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The 2022 United States attorney general elections were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the attorneys general in thirty states, two 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.[1]
Seven states do not popularly elect an attorney general.[b] These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections. Democrats had a net gain of one seat in these elections, flipping Arizona and Vermont, while Republicans flipped Iowa.
Partisan composition before the election
Going into the election, there were 23 Republican attorneys general and 20 Democratic attorneys general. This class of attorneys general was made of 15 Democrats and 15 Republicans.
Republicans defended three states won by Joe Biden in 2020 (Georgia, Arizona, and Vermont), while Democrats defended one state won by Donald Trump (Iowa). Additionally, Democrats held attorney general offices in three states with Republican governors. By contrast, Republicans held attorney general offices in one state with a Democratic governor.
Election predictions
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.
Most election predictors used:
"tossup": no advantage
"tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
"lean": slight advantage
"likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
Incumbent Republican Steve Marshall ran for re-election.[7] He was challenged by attorney Harry Still III in the primary.[7]Tarrant police chief Wendell Major, a Democrat, ran.[7]
Marshall and Major won their respective primaries on May 24.
In the general election, Steve Marshall won re-election.
Republican candidates included Lt. Governor Tim Griffin,[9] and Attorney Leon Jones Jr.[9] The only Democratic candidate is Little Rock lawyer Jesse Gibson.[9]
Griffin and Gibson won their respective primaries on May 24.
Criminal defense attorney Dan Kapelovitz is running as the Green Party candidate.[10]Sacramento district attorney Anne Marie Schubert is running as an independent.[10]
Bonta and Hochman advanced from the nonpartisan blanket primary on June 7.
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 won re-election to a second full term.
He faced a primary challenge from business owner John Gordon.[15]
State Senator Jen Jordan[15] and lawyer Christian Wise Smith[15] ran for the Democratic nomination. Lawyer Martin Cowen ran as a Libertarian.[15]
Carr and Jordan won their respective primaries on May 24.
In the general election, Carr won re-election by over 5% of the vote.
Lawyer Steven Scanlin was the only Democratic candidate, but withdrew after securing the nomination. Boise attorney Tom Arkoosh assumed the Democratic nomination and appeared on the November ballot instead.[16][53]
Labrador and Scanlin won their respective primaries on May 17.
Republican candidates included business attorney and Republican nominee for attorney general in 2010 Steve Kim,[17] lawyer Tom DeVore[17] and attorney David Shestokas.[17]
Raoul and DeVore won their respective primaries on June 28.
The only Democratic candidate was attorney Chris Mann.[20]
Kobach and Mann won their respective primaries on August 2. In the general election, Kobach narrowly defeated his Democratic challenger Chris Mann by a margin of 1.6%.
Democratic candidates included U.S. Representative and former Lt. Governor Anthony Brown[22] and retired judge and former First Lady of Maryland Katie O'Malley.[22]
The 2022 Minnesota Attorney General election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Incumbent Democrat Keith Ellison ran for re-election.[26] He faced a primary challenge from Bill Dahn.[26]
The Republican candidates included perennial candidate Sharon Anderson,[26] attorney Jim Schultz,[26] and former state representativeDoug Wardlow.[26] Schultz won the August August 9 primary.
Ellison was narrowly re-elected in the general election by a margin of 0.8%.
Incumbent Democrat Aaron Ford ran for re-election.[29] He faced a primary challenge from Stuart MacKie.[29] Republican candidates included attorneys Tisha Black[29] and Sigal Chattah.[29] John T. Kennedy was the Libertarian nominee.[29]
Ford and Chattah won their respective primaries on June 14.
The 2022 New York Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the attorney general of New York. The incumbent Democratic attorney general Letitia James, who had previously declared to run for governor, switched races and declared her intention to seek re-election.[61] Running against her was Republican attorney Michael Henry.[31] In the general election, James won re-election by under 10%.
James and Henry won their respective primaries on June 28.
Incumbent Republican Drew Wrigley ran for a full term.[32] His only opponent was Democratic attorney Timothy Lamb.[32] In the general election, Wrigley easily won.
Wrigley and Lamb won their respective primaries on June 14.
Incumbent Republican Dave Yost ran for re-election.[33] Democratic state representative Jeffrey Crossman ran against him.[33] In the general election, Dave Yost easily won re-election
Yost and Crossman won their respective primaries on May 3.
Incumbent Republican John O'Connor ran for a full term. He faced a primary challenge from Tulsa attorney Gentner Drummond.[34] Drummond won his primary on June 28.
Incumbent Democrat Peter Neronha ran for re-election.[35] Former state prosecutor Charles "Chas" Calenda ran against him as a Republican.[35] Alan Gordon and Rebecca Lynne McLaughlin are running as independents.[35]
Incumbent Republican Mark Vargo retired after being appointed to complete the term of Jason Ravnsborg, who was impeached and removed from office.[37]
On September 12, 2020, while driving home from a political fundraiser, Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian, Joseph Boever. He was charged with three misdemeanors related to Boever's death—careless driving, driving out of his lane, and operating a car while using a cell phone. Ravnsborg pleaded no contest to driving out of his lane and operating a car while using a cell phone; the careless driving charge was dismissed. Several high-profile figures called for Ravnsborg's resignation, including Governor Kristi Noem.[62]
Former South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley launched a primary challenge to Ravnsborg.[38] South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation director David Natvig also ran in the Republican primary.[38]
Jackley won the nomination at the Republican state convention on June 25. He won the general election unopposed.
Incumbent Republican Ken Paxton won re-election to a third term. Texas does not have term limits.
Citing allegations of corruption against Paxton, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has announced a primary challenge against him.[63] Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman also announced a challenge to Paxton.[64]
Paxton and Garza won their respective runoffs on May 24.
Incumbent Republican Susanne Young retired after being appointed to complete the unexpired term of T. J. Donovan.[40] Democratic primary candidates included Donovan's former chief of staff Charity Clark[41] and Washington County prosecutor Rory Thibault.[41] Clark won the primary on August 9.
The only Republican candidate is perennial candidate H. Brooke Paige.[41] Paige dropped out of the race on August 19 and was replaced by Mike Tagliavia.[65]
Elijah Bergman ran as the candidate of the Vermont Progressive Party.[41]
^Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect attorneys general or territorial attorneys general.
^In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wyoming, the attorney general is appointed by the governor. The attorney general in Tennessee is appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term. In Maine, the attorney general is elected by the state Legislature for a two-year term.[2]
^Democrat Xavier Becerra won with 63.6% of the vote in 2018, but resigned on March 18, 2021.
^Wrigley was appointed after his predecessor (Wayne Stenehjem) died.
^O'Connor took office after his predecessor (Michael J. Hunter) resigned.
^Vargo took office after his predecessor, Jason Ravnsborg, was impeached and removed from office.
^Young took office after her predecessor (T. J. Donovan) resigned.
^Although Manibusan is affiliated with the Democratic Party, the CNMI Attorney General race is a nonpartisan contest and candidates do not run with a party affiliation.
▌2 Unknown (2 territories) An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity. State abbreviations link to position articles.
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