Nominee | Dana Nessel | Tom Leonard |
Party | Democratic | Republican |
Popular vote | 2,031,117 | 1,916,117 |
Percentage | 49.0% | 46.3% |
The general election will occur on November 8, 2022. Ryan Berman, Matthew DePerno, and Tom Leonard are running in the general election for Attorney General of Michigan on November 8, 2022. There are no incumbents in this race.
Democrat candidates include Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez, and New Mexico State Auditor Brian Colón. The 2022 New York Attorney General election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of New York.
Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel is running for re-election to a second term. She was first elected in 2018 with 49.0% of the vote. Michigan does not hold partisan primaries for statewide offices other than governor. Instead, party nomination conventions are scheduled to be held from August 10–27, 2022.
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Nessel was sworn into office on January 1, 2019. She is the first openly gay person and first openly LGBTQ person elected to statewide office in Michigan. She is the first Democrat to serve as attorney general since Jennifer Granholm left the office in 2003, a gap of 16 years.
The 2022 Michigan Attorney General election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel is running for re-election to a second term. She was first elected in 2018 with 49.0% of the vote.
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Michigan Attorney GeneralAttorney General of the State of MichiganTerm length4 Years, Renewable OnceInaugural holderDaniel LeRoyFormation1837Websitewww.michigan.gov/ag6 more rows
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2018 Michigan gubernatorial electionNomineeGretchen WhitmerBill SchuettePartyDemocraticRepublicanRunning mateGarlin GilchristLisa Posthumus LyonsPopular vote2,266,1931,859,534Percentage53.3%43.8%1 more row
The 8-member commission was established by the Constitution of 1963. Members of the commission are appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, for 4-year terms.
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The Attorney General's responsibilities include safeguarding the public from violent criminals, helping victims of crimes, leading the fight against human trafficking and opioid abuse, preserving Michigan's spectacular natural resources, protecting consumers and addressing illegal business practices.
Jocelyn Benson is Michigan's 43rd Secretary of State.
Gretchen Whitmer (Democratic Party)Michigan / GovernorGretchen Esther Whitmer is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015. Whitmer was born and raised in Michigan. Wikipedia
Dana Nessel defeated Tom Leonard, Lisa Lane Gioia, Chris Graveline, and Gerald T. Van Sickle in the general election for Attorney General of Michigan on November 6, 2018. There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
State Board of Education (2 seats) University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats) University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats) University of Michigan Board of Regents (2 seats) Michigan is holding an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. There are no official candidates yet for this election. Contents.
Candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, Supreme Court, and the boards of Michigan State University, Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, and the state Board of Education are nominated at conventions.
Michigan Attorney General election, 2022. Michigan is holding an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. There are no official candidates yet for this election.
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Mike Duggan, Mayor of Detroit. Dan Kildee, U.S. Representative. Andy Levin, energy consultant and son of Congressman Sander Levin (running for Congress in MI-9) Barbara McQuade, former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Whitmer won 7 of 14 congressional districts. The seven districts she won all elected Democrats to Congress, and the seven that Schuette won all elected Republicans, though he won the district that elected Justin Amash by a very narrow margin of 0.4% and the district that elected Fred Upton by an even thinner 0.2%.
While Whitmer's Democratic primary opponents publicly endorsed Whitmer in the general election, Republican nominee Schuette left the party split after the acrimonious battle with lieutenant governor Calley, with outgoing governor Rick Snyder refusing to endorse Schuette. Schuette also tried to hide his endorsement by Donald Trump from the primary in the general election. His actions as attorney general also came back to haunt him. Whitmer held consistent leads in polls over Schuette over the entire year.