The file

Josh Stein

Democratic · Governor of North Carolina · North Carolina · Spectrum score -47

Governor ·

Josh Stein is Governor of North Carolina in North Carolina. Political positions and ideology score -47 (Left). Stein is the AG who won the lab.

College: Dartmouth College, B.A. 1988 · Harvard Law / Kennedy School, J.D. / M.P.P. 1995
Spouse: Anna Harris Stein
Children: Three
Résumé: Governor of North Carolina · 2025–
Attorney General · North Carolina · 2017–2025
North Carolina State Senate · 2009–2016

Net worth: $2.4M
Salary: $203,073
Before office: $800K
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 9

Where Josh stands on the spectrum

Josh Stein scores -47 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -47 · Left · economic -52 · social -48 · authoritarian -23

Confidence 83. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Stein is the AG who won the lab. The file is a North Carolina Democrat whose legislature is a wall, whose donor list is lawyers and hospitals, and whose 2024 was a suburban coalition the rest of the ticket did not get.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$2.4M

+200% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$800K

Now$2.4M

AG to governor. North Carolina lawyer household. 2024 was the lab.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Lawyers
Unions
Health

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

North Carolina AG-to-governor. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$100K–$500K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$30K–$150K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$100K–$500K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$30K–$150K

Sum of ranges $130K–$650K · midpoint $390K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

AG-era opioid and environment cases as a reel.
A Democratic governor in a gerrymandered legislature — the job is a veto.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -52
Social: -48
Authoritarian: -23
Confidence: 83

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-82
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-24
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-56
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

State record 2025–26
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.