Election results, 2025: Attorneys General
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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.
Election results and analysis for attorneys general will be available here once they become available beginning on election night.
On this page you will find:
- Attorneys general on the ballot in 2025
- Partisan balance of all attorneys general
- Battleground elections
- Links to other analysis
Offices on the ballot in 2025
In 2025, there is one attorney general office directly on the ballot and one attorney general (New Jersey) whose appointment will be determined by the gubernatorial election. The table below highlights the partisan balance of those two positions before and after the election.
| Attorney general seats up in 2025 (direct elections and appointed positions) | |||
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| Party | As of the 2025 elections | After the 2025 elections | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | TBD | |
| Republican Party | 1 | TBD | |
| Uncalled races | |||
| Total | 2 | TBD | |
| Attorney general seats up in 2025 (direct elections) | |||
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| Party | As of the 2025 elections | After the 2025 elections | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | TBD | |
| Republican Party | 1 | TBD | |
| Uncalled races | |||
| Total | 1 | TBD | |
| Attorney general seats up in 2025 (appointed positions) | |||
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| Party | As of the 2025 elections | After the 2025 elections | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | TBD | |
| Republican Party | 0 | TBD | |
| Uncalled races | |||
| Total | 1 | TBD | |
The map below highlights states holding attorney general elections in 2025 by the party of the winning candidate.
Partisan balance of all attorneys general
Heading into the 2025 elections, there were 28 Republican, 21 Democratic, and one nonpartisan attorneys general. The table below highlights the partisan balance of all 50 attorneys general before and after the 2025 elections.
| Attorneys general partisan breakdown (direct elections and appointed positions) | |||
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| Party | As of the 2025 elections | After the 2025 elections | |
| Democratic Party | 21 | TBD | |
| Republican Party | 28 | TBD | |
| Other | 1 | TBD | |
| Uncalled races | |||
| Total | 50 | TBD | |
| Attorneys general partisan breakdown (direct elections) | |||
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| Party | As of the 2025 elections | After the 2025 elections | |
| Democratic Party | 19 | TBD | |
| Republican Party | 24 | TBD | |
| Uncalled races | |||
| Total | 43 | TBD | |
| Attorneys general partisan breakdown (appointed positions) | |||
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| Party | As of the 2025 elections | After the 2025 elections | |
| Democratic Party | 2 | TBD | |
| Republican Party | 4 | TBD | |
| Other | 1 | TBD | |
| Uncalled races | |||
| Total | 7 | TBD | |
The map below highlights each state by the party of its attorney general once candidates elected in 2025 elections are sworn in.
Analysis of state elections, 2025
State legislative elections
- See also: State legislative elections, 2025
As of October 28th, 2025, Republicans controlled 55.4% of all state legislative seats nationally, while Democrats held 43.65%. Republicans held a majority in 57 chambers, and Democrats held the majority in 39 chambers. Two chambers (Alaska House and Alaska Senate) were organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions. One chamber (Minnesota House of Representatives) was split evenly between both parties.
| Partisan balance of all 7,386 state legislative seats | ||||||||
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Vacant | ||||
| State senates | 831 | 1,120 | 5 | 17 | ||||
| State houses | 2,393 | 2,972 | 20 | 28 | ||||
| Total: | 3,224
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Tap the box below to show more analysis articles related to the 2025 state legislative elections.
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- Annual Competitiveness Report
- State legislative special elections
- Primary election competitiveness in state government, 2025
- Impact of term limits
- Trifecta vulnerability in the 2025 elections
- Data on incumbents defeated in 2025
- Characteristics of incumbents defeated in 2025
- Veto-proof state legislatures and opposing party governors in the 2025 elections
- Contested primaries
- Open seats
- Incumbents in contested primaries
- Major party competition
- Unconstested incumbents
State executive elections
- 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.[1]
Tap the box below to show more analysis articles related to the 2025 state executive elections.
- Ballotpedia's Top 10 Elections to Watch, 2025
- Annual Competitiveness Report
- State executive official elections overview
- Primary election competitiveness in state government, 2025
- Gubernatorial elections
- Secretary of State elections
- Attorney General elections
- Historical and potential changes in trifectas
- State government trifectas
- Endorsements of school board members by state executive officeholders and candidates, 2025
- Impact of term limits on state executive elections
- Veto-proof state legislatures and opposing party governors
State judicial elections
- See also: State judicial elections, 2025
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See also
- Attorney General elections, 2025
- Attorney General elections, 2023
- Election results, 2025
- Election results, 2025: Governors
- State executive official elections, 2025
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia describes the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state as top-ballot state executive offices. Down-ballot state executive offices that exist in all 50 states include superintendent of schools, insurance commissioner, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner, and public service commissioner. Examples of other down-ballot state executive offices include treasurer, auditor, and comptroller.
