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The2022 New York Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022. IncumbentDemocratic Attorney GeneralLetitia James was eligible for re-election, but originally decided to run forGovernor of New York in 2022 . On December 9, 2021, however, she suspended her gubernatorial campaign and announced that she would seek re-election as attorney general. Republicans nominated Michael Henry, an attorney fromQueens . James defeated Henry by a margin of 9.2%, down from her 27.2% victory in2018 .
Of all the statewide races in New York in 2022, this is the only one where the incumbent (Letitia James) refused to debate their opponent.[ 1]
After incumbent attorney general Letitia James announced her candidacy for governor of New York, several other Democrats launched campaigns for attorney general. When James suspended her campaign for governor and announced that she would seek re-election instead, those candidates ended their campaigns for attorney general and endorsed James. As of June 23, 2022, James had no primary challengers.[ 2]
Dan Goldman , formerassistant U.S. Attorney for theSouthern District of New York (2007–2017) and former general counsel for theU.S. House Intelligence Committee (2019–2020)[ 6] (running for U.S. House , endorsed James) [ 7] Shelley Mayer ,state senator from the37th district (2018–present)[ 8] (running forre-election , endorsed James) [ 9] [ 10] Zephyr Teachout ,Fordham University Associate Professor, candidate for governor in2014 , nominee forNY-19 in2016 , and candidate for attorney general in2018 [ 11] (endorsed James) [ 12] Clyde Vanel ,state assemblyman for the 33rd District of New York (2017–present)[ 13] [ 14] (running forre-election , endorsed James) [ 15] Maria Vullo, former Superintendent of theNew York State Department of Financial Services [ 16] [ 17] (endorsed James) [ 18] Letitia James
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Jamaal Bowman ,U.S. Representative forNY-16 (2021–present)Yvette Clarke , U.S. Representative forNY-09 (2013–present)Adriano Espaillat , U.S. Representative forNY-13 (2017–present)Brian Higgins , U.S. Representative forNY-26 (2013–present)Hakeem Jeffries , U.S. Representative forNY-08 (2013–present)Mondaire Jones , U.S. Representative forNY-17 (2021–present)Carolyn Maloney , U.S. Representative forNY-12 (2013–present)Sean Patrick Maloney , U.S. Representative forNY-18 (2013–present)Gregory Meeks , U.S. Representative forNY-05 (2013–present)Grace Meng , U.S. Representative forNY-06 (2013–present)Joseph Morelle , U.S. Representative forNY-25 (2018–present)Jerry Nadler , U.S. Representative forNY-10 (2013–present)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , U.S. Representative forNY-14 (2019–present)Kathleen Rice , U.S. Representative forNY-04 (2015–present)Ritchie Torres , U.S. Representative forNY-15 (2021–present)Nydia Velázquez , U.S. Representative forNY-07 (2013–present)State officials
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Zephyr Teachout(withdrew)
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Poll source Date(s) Sample[ a] Margin Andrew Michael Daniel Eric Letitia Melinda Sean Patrick Shelley Kathleen Zephyr Clyde Maria Other Undecided Emerson College [ 37] March 9–10, 2022 504 (LV) ± 4.3% – – – – 47% – – – – – – – 25% 28% 33% – – – 45% – – – – – – – 13% 9% Data for Progress (D)[ 38] [ b] November 16–17, 2021 528 (LV) ± 4.0% – 2% 5% 7% – 7% 8% 2% 7% 15% 1% 1% – 48%
Two candidates, John Sarcone and Michael Henry, competed for the Republican nomination. In a surprise move, Sarcone declined to be nominated at the state Republican convention, leading to Henry earning the endorsement unanimously.[ 39]
Joseph H. Holland , former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal; candidate for attorney general in 1994 and2018 [ 42] [ 43] Michael Henry
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Conservative primary [ edit ] Michael Henry, attorney[ 47] Post-primary endorsements [ edit ] Michael Henry (R)
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Nikki Haley , United States ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) and former Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017)[ 54] Newspapers
Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s) Sample[ a] Margin Letitia Michael Other Undecided KAConsulting (R)[ 56] [ A] October 27–29, 2022 501 (LV) ± 4.4% 47% 41% – 8% Data for Progress (D)[ 57] October 26–28, 2022 818 (LV) ± 3.0% 55% 40% – 6% Slingshot Strategies (D)[ 58] October 25–26, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.1% 48% 36% – 16% Siena College [ 59] October 12–14, 2022 707 (LV) ± 4.9% 51% 40% 1%[ c] 8% The Trafalgar Group (R)[ 60] September 30 – October 3, 2022 1,087 (LV) ± 2.9% 44% 45% 0% 10% Siena College [ 61] September 16–25, 2022 655 (LV) ± 3.9% 53% 37% 1%[ d] 9% The Trafalgar Group (R)[ 62] August 31 – September 1, 2022 1,091 (LV) ± 2.9% 43% 44% 0% 13% Emerson College [ 63] July 26–28, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 50% 32% 4% 12% Siena College [ 64] July 24–28, 2022 806 (LV) ± 3.5% 50% 36% 0% 13%
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Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican with Andrew Cuomo as an independent
Poll source Date(s) Sample[ a] Margin Generic Generic Andrew Undecided Emerson College [ 37] March 9–10, 2022 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 36% 34% 13% 17%
2022 New York Attorney General election[ 65] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Letitia James 2,875,687 49.58% −8.80% Working Families Letitia James 292,569 5.05% +2.51% Total Letitia James (incumbent)3,168,256 54.60% −7.82% Republican Michael Henry 2,317,573 39.96% +9.05% Conservative Michael Henry 313,728 5.41% +1.12% Total Michael Henry 2,631,301 45.35% +10.15% Write ins Write ins 3,073 0.05% Total votes 5,799,557 100.0% N/A Democratic hold
County[ 66] Letitia James Michael Henry Various candidates # % # % # % Albany 70,637 61.1% 44,838 38.8% 9 0.1% Allegany 4,001 25.7% 11,561 74.3% 0 0.0% Bronx 154,433 79.3% 40,272 20.7% 9 0.01% Broome 30,929 46.1% 38,173 53.9% 2 0.01% Cattaraugus 8,072 31.7% 17,419 68.3% 0 0.0% Cayuga 10,495 39.5% 16,050 60.4% 0 0.0% Chautauqua 15,489 36.2% 27,304 63.8% 1 0.01% Chemung 9,991 36.5% 17,366 63.4% 2 0.1% Chenango 5,323 32.1% 11,242 67.8% 1 0.1% Clinton 12,800 47.3% 14,269 52.7% 0 0.0% Columbia 16,421 55.8% 13,003 44.2% 0 0.0% Cortland 6,918 43.4% 9,020 56.6% 0 0.0% Delaware 6,806 37.0% 11,596 63.0% 1 0.01% Dutchess 56,201 49.4% 57,454 50.5% 4 0.1% Erie 178,269 53.1% 157,100 46.8% 16 0.1% Essex 7,269 48.0% 7,863 52.0% 0 0.0% Franklin 6,541 44.0% 8,344 56.0% 0 0.0% Fulton 5,539 30.4% 12,712 69.6% 0 0.0% Genesee 6,345 29.0% 15,524 71.0% 0 0.0% Greene 7,735 39.0% 12,084 61.0% 0 0.0% Hamilton 885 31.6% 1,914 68.4% 0 0.0% Herkimer 5,633 26.7% 15,453 73.3% 0 0.0% Jefferson 10,463 33.6% 20,702 66.4% 0 0.0% Kings 412,066 74.2% 142,542 25.7% 56 0.1% Lewis 2,518 24.6% 7,733 75.4% 0 0.0% Livingston 8,156 34.2% 15,687 65.8% 0 0.0% Madison 10,434 40.2% 15,479 59.7% 2 0.1% Monroe 147,795 54.2% 124,594 45.7% 13 0.1% Montgomery 5,416 35.0% 10,083 65.0% 0 0.0% Nassau 233,574 45.7% 277,689 54.3% 15 0.01% New York 367,269 82.5% 77,552 17.4% 48 0.1% Niagara 29,816 39.9% 44,922 60.1% 2 0.01% Oneida 26,816 36.2% 47,219 63.8% 2 0.01% Onondaga 91,779 54.7% 76,073 45.3% 6 0.01% Ontario 20,009 44.0% 25,488 56.0% 1 0.01% Orange 56,555 46.4% 65,135 53.5% 6 0.1% Orleans 3,343 25.2% 9,942 74.8% 0 0.0% Oswego 13,470 34.0% 26,158 66.0% 1 0.01% Otsego 9,272 42.7% 12,441 57.3% 1 0.01% Putnam 16,484 40.4% 24,330 59.6% 1 0.01% Queens 277,817 64.9% 149,712 35.0% 34 0.1% Rensselaer 29,571 48.1% 31,848 51.8% 2 0.1% Richmond 47,767 34.3% 91,297 65.6% 7 0.1% Rockland 49,808 48.3% 53,281 51.6% 11 0.1% St. Lawrence 13,193 39.6% 20,094 60.4% 0 0.0% Saratoga 48,932 47.7% 53,700 52.3% 2 0.01% Schenectady 29,176 52.6% 25,310 47.3% 3 0.1% Schoharie 4,150 32.8% 8,517 67.2% 0 0.0% Schuyler 2,756 36.1% 4,881 63.9% 0 0.0% Seneca 4,597 40.4% 6,784 59.6% 0 0.0% Steuben 10,094 41.8% 14,088 58.2% 0 0.0% Suffolk 236,808 42.6% 318,768 57.4% 9 0.01% Sullivan 10,094 41.7% 14,088 58.2% 1 0.1% Tioga 6,417 34.3% 12,314 65.7% 0 0.0% Tompkins 25,314 72.9% 9,375 27.0% 2 0.1% Ulster 44,983 58.4% 32,073 41.6% 3 0.01% Warren 12,763 46.1% 14,932 53.9% 1 0.01% Washington 8,366 38.4% 13,383 61.5% 1 0.1% Wayne 10,934 33.0% 22,189 67.0% 1 0.01% Westchester 197,381 61.1% 125,701 38.9% 7 0.01% Wyoming 3,461 23.0% 11,573 77.0% 0 0.0% Yates 2,949 36.4% 5,167 63.6% 0 0.0% Totals 3,168,256 54.60% 2,631,301 45.35% 3,073 0.05%
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district [ edit ] James won 16 of 26 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[ 67]
^a b c Key: ^ This poll was sponsored by Neal Kwatra on behalf of an unnamed donor ^ "Not going to vote" with 1%; "Another candidate" with 0% ^ "Not going to vote" with 1% Partisan clients
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