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The2020 United States attorney general elections were held on November 3, 2020, in 10 states. The previousattorney general elections for this group of states took place in2016, except inVermont 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, whileRepublicanTim Fox ofMontana could not run again due to term limits andRepublicanCurtis Hill ofIndiana was eliminated in theRepublican convention.[2]
The elections took place concurrently with the2020 presidential election,elections to theHouse of Representatives andSenate, and numerous state and local elections.
No attorneys general offices changed party control in 2020.[3]
Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of theincumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state'sCook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.
Most election predictors use:
| State | PVI[4] | Incumbent[5] | Last race | Cook June 12, 2020[6] | Result |
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| Indiana | R+9 | Curtis Hill (lost re-nomination) | 61.9% R | Tossup | Rokita (58.3%) |
| Missouri | R+9 | Eric Schmitt | 58.5% R | Safe R | Schmitt (59.5%) |
| Montana | R+11 | Tim Fox (term-limited) | 67.7% R | Tossup | Knudsen (58.5%) |
| North Carolina | R+3 | Josh Stein | 50.3% D | Lean D | Stein (50.1%) |
| Oregon | D+5 | Ellen Rosenblum | 55.2% D | Solid D | Rosenblum (56.0%) |
| Pennsylvania | EVEN | Josh Shapiro | 51.4% D | Likely D | Shapiro (50.9%) |
| Utah | R+20 | Sean Reyes | 65.4% R | Solid R | Reyes (60.6%) |
| Vermont | D+15 | T. J. Donovan | 66.6% D | Solid D | Donovan (63.1%) |
| Washington | D+7 | Bob Ferguson | 66.9% D | Solid D | Ferguson (56.4%) |
| West Virginia | R+19 | Patrick Morrisey | 51.6% R | Lean R | Morrisey (63.8%) |
| State | Attorney General | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates |
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| Indiana | Curtis Hill | Republican | 2016 | Incumbent lost renomination. New attorney generalelected. Republican hold. |
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| Missouri | Eric Schmitt | Republican | 2019[b] | Incumbentelected to full term. |
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| Montana | Tim Fox | Republican | 2012 | Incumbent term-limited. New attorney generalelected. Republican hold. |
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| North Carolina | Josh Stein | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbentre-elected. |
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| Oregon | Ellen Rosenblum | Democratic | 2012[c] | Incumbentre-elected. |
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| Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbentre-elected. |
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| Utah | Sean Reyes | Republican | 2012 | Incumbentre-elected. |
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| Vermont | T. J. Donovan | Democratic | 2016 | Incumbentre-elected. |
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| Washington | Bob Ferguson | Democratic | 2012 | Incumbentre-elected. |
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| West Virginia | Patrick Morrisey | Republican | 2012 | Incumbentre-elected. |
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States where the margin of victory was under 1%
States where the margin of victory was between 1% and 5%:
Blue denotes races won by Democrats.
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The2020 Indiana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect theattorney general of theU.S. state ofIndiana. TheDemocratic primary convention was scheduled for June 13, 2020. TheRepublican primary convention was scheduled with a live stream on June 18, 2020, followed by mail-in voting between June 22 and July 9.
Incumbent Attorney GeneralCurtis Hill ran for re-election, but was defeated at the Republican nominating convention by formerU.S. RepresentativeTodd Rokita, who eventually won after three rounds of votes.Jonathan Weinzapfel, former mayor ofEvansville, narrowly won the Democratic nomination at the party's nominating convention.
