2023 |title=North Carolina Recognized for Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis and Save Lives - NCDOJ |url=https://ncdoj.gov/north-carolina-recognized-for-efforts-to-combat-the-opioid-crisis-and-save-lives/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=NCDOJ - Attorney General Josh Stein}}

In 2018, Stein filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court arguing in favor of the Affordable Care Act.{{Cite web|last=Emert|first=Jennifer|date=December 18, 2018|title=NC joins the legal fight over ACA; how the recent TX ruling could affect your benefits|url=https://wlos.com/news/local/nc-joins-the-legal-fight-over-aca-what-you-need-to-know-about-your-health-benefits|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=WLOS}} In 2019, he became the country's first attorney general to sue e-cigarette manufacturer Juul for unlawful marketing to minors.{{Cite web|last=WRAL|date=October 23, 2019|title=North Carolina the first in the country to file lawsuits against e-cigarette companies|url=https://www.wral.com/north-carolina-the-first-in-the-country-to-file-lawsuits-against-e-cigarette-companies/18716008/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=WRAL.com|language=en}} Stein won multiple settlements with Juul totaling nearly $48 million, setting a standard the rest of the nation followed.{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Nazneen |date=June 28, 2021 |title=Attorney General Stein Reaches Agreement with JUUL for $40 Million and Drastic Business Changes - NCDOJ |url=https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-stein-reaches-agreement-with-juul-for-40-million-and-drastic-business-changes/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=NCDOJ - Attorney General Josh Stein}}{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Nazneen |date=December 7, 2023 |title=Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Additional $7.8 Million from Agreement with Juul - NCDOJ |url=https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-announces-additional-7-8-million-from-agreement-with-juul/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=NCDOJ - Attorney General Josh Stein}}

Stein filed briefs supporting medication abortions and opposing restrictions on women from traveling to receive healthcare.{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Nazneen |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Attorney General Josh Stein Files Motion for Summary Judgment to Protect Medication Abortion in North Carolina - NCDOJ |url=https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-files-motion-for-summary-judgment-to-protect-medication-abortion-in-north-carolina/#:~:text=Their%20restrictions%20on%20medication%20abortion,to%20protect%20women's%20reproductive%20freedoms.”%0D%0Ahttps://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-protects-womens-reproductive-freedom/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=NCDOJ - Attorney General Josh Stein}}{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Nazneen |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Attorney General Josh Stein Protects Women's Reproductive Freedom - NCDOJ |url=https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-protects-womens-reproductive-freedom/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=NCDOJ - Attorney General Josh Stein}} He opposed the state's 12-week abortion ban enacted in 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-17 |title='Every legal option.' NC Attorney General vows to fight new abortion law |url=https://abc11.com/nc-new-abortion-law-12-weeks-july-1-republicans-democrats-sb20/13261023/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham |language=en}}

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Stein negotiated eight Anti-Robocall Principles with a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 companies to protect phone users from illegal robocalls.{{Cite web|date=August 22, 2019|title=Attorney General Josh Stein leads 51 attorneys general, 12 companies in fight to stop robocalls|url=https://www.wnct.com/news/attorney-general-josh-stein-leads-51-attorneys-general-12-companies-in-fight-to-stop-robocalls/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=WNCT|language=en-US}} He also launched Operation Silver Shield, an effort to protect older North Carolinians from fraud and scams.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

After the COVID-19 pandemic began, Stein won a preliminary injunction against a Charlotte tow company sued for price-gouging{{Cite web|title=AG wins preliminary injunction against Charlotte tow company sued for price-gouging|url=https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/north-carolina-sues-towing-company-price-gouging-amid-virus/JQQWGYWNHNEINACH3QU6XQYSLY/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=WSOC|date=May 27, 2020 |language=en-US}} and announced the investigation of nine North Carolina–based sellers on Amazon accused of raising prices on coronavirus-related products, including hand sanitizer and N95 masks.{{Cite web|date=March 29, 2020|title=Attorney General Josh Stein's office goes after N.C. based Amazon price gougers|url=https://www.wnct.com/local-news/attorney-general-josh-steins-office-goes-after-n-c-based-amazon-price-gougers/|access-date=July 1, 2020|website=WNCT|language=en-US}} Stein won more than $1 million in price-gouging cases.{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Nazneen |date=November 10, 2021 |title=Attorney General Josh Stein Reaches $20,000 Settlement with Charlotte Area Gas Station Over Colonial Pipeline Price Gouging - NCDOJ |url=https://ncdoj.gov/attorney-general-josh-stein-reaches-20000-settlement-with-charlotte-area-gas-station-over-colonial-pipeline-price-gouging/ |access-date=February 27, 2024 |website=NCDOJ - Attorney General Josh Stein}}

