2022 New York Attorney General election

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2022 New York Attorney General election
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Nominee Letitia James Michael Henry
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families Conservative
Popular vote3,168,2562,631,301
Percentage54.6%45.4%
2022 New York Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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James:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Henry:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No votes
Attorney General before election

Letitia James
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Letitia James
Democratic

The 2022 New York Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Letitia James was eligible for re-election, but originally decided to run for Governor 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 from Queens. James defeated Henry by a margin of 9.2%, a massive underperformance from her 27.2% victory in 2018.

Contents

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]

Democratic primary

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] The Democratic primary for AG was cancelled and James advanced to the November general election.

Candidates

Official designee

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Dan Goldman (withdrew)
U.S. representatives
Letitia James
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives [23]
State officials
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Zephyr Teachout (withdrew)
State officials
Local officials
Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Andrew
Cuomo		Michael
Gianaris		Daniel
Goldman		Eric
Gonzalez		Letitia
James		Melinda
Katz		Sean Patrick
Maloney		Shelley
Mayer		Kathleen
Rice		Zephyr
Teachout		Clyde
Vanel		Maria
Vullo		OtherUndecided
Emerson College March 9–10, 2022504 (LV)± 4.3%––––47%–––––––25%28%
33%–––45%–––––––13%9%
Data for Progress (D) [lower-alpha 2] November 16–17, 2021528 (LV)± 4.0%–2%5%7%–7%8%2%7%15%1%1%–48%

Republican primary

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. [37]

Candidates

Official designee

Declined

  • Joseph H. Holland, former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Housing and Community Renewal; candidate for attorney general in 1994 and 2018 [40] [41]

Withdrew

Endorsements

Michael Henry
Federal officials
Organizations

Conservative primary

Candidates

Official designee

  • Michael Henry, attorney [45]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [46] Safe DSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily [47] Safe DNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Letitia James (D)
U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives [23]
State officials
Local officials
Individuals
Newspapers
Michael Henry (R)
U.S. executive branch officials
  • Nikki Haley, United States ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) and former Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017) [52]
Federal officials
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Letitia
James (D)		Michael
Henry (R)		OtherUndecided
KAConsulting (R) [upper-alpha 1] October 27–29, 2022501 (LV)± 4.4%47%41%–8%
Data for Progress (D) October 26–28, 2022818 (LV)± 3.0%55%40%–6%
Slingshot Strategies (D) October 25–26, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.1%48%36%–16%
Siena College October 12–14, 2022707 (LV)± 4.9%51%40%1% [lower-alpha 3] 8%
The Trafalgar Group (R) September 30 – October 3, 20221,087 (LV)± 2.9%44%45%0%10%
Siena College September 16–25, 2022655 (LV)± 3.9%53%37%1% [lower-alpha 4] 9%
The Trafalgar Group (R) August 31 – September 1, 20221,091 (LV)± 2.9%43%44%0%13%
Emerson College July 26–28, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%50%32%4%12%
Siena College July 24–28, 2022806 (LV)± 3.5%50%36%0%13%
Hypothetical polling
Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican with Andrew Cuomo as an independent
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Andrew
Cuomo (I)		Undecided
Emerson College March 9–10, 20221,000 (RV)± 3.0%36%34%13%17%

Results

2022 New York Attorney General election [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Letitia James2,875,68749.58%-8.80%
Working Families Letitia James292,5695.05%+2.51%
Total Letitia James (incumbent)3,168,25654.63%-7.79%
Republican Michael Henry2,317,57339.96%+9.05%
Conservative Michael Henry313,7285.41%+1.12%
TotalMichael Henry2,631,30145.37%+10.17%
Total votes5,799,557 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ This poll was sponsored by Neal Kwatra on behalf of an unnamed donor
  3. ↑ "Not going to vote" with 1%; "Another candidate" with 0%
  4. ↑ "Not going to vote" with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ Poll conducted for Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization.

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