In thegeneral election, Rokita defeated Weinzapfel by approximately 500,000 votes, a margin of more than 16 percentage points. Due to a smaller third-party vote, both Rokita and Weinzapfel received a larger percentage of the vote than their party's candidates in the state'spresidential andgubernatorial elections. Rokita carriedTippecanoe County, which voted for DemocratJoe Biden in the presidential race, while Weinzapfel carried his home ofVanderburgh County, which voted for RepublicansDonald Trump andEric Holcomb in the presidential and gubernatorial races.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jonathan Weinzapfel | 1,057 | 51.2% | |
| Democratic | Karen Tallian | 1,009 | 48.8% | |
| Total votes | 2,066 | 100.0% | ||
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| Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | ||
| Todd Rokita | 479 | 27.37 | +122 | 601 | 34.66 | +272 | 873 | 52.15 | |
| Curtis Hill (inc.) | 655 | 37.43 | +46 | 701 | 40.43 | +100 | 801 | 47.85 | |
| Nate Harter | 327 | 18.69 | +105 | 432 | 24.91 | Eliminated | |||
| John Westercamp | 289 | 16.51 | Eliminated | ||||||
| Active ballots | 1,750 | 100.00 | 1,734 | 100.00 | 1,674 | 100.00 | |||
| Exhausted ballots | 7 | 0.40 | +16 | 23 | 1.31 | +60 | 83 | 4.72 | |
| Total ballots | 1,757 | 100.00 | 1,757 | 100.00 | 1,757 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Todd Rokita | 1,722,007 | 58.34 |  3.97 | |
| Democratic | Jonathan Weinzapfel | 1,229,644 | 41.66 |  3.97 | |
| Total votes | 2,951,651 | 100.00 | |||
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 County results Schmitt: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Finneran: 50–60% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The2020 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect theattorney general of Missouri. It was held concurrently with the2020 U.S. presidential election, along withelections to theUnited States Senate andUnited States House of Representatives, as well as variousstate and local elections. IncumbentRepublican Attorney GeneralEric Schmitt was elected to a full term, defeating Democrat Rich Finneran. He was appointed by GovernorMike Parson afterJosh Hawley was elected to the U.S Senate in 2018.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Eric Schmitt (incumbent) | 602,577 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 602,577 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Richard Finneran | 272,516 | 55.39% | |
| Democratic | Elad Gross | 219,462 | 44.61% | |
| Total votes | 491,978 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Eric Schmitt (incumbent) | 1,752,792 | 59.38% | +0.88% | |
| Democratic | Rich Finneran | 1,117,713 | 37.87% | –3.63% | |
| Libertarian | Kevin C. Babock | 81,100 | 2.75% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 2,951,605 | 100.00% | |||
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The2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect theattorney general of theU.S. state ofMontana. Incumbent RepublicanMontana Attorney GeneralTim Fox was re-elected in 2016 with 67.7% of the vote. Fox was term-limited and was ineligible to run for re-election. Fox decided to run for theGovernor of Montana election, losing the nomination toGreg Gianforte.[12] RepublicanAustin Knudsen defeated RepublicanJon Bennion in the primary and defeated DemocratRaph Graybill in the general election by over 14 points.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Austin Knudsen | 116,113 | 59.8% | |
| Republican | Jon Bennion | 78,161 | 40.2% | |
| Total votes | 194,274 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Raph Graybill | 79,772 | 57.1% | |
| Democratic | Kimberly Dudik | 59,963 | 42.9% | |
| Total votes | 139,735 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Austin Knudsen | 348,322 | 58.51% | ||
| Democratic | Raph Graybill | 247,025 | 41.49% | ||
| Total votes | 595,347 | 100.00% | |||
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The2020 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect theattorney general of North Carolina, concurrently with the2020 U.S. presidential election, as well aselections to theUnited States Senate andelections to theUnited States House of Representatives and variousstate andlocal elections.
Party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.
IncumbentDemocratic Attorney GeneralJosh Stein, first elected in 2016, ran for re-election against RepublicanForsyth CountyDistrict Attorney Jim O'Neill.[14] With a narrow margin separating Stein and O'Neill, the Associated Press was finally able to call Stein the winner on Nov. 17, 2020 (two weeks after Election Day).[15]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Jim O'Neill | 338,567 | 46.55% | |
| Republican | Sam Hayes | 226,453 | 31.14% | |
| Republican | Christine Mumma | 162,301 | 22.31% | |
| Total votes | 727,321 | 100.00% | ||
This primary was canceled becauseAttorney GeneralJosh Stein was uncontested.[17]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Josh Stein (incumbent) | 2,713,400 | 50.13% | −0.14% | |
| Republican | Jim O'Neill | 2,699,778 | 49.87% | +0.14% | |
| Total votes | 5,413,178 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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The2020 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect theattorney general of Oregon. Incumbent Democratic Attorney GeneralEllen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by formerGovernorJohn Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012 to finish the term of her predecessorJohn Kroger, who resigned from office.[19] She waselected to a full term in 2012 andre-elected in 2016. This office is not subject to term limits, and Rosenblum won a third full term, defeatingRepublican activist Michael Cross who led an unsuccessful 2019 attempt to recall GovernorKate Brown.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Michael Cross | 279,909 | 96.71% | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 9,537 | 3.29% | |
| Total votes | 289,446 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) | 483,273 | 99.04% | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 4,661 | 0.96% | |
| Total votes | 487,934 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) | 1,264,716 | 55.97% | +0.79% | |
| Republican | Michael Cross | 934,357 | 41.35% | −0.04% | |
| Libertarian | Lars Hedbor | 52,087 | 2.30% | −0.88% | |
| Write-in | 8,490 | 0.38% | +0.08% | ||
| Total votes | 2,259,650 | 100.0% | |||
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The2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General was held on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States includingPennsylvania, the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020.[22] Incumbent Democratic Attorney GeneralJosh Shapiro defeated Republican Heather Heidelbaugh to win a second term.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Heather Heidelbaugh | 1,055,168 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 1,055,168 | 100.0% | ||
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| Democratic | Josh Shapiro (incumbent) | 1,429,414 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 1,429,414 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Josh Shapiro (incumbent) | 3,461,215 | 50.85% | −0.56% | |
| Republican | Heather Heidelbaugh | 3,153,677 | 46.33% | −2.28% | |
| Libertarian | Daniel Wassmer | 120,478 | 1.77% | N/A | |
| Green | Richard Weiss | 71,069 | 1.04% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 6,806,439 | 100.0% | |||
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The2020 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along withseveral federal and state elections.
