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The attorney general is the only top-level state executive office besides the governor to be found in all 50 states. 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. Out of the 43 states in which the attorney general is directly elected, 30 held elections for the position in 2018.

Republican Party primary elections were held in all of those states with the exception of Michigan and South Dakota, in which attorney general candidates are selected via party conventions, and California, which held a top-two primary election instead. This page provides links to deeper coverage of these GOP primaries. For more on the Democratic primaries, click here. For more on the general election coverage, click here.

For more information about attorney general elections in 2018, click here.

SETTING THE STAGE

Of the 27 Republican attorney general primaries that took place in 2018, eight were closed, seven were semi-closed, and 12 were open.

By state

Alabama

• Alabama attorney general election, 2018 (June 5 Republican primary)

 Republican primary runoff candidates

• Steve Marshall (Incumbent) ✔
• Troy King

 Republican primary candidates

• Steve Marshall (Incumbent) ✔
• Chess Bedsole
• Troy King ✔
• Alice Martin

Arizona

• Arizona attorney general election, 2018 (August 28 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Mark Brnovich (Incumbent) ✔

Arkansas

• Arkansas attorney general election, 2018 (May 22 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Leslie Rutledge (Incumbent) ✔

Colorado

• Colorado attorney general election, 2018 (June 26 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• George Brauchler ✔ 

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Connecticut

• Connecticut attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Susan Hatfield ✔ 
• John Shaban

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Delaware

• Delaware attorney general election, 2018 (September 11 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Bernard Pepukayi ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Tom Neuberger
• Peggy Marshall Thomas

Florida

• Florida attorney general election, 2018 (August 28 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Ashley B. Moody ✔
• Frank White

Georgia

• Georgia attorney general election, 2018 (May 22 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Chris Carr (Incumbent) ✔

Idaho

• Idaho attorney general election, 2018 (May 15 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Lawrence Wasden (Incumbent) ✔

Illinois

• Illinois attorney general election, 2018 (March 20 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Gary Grasso
• Erika Harold ✔

Iowa

No Republican candidate filed for this office.

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

Kansas

• Kansas attorney general election, 2018 (August 7 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Derek Schmidt (Incumbent) ✔

Maryland

• Maryland attorney general election, 2018 (June 26 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Craig Wolf ✔

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts attorney general election, 2018 (Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• James McMahon ✔
• Dan Shores

Michigan

• Michigan Attorney General election, 2018

Selected by nominating convention

• Tom Leonard a

Minnesota

• Minnesota attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Sharon Anderson
• Robert Lessard
• Doug Wardlow ✔

Withdrew

• Harry Niska

Nebraska

• Nebraska attorney general election, 2018 (May 15 Republican primary)

Republicans

• Doug Peterson - Incumbent a

Nevada

• Nevada attorney general election, 2018 (June 12 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Wesley Duncan ✔ 
• Craig Mueller

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New Mexico

• New Mexico attorney general election, 2018 (June 5 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Michael Hendricks ✔ 

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New York

• New York attorney general election, 2018 (Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Keith Wofford ✔

North Dakota

• North Dakota attorney general election, 2018 (June 12 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Wayne Stenehjem (Incumbent) ✔

Ohio

• Ohio attorney general election, 2018 (May 8 Republican primary)

Republicans

• State Auditor Dave Yost a

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma attorney general election, 2018 (June 26 Republican primary)

 Republican primary runoff candidates

• Mike Hunter (Incumbent) ✔
• Gentner Drummond

 Republican primary candidates

• Mike Hunter (Incumbent) ✔
• Angela Bonilla
• Gentner Drummond ✔

Rhode Island

No Republican candidate filed for this office.

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

South Carolina

• South Carolina attorney general election, 2018 (June 12 Republican primary)

 Republican primary runoff candidates

• Alan Wilson (Incumbent) ✔
• Todd Atwater

 Republican primary candidates

• Alan Wilson (Incumbent) ✔
• Todd Atwater ✔
• William Herlong

South Dakota

• South Dakota Attorney General election, 2018

Selected by nominating convention

• Jason Ravnsborg a

Texas

• Texas attorney general election, 2018 (March 6 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Ken Paxton (Incumbent) ✔

Vermont

• Vermont attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• H. Brooke Paige ✔

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Republican primary)

 Republican primary candidates

• Brad Schimel (Incumbent) ✔