Jeff Jackson
Democrat Representative of North Carolina's 14th district
Representative
North Carolina, district 14
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
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Congresses Served
1
House Terms
September 12, 1982 (42 years old)
Birthday
- 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