Jonah Garson
What this job does: Your district's vote in the N.C. Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve some of the governor's appointments, and can override the governor's veto with three-fifths of the vote. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, Senate District 23 (appointed April 2026)
- Occupation
- Attorney, Parry Law, PLLC
- Lives in
- Chapel Hill
Background
- B.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill (2009) and J.D. from Columbia Law School (2014). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked at the New York State Attorney General's office and Milbank LLP before joining Parry Law in Chapel Hill. source: en.wikipedia.org
- First vice chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, 2023-2026. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Appointed in April 2026 to succeed Graig Meyer in Senate District 23; took office April 10, 2026. source: en.wikipedia.org
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- Democracy and the rule of law source: indyweek.com
- Health care as a right, including fully funded Medicaid source: indyweek.com
- Meeting the state's constitutional public education obligations source: indyweek.com
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