Freshman Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson said Thursday he would run for North Carolina attorney general rather than seek reelection, a day after the state’s Republican-led legislature approved a new congressional map that would make it very difficult for him to win another term.
“A group of politicians in North Carolina just redrew my congressional district to take me out. They’re going to replace me with one of their political allies,” he said in a video shared on social media. “That’s political corruption, and I’ve got news for them: I’m running for attorney general.”
“I’m going to use that job to go after political corruption,” he said.
