Attorney General elections, 2025

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There is one attorney general office on the ballot in 2025. This election is in Virginia.

Incumbent Jason Miyares (R) is running for re-election. He ran unopposed in the June 17 primary.

HIGHLIGHTS

Ballotpedia identified the Virginia attorney general race as a battleground election.

Ballotpedia did not identify any primary races for attorney general as battlegrounds.

All 50 states have an attorney general who serves as the state's chief legal officer. 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. Seventeen states impose some form of term limits on attorneys general.

In 2024, voters decided who would control 12 of 50 state attorney general offices. Ten offices were up for election, and two offices’ appointment authorities were on the ballot. Before the election, the nationwide partisan balance of attorneys general was 22 Democrats, 27 Republicans, and one nonpartisan. In one state — Pennsylvania — the office changed party control, resulting in a net gain of one office for Republicans and a net loss of one office for Democrats.

Heading into the 2025 elections, there are 45 triplexes—20 Democratic and 25 Republican. The 2024 elections did not produce any triplex changes. The average number of triplex changes produced in each odd-year election cycle since 2017 was one.

Explore Ballotpedia's coverage of these elections:

Partisan balance
The partisan balance of attorneys general
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On the ballot
A list of elections and candidates on the ballot
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Triplexes
Information on state government triplexes
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Campaign finance
Information about candidate and satellite spending in the 2025 election cycle
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Important dates and deadlines
A list of important dates and deadlines for the 2025 election cycle
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About the office
Information about attorneys general across all 50 states
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Partisan balance

The following chart displays the number of attorney general offices held by each party before and after the 2025 elections.

U.S. attorneys general partisan breakdown
Party	As of September 2025	After the 2025 elections
Democratic	22	TBD
Republican	27	TBD
Independent	1^[1]	TBD
Total	50	50

The chart below shows historical partisan breakdown information for attorneys general.

On the ballot

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Seats up for election

List of candidates

What's on your ballot?

There is one attorney general office — in Virginia — on the ballot in 2025.

Attorney General elections, 2025
State	Incumbent	Incumbent running?	Election winner	Last time office changed parties	2020 presidential result	2021 attorney general result	2025 election result
Virginia	Jason Miyares	Yes	TBD	2021	D+10.1	R+0.8	TBD

The table below contains a list of all candidates for attorney general in 2025. The table is fully searchable by candidate, party and candidacy status. Depending on the size of your screen, you'll either see a menu to the left of the table or an arrow at the top right corner, which you can use to select a state.

Virginia Attorney general Candidates - 2025
candidate	party	office	status
Jason Miyares Incumbent	Republican	Attorney General of Virginia	On the Ballot General
Jerrauld Jones	Democratic	Attorney General of Virginia	On the Ballot General
Shannon Taylor	Democratic	Attorney General of Virginia	Lost Primary

Triplexes

A state government triplex describes when one political party holds the following three positions in a state's government: governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.

As of September 23, 2025, there are 25 Republican triplexes, 20 Democratic triplexes, and 5 divided governments where neither party holds triplex control.

Important dates and deadlines

The following table details 2025 statewide filing deadlines and primary dates. The signature filing deadline was the date by which candidates had to file nominating signatures with election officials in order to have their name placed on the ballot.

Statewide filing deadlines
State	Election date	Filing deadline	Source
New Jersey	June 10, 2025	March 24, 2025 - New Jersey statewide primary candidate filing deadline	Source
Pennsylvania	May 20, 2025	March 11, 2025 - Pennsylvania statewide primary candidate filing deadline	Source
Virginia	June 17, 2025	April 3, 2025 - Virginia statewide primary candidate filing deadline	Source
Wisconsin	Feb. 18, 2025	Jan. 7, 2025 - Wisconsin statewide spring primary candidate filing deadline	Source

Campaign finance

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An overview of candidate fundraising and spending
Stories highlighting satellite spending

Candidate financial reports

Satellite spending

The section and tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety announced plans to spend $10 million toward Democratic candidates for attorney general in 2025 and 2026, including in Virginia.^[2]

According to the New York Times' Reid J. Epstein, Everytown for Gun Safety's president John Feinblatt said "his group’s push to support attorneys general, which will be called the Everytown Rule of Law Fund, would focus on defending states from actions by the Trump administration more than on serving as an offensive playbook for enacting gun control measures."^[2]

Democratic Attorneys General Association

The Democratic Attorneys General Association announced plans to spend $1 million on 2025's Virginia Attorney General election in support of Jay Jones (D).^[3] DAGA President Sean Rankin (D) said in a statement, "As thousands of Virginians are suffering at the hands of the Trump administration, Virginia needs an attorney general like Jones who will hold Trump accountable for his unlawful actions. Jones is running a campaign to defend democracy and fight for Virginia families, and we are confident he will deliver for the Commonwealth as the next attorney general."^[3]

Republican Attorneys General Association

The Republican Attorneys General Association announced plans to spend $2 million on 2025's Virginia Attorney General election in support of incumbent Jason Miyares (R).^[4] RAGA chairman Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) said, "Jason has been a champion for public safety and made a difference in holding violent criminals accountable. Jason Miyares will maintain law and order in the Commonwealth, and RAGA looks forward to defending him in the general election."^[4]

About the office

See also: Attorney General (state executive office)

The attorney general is an executive office in all 50 states that serves as the chief legal advisor and chief law enforcement officer for the state government and is empowered to prosecute violations of state law, represent the state in legal disputes and issue legal advice to state agencies and the legislature. In most states, the attorney general has a substantial influence on a state's approach to law enforcement. Attorneys general often set particular law enforcement priorities (e.g. drug law, civil rights violations or sexual crime) and focus extra resources on these issues. This puts them, in the words of the National Association of Attorneys General, at the "intersection of law and public policy."^[5]^[6]

Selection process

Compensation

Vacancy fill methods

Initiate local prosecution

Supersede local prosecution

Criminal appeals

Term limits

The attorney general is directly elected in 43 states. The attorney general is appointed by the state Legislature in Maine, by the state Supreme Court in Tennessee, and by the governor in the remaining five states.

In 36 states, the attorney general has the power to take over a case handled by a local prosecutor without instructions from the governor or legislature, although this power is restricted to certain cases in 22 of those states. This differs from general power of oversight over legal matters in a state and the ability of some attorneys general to initiate local prosecution or to step in and provide assistance to a local prosecutor without instructions from the governor or legislature. In Alaska and Delaware, the attorney general's office is responsible for handling all local prosecution by default.^[7]

Analysis

See also: Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2025

See also: State executive official elections, 2025

State executive offices up for election in 2025 include two gubernatorial seats, two lieutenant gubernatorial seats, and one attorney general seat. Including down-ballot races, there are eight state executive seats up for election across four states in 2025.^[8]