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Jeff Jackson

Democrat Representative of North Carolina's 14th district

  • Representative

    North Carolina, district 14

    January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

202-225-5634

jeffjackson.house.gov

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September 12, 1982 (42 years old)

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  • Serves as the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 14th congressional district since 2023
  • Served in the North Carolina Senate from 2014 to 2022
  • Worked as an assistant district attorney in Gaston County before entering politics
  • Has a background as a business litigator with Womble Bond Dickinson
  • Commissioned in the United States Army Reserve in 2002 and served in Kandahar Province during the War in Afghanistan
  • Continues to serve in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps with the Army National Guard as a major
  • Announced candidacy for North Carolina Attorney General in October 2023 after redistricting
  • Born and raised in North Carolina, with a father who is a doctor and a mother who is a nurse
  • Holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in philosophy from Emory University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law
  • Gained national attention for being the only legislator to show up for work on a snow day in February 2015
  • Supports expanding pre-K education programs and introduced a bill to repeal the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act (HB2)
  • Worked to close a consent loophole in North Carolina law, successfully passing a bill in 2019
  • Ran a “100-county campaign” for the U.S. Senate in 2022 but suspended his campaign and endorsed another candidate
  • Uses social media, including TikTok, to communicate with the public about policy issues and congressional functioning
  • Faced criticism from TikTok users for supporting the Protecting Americans from Foreign Advertiser Controlled Applications Act
  • Serves on the United States House Committee on Armed Services and the United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • Member of the New Democrat Coalition and the Equality Caucus
  • Married with two sons and a stepson, and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Named one of Charlotte Magazine’s Charlotteans of the Year in 2020