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 .
Three states held elections for attorney general in 2019. Republicans gained control of two Democratic-held attorney general offices held one office for a net gain of two seats. As a result, Republicans held a majority of all attorney general offices nationwide.
The attorney general is responsible for enforcing state law and advising the state government on legal matters. In many states, attorneys general play a large role in the law enforcement process.
In 1977, the Democratic Party held a total of 27 elected attorney general offices to the Republican Party 's 16. The Democratic lead in attorney general offices would be maintained through the 1990s, as opposed to the other three top executive offices, which became majority-Republican following the 1994 midterm elections. In the 2010 midterm elections, the Republican Party gained a lead in elected attorney general offices, with 22 elected attorneys general to the Democrats' 21. The Democratic victory in the 2013 Virginia election for attorney general caused the party to briefly regain a 22-21 majority of elected attorney general offices. This lead was lost in the 2014 midterm elections. After that point, the Republican Party continued to grow its majority control of elected attorney general offices until 2018, when Democrats regained a majority of elected attorney general offices. In 2019, Republicans gained control of two Democratic-held attorney general offices held one office for a net gain of two seats. As a result, Republicans held 22 elected seats to Democrats' 21.
Reyes became attorney general in 2013. He ran on his record, saying he protected children, teens, people's private online data, and family finances. He said Leavitt's focus on criminal justice reform as the most important issue showed he was not qualified to hold the office. Reyes also said, "My opponent talks about me being aggressive. I am aggressive on crime. But there's a reason people like Sen. Mike Lee have said that I've done more for criminal justice reform than any other Republican attorney general in the United States."
In the November 3 elections, Republicans and Democrats each gained triplex status in one state.
No attorney general offices changed partisan control as a result of the 2020 elections. Eight incumbents won re-election, one incumbent did not run for re-election, and one incumbent was defeated in a party convention.
Harter, the Decatur County Prosecutor, said the disciplinary action against Hill "reflects the unavoidable fact that ... [he] has lost the trust of Hoosiers and has compromised his ability to do the important work we deserve."
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…
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Republican candidates include attorney and business owner Eric Early and former assistant attor…
Incumbent Democrat Attorney General Kathy Jennings is running for re-election.
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State Senator Jen Jordan and lawyer Christian Wise Smith ran for the Democratic nomination. La…