North Carolina

Current Attorney General Josh Stein also faced a defamation lawsuit during his campaign in 2020, when Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill sued after Stein ran an ad that claimed O’Neill let rape kits go untested. Governor Roy Cooper, who was the attorney general before Stein, also had a libel lawsuit filed against him in 2000 by Dan Boyce, who disputed a campaign ad by Cooper that said Boyce charged $28,000 an hour to represent taxpayers while suing the state. Cooper issued an apology for the ad in 2014.

I’m new to the state. I guess this is a rite of passage in the AG to Gov. pipeline?

Two lawyers running for office using political attack ads are suing each other for content of political attack ads. I think this is fairly routine. If Dumbledore and Snape were fighting to be head master of Hogwarts, one would not be surprised if they both used magic.

Friendly reminder to any NC voters, Dan Bishop hates trans people and aligns himself with Mark Robinson, who is a certifiable piece of shit in every way possible. Please vote (for Stein and Jackson) if you want our state to be a decent place to live.