2021

See also:Attorney General elections, 2021

One state held elections for attorney general in 2021:

• Virginia

2020

See also:Attorney General elections, 2020

Ten states held elections for attorney general in 2020:

2019

See also:Attorney General elections, 2019

Three states held elections for attorney general in 2019:

• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi

2018

See also:Attorney General elections, 2018

Thirty states held elections for attorney general in 2018:

2017

One state held an election for attorney general in 2017:

• Virginia

2016

See also:Attorney General elections, 2016

Ten states held elections for attorney general in 2016:

2015

See also:Attorney General elections, 2015

Three states held elections for attorney general in 2015:Kentucky,Louisiana andMississippi. In Kentucky,Andy Beshear (D) won election to the attorney general seat. DemocratJim Hood was re-elected in Mississippi, whileRepublicanJeff Landry defeated incumbentBuddy Caldwell, also a Republican, in a runoff in Louisiana.

2014

Main article:Attorney General elections, 2014

Thirty states held regularly scheduled attorney general elections in the 2014 electoral cycle:

Utah also held a special election to fill the remaining two years ofJohn Swallow's term.

2013

Main article:State executive official elections, 2013

One state,Virginia, held a regularly scheduled attorney general election in 2013. State SenatorsMark Herring (D) andMark Obenshain (R) faced off in the general election on November 5, 2013, and the race was considered too close to call until the State Board of Elections certified the results of the race on November 25, 2013, naming Herring the victor by a margin of 165 votes.^[5][6] Since the margin was equal to or less than 0.5 percent of the total vote, Obenshain, as the losing candidate, was entitled to request a publicly financed recount, which he did on November 27.^[7][8] The recount began on December 26, and Obenshain conceded to Herring two days later, giving a Democrat control of the office for the first time in almost two decades.^[9][10]

2012

Ten states held attorney general elections in the 2012 electoral cycle:Indiana,Missouri,Montana,North Carolina,Oregon,Pennsylvania,Utah,Vermont,Washington andWest Virginia.

Heading into the November election, the Democrats held six of the seats and the Republicans held four seats. Five incumbents sought, and won, re-election, and the status breakdown of the remaining seats was as follows:

• Two—Montana AGSteve Bullock (D) and Washington AGRob McKenna (R)—ran for thegovernorship in their respective states in2012.
• One—Utah AGMark Shurtleff (R)—retired from office.
• One—2011 appointee Pennsylvania AGLinda Kelly (R)—did not run for election due to the terms of her Senate confirmation.
• One—Oregon AGJohn Kroger (D)—resigned six months ahead of schedule to take a new job as president of Reed College in Portland.Gov.John Kitzhaber appointedEllen Rosenblum, who was running for 2012 election to the attorney general post at the time, to serve as interim attorney general for the remainder of his unexpired term. Rosenblum was elected to a full term in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Democrats won six of the 2012 races while Republicans took four, thus the partisan balance remained unchanged.

2011

Main article:Attorney General elections, 2011

Three states,Kentucky,Louisiana andMississippi, had regularly scheduled attorney general elections in the 2011 electoral cycle.

Incumbents were re-elected in all three states.Democratic incumbentsJack Conway (KY) andJim Hood (MS) successfully defended their posts againstRepublican challengers Todd P’Pool andSteve Simpson, respectively. TheAttorney General of Louisiana election was decided even before the October 22, 2011, primary election. IncumbentRepublicanBuddy Caldwell was unopposed in the race after his sole challenger, former U.S. RepresentativeJoseph Cao, withdrew from the race in late September 2011, and the office ofattorney general did not appear on the ballot.^[11]

2010

Main article:Attorney General elections, 2010

Thirty attorney general elections were held onNovember 2, 2010. Of the 30 seats that were up for election, 20 were held by aDemocrat and 10 by aRepublican. Of those 30 races, 16 were won by Republicans and 14 by Democrats—a net gain of six by Republicans over their pre-election total.