2026 United States attorney general elections

The 2026 United States attorney general elections will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the attorneys general of thirty U.S. states, two territories, and one federal district. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2022, while Vermont's attorney general was elected in 2024.

These elections will take place concurrently with various other federal, state, and local elections.

Partisan composition Going into the election, there are 23 Republican attorneys general and 20 Democratic attorneys general in the United States. This class of attorneys general is made up of 16 Democrats and 14 Republicans. Democrats are defending four attorneys general in states that Donald Trump won in 2024 (Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin), while there are no states with Republican attorneys general which Kamala Harris won.

Predictions

At the start of the election cycle, very few elections were considered competitive, with the vast majority of competitive races coming from Democratic-held offices in presidential battleground states. As the election cycle progressed, a number of these elections moved in Democrats' favor, while races in more Republican-leaning states, such as Kansas and Iowa, began to be seen as competitive.

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent was running for reelection) and the other candidates, and the state's partisan lean (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, indicating the predicted advantage that a party had in winning that seat. Most election predictors used: "tossup": no advantage "lean": slight advantage "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage "safe": near-certain chance of victory Constituency IncumbentRatings State PVI Attorney general Lastelection Sabato Alabama 67.90% R | Arizona 49.94% D | Arkansas 67.61% R | California 59.08% D | Colorado 54.70% D | Connecticut 57.07% D | Delaware 53.83% D | Florida Appointed | Georgia 51.86% R | Idaho 62.62% R | Illinois 54.35% D | Iowa 50.82% R | Kansas 50.80% R | Maryland 64.95% D | Massachusetts 62.85% D | Michigan 53.16% D | Minnesota 50.37% DFL | Nebraska 69.73% R | Nevada 52.25% D | New Mexico 55.31% D | New York 54.63% D | North Dakota 70.94% R | Ohio 60.13% R | Oklahoma 73.76% R | Rhode Island 61.49% D | South Carolina 97.32% R | South Dakota 100.0% R | Texas 53.42% R | Vermont 57.82% D | Wisconsin 50.64% D

Race summary States

State Attorneygeneral Party Firstelected Lastrace Status Candidates Alabama 2017 68.0% R Term-limited Arizona 2022 50.0% D Incumbent renominated Arkansas 2022 67.6% R Incumbent renominated California 2021 59.1% D Incumbent renominated Colorado 2018 54.7% D Term-limited Connecticut 2018 57.0% D Incumbent renominated Delaware 2018 53.8% D Incumbent renominated Florida 2025 Appointed Interim appointee nominated Georgia 2016 51.9% R Incumbent retiring to run for governor Idaho 2022 62.6% RIncumbent renominated Illinois 2018 54.4% D Incumbent renominated Iowa 2022 50.9% R Incumbent renominated Kansas 2022 50.8% R Incumbent renominated Maryland 2022 65.0% D Incumbent renominated Massachusetts 2022 62.6% D Incumbent renominated Michigan 2018 53.2% D Term-limited Minnesota DFL 2018 50.4% DFL Incumbent renominated Nebraska 2022 69.7% R Incumbent renominated Nevada 2018 52.3% D Term-limited New Mexico 2022 55.3% D Incumbent renominated New York 2018 54.3% D Incumbent renominated North Dakota 2022 71.1% R Incumbent renominated Ohio 2018 60.4% R Term-limited Oklahoma 2022 73.8% R Incumbent retiring to run for governor Rhode Island 2018 61.6% D Term-limited South Carolina 2010 100% R Incumbent retiring to run for governor South Dakota 2022 100% R Incumbent retiring to run for U.S. House Texas 2014 53.4% R Incumbent retiring to run for U.S. Senate Vermont 2022 57.9% D Incumbent renominated Wisconsin 2018 50.7% D Incumbent renominated

Territories and federal district Territory Attorneygeneral Party Firstelected Lastrace Status Candidates District of Columbia 2022 100.0% D Incumbent renominated Guam Nonpartisan 2022 46.2% NP/R Incumbent running Northern Mariana Islands Nonpartisan 2014 55.2% NP/D Incumbent retiring

Alabama

Attorney General Steve Marshall was re-elected in 2022 with 68% of the vote. He is term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Republican candidates include Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey, former Alabama Supreme Court associate justice Jay Mitchell, and Marshall's general counsel Katherine Robertson.

Arizona

Attorney General Kris Mayes was elected in 2022 with 50% of the vote. She is running for re-election to a second term in office. She is being challenged by Republican Warren Petersen.

Arkansas

Attorney General Tim Griffin was elected in 2022 with 67.6% of the vote. He is running for re-election. He is unopposed in the general election.

California

Attorney General Rob Bonta was elected in 2022 with 59.1% of the vote. He is running for re-election to a second term in office. Former Huntington Beach city attorney Michael Gates is the Republican nominee.

Colorado

Attorney General Phil Weiser was re-elected in 2022 with 54.7% of the vote. He is term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty, former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives Crisanta Duran, and Secretary of State Jena Griswold have declared their intents to run in the Democratic primary. The Republican nominee is Michael Allen.

Connecticut

Attorney General William Tong was re-elected in 2022 with 57% of the vote. He is running for re-election. Republican John Bolton is running against him.

