Attorney General elections, 2026
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There are 30 attorney general seats on the ballot in 2026. These elections are in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
In 2024, voters decided who would control 12 of 50 state attorney general offices. Ten offices were directly up for election, and two offices’ appointing 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.
The position of attorney general is one of three parts of a state government triplex. A triplex describes when one political party holds the following three positions in a state's government: governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. To learn more about triplexes, click here.
- Partisan balanceThe partisan balance of attorneys general
- On the ballotA list of elections and candidates on the ballot
- TriplexesInformation on state government triplexes
- Campaign financeInformation about candidate and satellite spending in the 2026 election cycle
- About the officeInformation about attorneys general across all 50 states
Partisan balance
The following table displays the number of attorney general offices held by each party before and after the 2026 elections.
| Party | As of September 2025 | After the 2026 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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There are 16 Democratic-held attorney general offices and 14 Republican-held attorney general offices on the ballot in 2026. The table below shows which states are holding attorney general elections in 2026.
| State | Incumbent | Incumbent running? | Election winner | Last time office changed parties | 2024 presidential result | 2022 attorney general result[2] | 2026 election result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Steve Marshall | TBD | TBD | 1994 | R+30.6 | R+36.0 | TBD |
| Arizona | Kris Mayes | TBD | TBD | 2022 | R+5.5 | D+0.0 | TBD |
| Arkansas | Tim Griffin | TBD | TBD | 2014 | R+30.6 | R+35.2 | TBD |
| California | Rob Bonta | TBD | TBD | 1998 | D+20.7 | D+18.2 | TBD |
| Colorado | Phil Weiser | TBD | TBD | 2018 | D+11.0 | D+11.7 | TBD |
| Connecticut | William Tong | TBD | TBD | 1958 | D+14.5 | D+15.6 | TBD |
| Delaware | Kathy Jennings | TBD | TBD | 2005 | D+14.7 | D+7.6 | TBD |
| Florida | Ashley B. Moody | TBD | TBD | 2002 | R+13.1 | R+21.2 | TBD |
| Georgia | Chris Carr | Yes | TBD | 2010 | R+2.2 | R+5.3 | TBD |
| Idaho | Raúl Labrador | Yes | TBD | 1994 | R+36.5 | R+25.2 | TBD |
| Illinois | Kwame Raoul | TBD | TBD | 2002 | D+10.6 | D+10.0 | TBD |
| Iowa | Brenna Bird | TBD | TBD | 2022 | R+13.3 | R+1.8 | TBD |
| Kansas | Kris Kobach | TBD | TBD | 2010 | R+16.2 | R+1.6 | TBD |
| Maryland | Anthony Brown | TBD | TBD | 1954 | D+27.9 | D+30.0 | TBD |
| Massachusetts | Andrea Joy Campbell | TBD | TBD | 1968 | D+24.8 | D+25.2 | TBD |
| Michigan | Dana Nessel | TBD | TBD | 2018 | R+1.4 | D+8.6 | TBD |
| Minnesota | Keith Ellison | TBD | TBD | 1970 | D+4.2 | D+0.8 | TBD |
| Nebraska | Mike Hilgers | TBD | TBD | 1951 | R+20.5 | R+39.8 | TBD |
| Nevada | Aaron Ford | TBD | TBD | 2018 | R+3.1 | D+7.9 | TBD |
| New Mexico | Raul Torrez | TBD | TBD | 1990 | D+6.0 | D+10.6 | TBD |
| New York | Letitia James | TBD | TBD | 1998 | D+11.8 | D+8.6 | TBD |
| North Dakota | Drew Wrigley | TBD | TBD | 2000 | R+36.5 | R+42.2 | TBD |
| Ohio | Dave Yost | TBD | TBD | 2010 | R+11.3 | R+20.8 | TBD |
| Oklahoma | Gentner Drummond | TBD | TBD | 2010 | R+34.3 | R+47.6 | TBD |
| Rhode Island | Peter Neronha | TBD | TBD | 1998 | D+13.7 | D+23.2 | TBD |
| South Carolina | Alan Wilson | TBD | TBD | 1994 | R+17.8 | R+100.0 | TBD |
| South Dakota | Marty J. Jackley | TBD | TBD | 1974 | R+29.2 | R+100.0 | TBD |
| Texas | Ken Paxton | TBD | TBD | 1998 | R+13.9 | R+9.7 | TBD |
| Vermont | Charity Clark | TBD | TBD | 2022 | D+31.5 | D+20.7 | TBD |
| Wisconsin | Josh Kaul | Yes | TBD | 2018 | R+0.9 | D+1.4 | TBD |
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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 5, 2025, there are 25 Republican triplexes, 20 Democratic triplexes, and 5 divided governments where neither party holds triplex control.
Campaign finance
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Satellite spending
Everytown for Gun Safety announced plans to spend $10 million toward Democratic candidates for attorney general in 2025 and 2026.[3]
The organization's president John Feinblatt said:
| “ | We want to make sure that the A.G.s know that groups like us will support them if they do the right thing, and we want them to know that we have their back today and we’ll have their backs in 2026.[3][4] | ” |
About the 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]
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See also
- Past attorney general elections: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016
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- Past election analysis: 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018
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Footnotes
- ↑ Anne Lopez is officially nonpartisan. She was appointed by Gov. Joshua Green (D) to replace Holly Shikada (D).
- ↑ 2024 election for Vermont.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York Times, "Bloomberg Pumps Cash Into the Long-Term Legal Fight Against Trump," April 8, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The National Association of Attorneys General, "Home," accessed March 26, 2013
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "The Book of States 2012," accessed October 17, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2017 - Attorneys General: Prosecutorial and Advisory Duties," accessed December 3, 2017
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