2020 United States attorney general elections

2020 United States attorney general elections

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10 attorney general offices
10 states[a]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 22 21
Seats after 22 21
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 13,870,574[1] 13,082,140
Percentage 50.66% 47.78%
Seats up 5 5
Seats won 5 5

2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election2020 Oregon Attorney General election2020 Indiana Attorney General election2020 Missouri Attorney General election2020 Montana Attorney General election2020 North Carolina Attorney General election2020 Utah Attorney General election2020 Vermont Attorney General election2020 Washington Attorney General election2020 West Virginia Attorney General election
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

The 2020 United States attorney general elections were held on November 3, 2020, in 10 states. The previous attorney general elections for this group of states took place in 2016, except in Vermont where attorneys general only serve two-year terms and elected their current attorney general in 2018. Nine state attorneys general ran for reelection and eight won, while Republican Tim Fox of Montana could not run again due to term limits and Republican Curtis Hill of Indiana was eliminated in the Republican convention.[2]

The elections took place concurrently with the 2020 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections.

No attorneys general offices changed party control in 2020.[3]


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  1. ^ "U.S. Attorney General Elections Popular Vote Tracker". Twitter. April 1, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Attorney General elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  3. ^ O'Connor, Cozen (2020). "Guide to State Attorneys General". The State AG Report. Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved March 29, 2021.

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