On August 21, 2021, the legislature voted to remove Stein as its legal representation before the courts after he refused to appeal the findings of a lower court that a North Carolina state law that disenfranchised anyone convicted of a felony was unconstitutional. Stein said he had been waiting for the ruling to be formally filed. Legislative leaders alleged Stein was "slow-walking" the case to allow felons to vote in the next election.{{cite web|url=https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/lawmakers-fire-ag-stein-for-refusing-to-appeal-felon-voting-ruling/|last=Woodhouse|first=Dallas|date=August 24, 2021|title=Lawmakers fire AG Stein for refusing to appeal felon voting ruling|work=Carolina Journal|publisher=John Locke Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911230612/https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/lawmakers-fire-ag-stein-for-refusing-to-appeal-felon-voting-ruling/|archive-date=September 11, 2021|url-status=live}}{{Cite web | title=Archived copy | url=https://files.constantcontact.com/b25a1294701/6a5e1a16-bf1d-457b-a460-a97dd12e6e48.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824173403/https://files.constantcontact.com/b25a1294701/6a5e1a16-bf1d-457b-a460-a97dd12e6e48.pdf | access-date=2024-12-15 | archive-date=2021-08-24}}{{better source needed|date=February 2023}}

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{{see also|Mark Robinson (American politician)#2024 gubernatorial run}}

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On January 18, 2023, Stein announced his candidacy for governor of North Carolina in the 2024 election.{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Elena |date=January 18, 2023 |title=North Carolina AG Josh Stein launches bid for governor |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/18/north-carolina-ag-josh-stein-launches-bid-for-governor-00078281 |access-date=March 4, 2024 |work=Politico}} He was endorsed by Governor Roy Cooper and hundreds of other elected officials and organizations.{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2024 |title=Josh Stein For North Carolina Announces Slate Of More Than 100 New Endorsers |url=https://www.joshstein.org/press-releases/josh-stein-for-north-carolina-announces-slate-of-more-than-100-new-endorsers |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=Josh Stein for NC}}{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2023 |title=NCAE Endorses Attorney General Josh Stein for Governor in 2024 |url=https://www.ncae.org/about-ncae/media-center/press-releases/ncae-endorses-attorney-general-josh-stein-governor-2024 |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE)}}

On Super Tuesday, Stein advanced to the general election and faced Republican lieutenant governor Mark Robinson.{{cite news |title=Republican Mark Robinson and Democrat Josh Stein will face off in North Carolina's governor race |work=NBC News |first=Adam |last=Edelman |date=March 5, 2024 |access-date=March 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/north-carolina-primary-governor-win-election-rcna141270}} After a CNN report on inflammatory and antisemitic comments Robinson had made on a pornography forum, Stein became the heavy favorite.{{cite news |title= 'I'm a black NAZI!': NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum | work= CNN | first = Andrew | last = Kaczynski | date = September 19, 2024 | access-date=September 27, 2024| url= https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-black-nazi-pro-slavery-porn-forum/index.html}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-21 |title=Porn site user linked to Mark Robinson also praised Mein Kampf - The … |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/20/mark-robinson-mein-kampf-porn-posts/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=archive.ph |archive-date=September 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240921020929/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/20/mark-robinson-mein-kampf-porn-posts/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Stein won the election by a margin of 14.8%, even as Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris by 3.2% in the concurrent 2024 presidential election in North Carolina. Stein had previously won statewide by only 0.54% in 2016 and 0.26% in 2020.

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On January 1, 2025, Stein was sworn in as the 76th governor of North Carolina, becoming the state's first Jewish governor.{{cite news|url=https://abc11.com/post/josh-stein-officially-sworn-north-carolinas-76th-governor-becoming-jewish/15737338/|title=Josh Stein becomes Governor of North Carolina after taking oath of office on New Year's Day|publisher=WTVD|date=January 1, 2024|accessdate=January 1, 2024}}

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Stein is married to Anna Harris Stein. They have three children. He and his family are members of Temple Beth Or, a Reform synagogue in Raleigh. He is a former YMCA basketball and J.C.C. soccer coach. On May 17, 2025, Stein's Chapel Hill High School 1983 state champion boys’ soccer team was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |last=Koh |first=Michael |date=2025-05-21 |title=Governor's Soccer Team Among Inductees into Chapel Hill High School Hall of Fame |url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/governors-soccer-team-among-inductees-into-chapel-hill-high-school-hall-of-fame |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Chapelboro.com |language=en-US}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=John Alexander|votes=37,586|percentage=39.17}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Michael Beezley|votes=24,466|percentage=41.64}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Stephanie Watson|votes=2,040|percentage=3.47}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Jason Mitchell|votes=20,791|percentage=32.89}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=63,213|percentage=100.00}}

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;Attorney general

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Josh Stein|votes=510,003|percentage=53.37}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Marcus Williams|votes=445,524|percentage=46.63}}

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Buck Newton|votes=2,256,178|percentage=49.73}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Josh Stein|votes=476,448|percentage=69.64}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Michael R. Morgan|votes=97,908|percentage=14.31}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Chrelle Booker|votes=45,695|percentage=6.68}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Marcus Williams|votes=38,996|percentage=5.70}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Gary Foxx|votes=25,100|percentage=3.67}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000857/http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=Senate&nUserID=267 NC General Assembly page] (archived)

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