2023 United States attorney general elections
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The 2023 United States attorney general elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the states of
These elections took place concurrently with several other state and local elections.
Republicans won every seat in this election.[2]
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 a party's predicted advantage in winning that seat.
Most election predictors use:
- "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
- "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory
| State | PVI | Incumbent | Last race |
Result[2] | |
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| Kentucky | R+16 | Daniel Cameron (retiring) |
57.7% R | Likely R | Coleman 58.0% R |
| Louisiana | R+12 | Jeff Landry (retiring) |
66.2% R | Safe R | Murrill 66.4% R |
| Mississippi | R+11 | Lynn Fitch | 57.8% R | Safe R | Fitch 58.1% R |
Race summary
| State | Attorney General |
Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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| Kentucky | Daniel Cameron | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent retired to run for governor of Kentucky New attorney general elected Republican hold. |
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| Louisiana | Jeff Landry | Republican | 2015 | Incumbent retired to run for governor of Louisiana New attorney general elected Republican hold. |
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| Mississippi | Lynn Fitch | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent re-elected |
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The 2023 Kentucky Attorney General election took place on November 7, 2023, to elect the
Louisiana
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   Murrill: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Cheek: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 80–90% Stefanski: 50–60% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election was held on November 18, 2023 to elect the next
Under Louisiana's two round system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters were allowed to vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.
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 County results Fitch: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Martin: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Jim Hood declined to seek re-election to a fifth term, instead running unsuccessfully for Governor. State TreasurerLynn Fitch won the Republican nomination in a primary runoff against Andy Taggart, and she defeated Democratic nominee Jennifer Riley Collins in the general election. Fitch became the first Republican to hold the office since 1878, as well as the first woman to ever be elected to the position in state history. It also marked the first time in over a century where no members of the Democratic Party held statewide office.
See also
Notes
- ^ Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect attorneys general or territorial attorneys general.
References
- ^ "Attorney General elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Tanneeru, Manav. "2023 Elections | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- Sabato's Crystal Ball. 21 June 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.