New York is holding an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. There are no official candidates yet for this election. Contents. 1 Candidates and election results.
Republican primary for Attorney General of New York. Keith Wofford advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.
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Democratic primary election. Letitia James defeated Zephyr Teachout, Sean Maloney, and Leecia Eve in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018. There were no incumbents in this race.
Kenneth Schaeffer advanced from the Working Families Party primary for Attorney General of New York on September 13, 2018.
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Independent incumbent No election. The 2022 United States Attorney General elections will be held on November 8, 2022 to elect the attorneys general in thirty states, three territories, and one federal district. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2018. The attorney general of Vermont serves two-year terms ...
The attorney general of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2020. These elections will take place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections .
Merrick Garland had previously been a nominee for the Supreme Court in 2016 under President Barack Obama. J. Scott Applewhite/AP. Cornyn, an ally of McConnell, called keeping the department de-politicized his “number one criterion” in deciding who should have the job.
With the 20 Republicans in a 50-50 split Senate, Garland was confirmed with a 70-30 vote.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — who prevented Garland from becoming a Supreme Court justice in 2016 when he blocked his nomination — said he was voting to confirm Garland because of “his long reputation as a straight shooter and a legal expert” and that his “left-of-center perspective” was still within the legal mainstream.
During his confirmation hearings, Garland said that handling the investigation into last month’s siege on the Capitol would be his first order of business, telling numerous senators who asked that it was his top priority.
Garland, who is giving up his lifetime appointment on the DC Circuit Court, was expected to cruise through with the support of multiple Republicans, as Grassley, McConnell and others made their intention to support his nomination public early on in the process.
Before Biden tapped Garland to be attorney general, the centrist lawyer was nominated by former President Barack Obama to a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016 to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Garland takes over as the head of the Department of Justice as the sprawling agency continues to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of the largest probes in its history. Garland has called the inquiry his No. 1 priority.
He said that he and Biden had not discussed an ongoing investigation into the tax affairs of Hunter Biden, the president’s son. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., cheered Garland’s nomination ahead of the vote on Wednesday.
The 2022 United States Attorney General elections will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the attorneys general in thirty states, three territories, and one federal district. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2018. The attorney general of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2020.
Going into the election, there are 23 Republican attorneys general and 20 Democratic attorneys general. This class of attorneys general is made of 15 Democrats and 15 Republicans.
Republicans will be defending three states won by Joe Biden in 2020, while Democrats are defending one state won by Donald Trump. Additionally, Democrats hold attorney general offices in three states with Republican governors. By contrast, Republicans hold attorney general office…
Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.
The 2022 Arizona Attorney General election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Arizona. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich is term-limited, cannot seek re-election to a third term in office and instead is running for the U.S. Senate.
Republican candidates include former assistant U.S. attorney Lacy Cooper, former Tucson city councilman Rodney Glassman, former Arizona Supreme Court justice Andrew Gould, chair of the A…
The 2022 Arkansas Attorney General election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge won re-election on November 6, 2018, to a second term. She is term-limited and had announced a campaign for Governor of Arkansas in 2022 but later switched to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.
The 2022 California Attorney General election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of California. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Rob Bonta was appointed to the office on April 23, 2021, following the resignation of Xavier Becerra to become the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is running for election to a full term.
Republican candidates include attorney and business owner Eric Early and former assistant attor…
Incumbent Democrat Attorney General Kathy Jennings is running for re-election.
Republican candidates include former Kent County judge Charles Welch and 2020 Republican gubernatorial nominee Julianne Murray.
The 2022 Georgia Attorney General election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Chris Carr was appointed to the office on November 1, 2016. He is running for re-election for a second full term in office. He faced a primary challenge from business owner John Gordon.
State Senator Jen Jordan and lawyer Christian Wise Smith ran for the Democratic nomination. La…