▪ Seth Dearmin, chief of staff: Stein is keeping his chief of staff from the N.C. Department of Justice, when Stein was attorney general. Dearmin had been chief of staff at DOJ since 2017, and before that ran Stein’s 2016 attorney general campaign.

After winning a contentious election, Democrat Josh Stein will take office in January. Here are the details on his inauguration day.

Several other cabinet members will have separate swearing-in ceremonies. Gabe Esparza, who will head the Department of Administration, will be sworn in on Jan. 11. Dev Sangvai, who will lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is expected to be sworn in on Jan. 12.

For some politicians, the rise to political power is meteoric and surprising. Donald Trump’s sudden ascent from conspiracy-theory-peddling reality TV host to the presidency is undoubtedly the most notable example of this phenomenon,

North Carolina's Governor-elect, Josh Stein, was officially sworn in as the state's 76th governor on Jan. 1. He was joined by his wife and family for the New Year's Day ceremony, where he vowed to support the Constitution and laws of both the United States and North Carolina and to faithfully perform the duties of his office.

Stein announced an executive order to temporarily waive federal limits on the amount of time drivers transporting propane and other heating fuels can be on the road.

Stein was sworn in on Jan. 1, taking the reins from Roy Cooper after defeating Mark Robinson in the November election.

Nearly a dozen members of Governor Josh Stein's cabinet were sworn-in to their positions during a ceremony in Raleigh on Monday.