North Carolina Re-Elects Josh Stein as State Attorney General By Clay Friedman, Natalie O. Ludaway, Michael Yaghi, Joselle Albracht & Suzanne Trivette on November 18, 2020 Democrat Josh Stein won re-election as attorney general of North Carolina. According to the Associated Press, Stein finished with 2,713,407 votes. Republican challenger Jim O’Neill had 2,699,781 votes. To learn more about Josh Stein, please view Crowell & Moring’s “2020 Attorneys General Election Summary.”