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Meet Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson

The labor commissioner is a constitutional officer elected statewide by the people of North Carolina to serve a four-year term running concurrently with the governor and all other members of the Council of State. On Jan. 2, 2021, Josh Dobson was sworn in as North Carolina's 18th labor commissioner.

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