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Gov. Josh Stein’s cabinet appointees were sworn into office Monday, taking the reins of North Carolina government. Stein, a Democrat who formerly served as attorney general, was sworn into office on New Year’s Day.

▪ 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.

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.

Josh Stein is the governor of North Carolina, pledging his oath on Wednesday morning alongside his wife Anna. Stein, 58, succeeds 67-year-old Roy Cooper and continues the pattern of all but three men holding the position being Democrats since 1900.

Three hours away, Stein’s successor, Attorney General Jeff Jackson was sworn into his new role during a private ceremony in Charlotte. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mo Green took his oath in Jamestown.

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

Members of North Carolina Governor Josh Stein’s cabinet will be sworn in on Monday afternoon. The cabinet will be sworn in at the North Carolina State Capitol’s Old House Chambers. Cabinet members tak