Daniel Cameron
Daniel Cameron (Republican Party) is the Attorney General of Kentucky. He assumed office on December 17, 2019. His current term ends on January 1, 2024.
Cameron (Republican Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Kentucky. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Cameron was included on President Donald Trump’s (R) list of 20 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees released on September 9, 2020.[1] President Trump (R) nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the seat on September 26, 2020. For more information on the 2020 Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020, click here.
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Biography
Cameron grew up in Hardin County, Kentucky. He obtained a B.S. in political science from the University of Louisville in 2008. He obtained a J.D., cum laude, from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 2011. During his legal studies, Cameron was a member of the law review and president of the Student Bar Association.[2]
Cameron joined the law firm of Frost Brown Todd in Louisville in 2017. His professional experience includes serving as a law clerk to Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and working in private practice at Stites & Harbison in Louisville.[3] Cameron was legal counsel to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from 2015 to 2017.[4]
Elections
2019
See also: Kentucky Attorney General election, 2019
General election for Attorney General of Kentucky
Daniel Cameron defeated Gregory Stumbo in the general election for Attorney General of Kentucky on November 5, 2019.
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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Daniel Cameron (R) |
57.8
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823,346 |
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Gregory Stumbo (D) |
42.2
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602,272 | |
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Total votes: 1,425,618 | |||
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Democratic primary for Attorney General of Kentucky
Gregory Stumbo advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Kentucky on May 21, 2019.
Candidate |
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Gregory Stumbo |
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Republican primary for Attorney General of Kentucky
Daniel Cameron defeated Wil Schroder in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Kentucky on May 21, 2019.
Candidate |
% |
Votes |
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| ✔ |
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Daniel Cameron |
55.3
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132,400 |
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Wil Schroder |
44.7
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106,950 | |
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Total votes: 239,350 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Daniel Cameron did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Cameron’s campaign website stated the following:
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See also
2019 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Attorney General of Kentucky |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ White House, "Additions to President Donald J. Trump’s Supreme Court List," September 9, 2020
- ↑ Frost Brown Todd, "Daniel Jay Cameron," archived May 14, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daniel Cameron’s 2019 campaign website, "About Daniel," accessed June 17, 2019
- ↑ Frost Brown Todd, "Mitch McConnell Legal Counsel Daniel Cameron leaves Washington for CivicPoint and Frost Brown Todd, Louisville," July 25, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Andy Beshear (D) |
Attorney General of Kentucky 2019 - Present |
Succeeded by NA |
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