Democratic US Rep. Jeff Jackson is elected as North Carolina’s attorney general

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson has been elected as North Carolina’s next attorney general. Jackson defeated Republican congressman Dan Bishop on Tuesday in an expensive campaign that focused on who was best able to represent the state in court and keep communities safe. Jackson is an Afghan war veteran and National Guard attorney. He decided against seeking reelection to Congress because redistricting placed him in a heavily GOP district. Bishop accused Jackson of being soft on crime and antagonistic to police. Jackson called Bishop too extreme for the job. A Republican hasn’t been elected to the post of attorney general in North Carolina since 1896.