Delaware

Attorney General Kathy Jennings was re-elected in 2022 with 53.8% of the vote. She is running for re-election to a third term in office.

Florida

Attorney General Ashley Moody was re-elected in 2022 with 60.6% of the vote. On January 16, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed her to the U.S. Senate to replace Marco Rubio, who was the nominee for U.S. secretary of state. DeSantis appointed James Uthmeier, his chief of staff, to the position. Uthmeier kicked off his campaign to be elected to a full four-year term on March 11, 2025.

Georgia

Attorney General Chris Carr was re-elected in 2022 with 51.9% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor. Republican state senators Brian Strickland and Bill Cowsert are running to succeed Carr. State representative Tanya F. Miller and former state representative and Georgia House of Representatives minority leader Bob Trammell are running as Democrats.

Idaho

Attorney General Raúl Labrador was elected in 2022 with 62.6% of the vote. He is running for re-election for a second term. Democrat Lori Hickman is challenging him.

Illinois

Attorney General Kwame Raoul was re-elected in 2022 with 54.4% of the vote. He is running for re-election. Former Chicago alder and perennial candidate Bob Fioretti is running for the Republican nomination.

Iowa

Attorney General Brenna Bird was elected in 2022 with 50.8% of the vote. She initially expressed interest in running for governor, but announced on July 2, 2025, that she would run for re-election to a second term. She is being challenged by Democratic Nathan Willems.

Kansas

Attorney General Kris Kobach was elected in 2022 with 50.8% of the vote. He is running for re-election to a second term. Democratic attorney Chris Mann, who was the party's nominee in the 2022 attorney general election, is running for the Democratic nomination.

Maryland

Attorney General Anthony Brown was elected in 2022 with 65% of the vote. He is running for re-election to a second term. Former Bel Air town commissioner James Ruthledge III is running as a Republican.

Massachusetts

Attorney General Andrea Campbell was elected in 2022 with 62.9% of the vote. She is running for re-election to a second term in office.

Michigan

Attorney General Dana Nessel was re-elected in 2022 with 53.2% of the vote. She is term-limited and cannot seek re-election.

Minnesota

Attorney General Keith Ellison was re-elected in 2022 with 50.4% of the vote. He is running for re-election to a third term in office.

Nebraska

Attorney General Mike Hilgers was elected in 2022 with 69.7% of the vote. He is running for re-election. He is being challenged by Democrat Jocelyn Brasher.

Nevada

Attorney General Aaron D. Ford was re-elected in 2022 with 52.3% of the vote. He is term-limited and cannot seek re-election, and is running for governor. Democrats Senate majority leader Nicole Cannizzaro and state treasurer Zach Conine, and Republican Douglas County commissioners Danny Tarkanian and Adriana Guzmán Fralick have announced their candidacies.

New Mexico

Attorney General Raúl Torrez was elected in 2022 with 55.3% of the vote. He is running for re-election for a second term in office. Republican attorney Sam Kane is challenging him.

New York

Attorney General Letitia James was re-elected in 2022 with 54.3% of the vote. She is running for re-election to a third term in office. Republican former federal prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy is challenging her.

North Dakota

Attorney General Drew Wrigley was elected in 2022 with 71.1% of the vote. He is running for re-election. He is being challenged by Democrat Tim Lamb.

Ohio

Attorney General Dave Yost was re-elected in 2022 with 60.1% of the vote. He is term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber has announced he will seek the Republican nomination for this seat. Former state lawmaker Elliot Forhan is running for the Democratic nomination.

Oklahoma

Attorney General Gentner Drummond was elected in 2022 with 73.8% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Nick Coffey is running as a Democrat. He is facing Republican nominee Jon Echols.

Rhode Island

Attorney General Peter Neronha was re-elected in 2022 with 61.6% of the vote. He is term-limited and cannot seek re-election. Keith Hoffmann, Neronha's former chief of policy, is running. State representative Jason Knight and state senator Dawn Euer have been mentioned as potential candidates. West Greenwich town councilor Charles Calenda, who was the Republican nominee for attorney general in 2022, said that he is "leaving the door open" regarding another run in 2026. Ahern emerged as the winner of the primary and is now the Democratic nominee, facing off against Republican Alan Gordon in the general election.

South Carolina

Attorney General Alan Wilson was re-elected unopposed in 2022. He is retiring to run for governor.

Republican state senator Stephen Goldfinch, 1st Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe, and 8th Circuit Solicitor David Stumbo are running for the Republican nomination. Attorney Richard Hricik is the presumptive Democratic nominee while David Stumbo is the presumptive Republican nominee.

South Dakota

Attorney General Marty Jackley was re-elected unopposed in 2022. He is retiring to run for Congress. Republican Lance russell is running to succeed him unopposed.

Texas

Attorney General Ken Paxton was re-elected in 2022 with 53.4% of the vote. He is retiring to run for Senate.

Vermont

Attorney General Charity Clark was re-elected in 2024 with 57.9% of the vote. She is running for re-election. She is being challenged by Republican Ed Kemon.

Wisconsin

Attorney General Josh Kaul was re-elected in 2022 with 50.6% of the vote. He is running for re-election. 2022 Republican nominee Fond du Lac County district attorney Eric Toney is also running.

Territories and federal district

District of Columbia