Incumbent Attorney GeneralSean Reyes was re-elected to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Greg Skordas and Libertarian nominee Rudy Bautista.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Sean Reyes (incumbent) | 275,212 | 54.04% | |
| Republican | David O. Leavitt | 234,036 | 45.96% | |
| Total votes | 509,248 | 100% | ||
Greg Skordas ran unopposed for the nomination.
Defense attorney Rudy Bautista won the nomination.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Republican | Sean Reyes (incumbent) | 878,853 | 60.58% | ||
| Democratic | Greg Skordas | 489,500 | 33.74% | ||
| Libertarian | Rudy Bautista | 82,444 | 5.68% | ||
| Total votes | 1,450,797 | 100.00% | |||
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The2020 Vermont Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along withseveral federal and state elections.
Incumbent DemocraticAttorney GeneralT. J. Donovan won re-election in a landslide over RepublicanH. Brooke Paige.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | T.J. Donovan (incumbent) | 94,198 | 99.1 | |
| Democratic | Other | 885 | 0.9 | |
| Total votes | 95,083 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | H. Brooke Paige | 21,572 | 49.4% | |
| Republican | Emily Peyton | 20,376 | 46.7% | |
| Republican | Other | 1,707 | 3.9% | |
| Total votes | 43,655 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Progressive | Cris Ericson | 409 | 59.1% | |
| Progressive | Other | 283 | 40.9% | |
| Total votes | 692 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | T.J. Donovan (incumbent) | 234,081 | 63.10% | ||
| Republican | H. Brooke Paige | 94,892 | 25.58% | ||
| Progressive | Chris Ericson | 15,846 | 4.27% | ||
| Total votes | 344,819 | 100.00% | |||
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The2020 Washington Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along withseveral federal and state elections.
IncumbentAttorney GeneralBob Ferguson ran for re-election. He finished first in the open primary, receiving 56% of the vote, and then defeated primary runner-up RepublicanMatt Larkin in the general election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Bob Ferguson (incumbent) | 1,356,225 | 55.8 | |
| Republican | Matt Larkin | 575,470 | 23.7 | |
| Republican | Brett Rogers | 296,843 | 12.2 | |
| Republican | Mike Vaska | 199,826 | 8.2 | |
| Write-in | 2,372 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 2,430,736 | 100.0 | ||
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| Democratic | Bob Ferguson (incumbent) | 2,226,418 | 56.43 | |
| Republican | Matt Larkin | 1,714,927 | 43.47 | |
| Write-in | 3,968 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 3,945,313 | 100 | ||
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The2020 West Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along withseveral federal and state elections.
Republican incumbentPatrick Morrisey ran for re-election after being re-elected with 51.6% of the vote in 2016. He was unopposed in the Republican primary and faced Democrat Sam Petsonk on election day. He defeated Petsonk in a landslide.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Patrick Morrisey (incumbent) | 175,837 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 175,837 | 100.0% | ||
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| Democratic | Sam Petsonk | 86,849 | 50.04% | |
| Democratic | Isaac Sponaugle | 86,704 | 49.96% | |
| Total votes | 173,553 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Patrick Morrisey (incumbent) | 487,250 | 63.77% | |
| Democratic | Sam Petsonk | 276,798 | 36.23% | |
| Total votes | 764,048 | 100.0% | ||
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