2022 Arkansas Attorney General election

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2022 Arkansas Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)2026 
Turnout50.81% [1]
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Candidate Tim Griffin Jesse Gibson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote605,785290,183
Percentage67.61%32.39%

2022 Arkansas Attorney General Election.svg
County results
Griffin:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Gibson:     50–60%

Attorney General before election

Leslie Rutledge
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Tim Griffin
Republican

The 2022 Arkansas Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge won re-election on November 6, 2018, to a second term. She was term-limited and had announced a campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas in 2022 [2] Primary elections were held on May 24, 2022.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Tim Griffin
U.S. Executive Branch Officials
Statewide Officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Tim
Griffin
Leon
Jones Jr.
Undecided
Hendrix College May 2, 2022802 (LV)± 4.3%57%10%33%

Results

Results by county
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Griffin
70-80%
80-90%
90-100% 2022 Arkansas Attorney General Republican Primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Griffin
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
Republican primary results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Griffin 286,211 85.38
Republican Leon Jones Jr.49,02114.62
Total votes355,232 100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrawn

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debate

2022 Arkansas Attorney General debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Tim Griffin Jesse Gibson
1Oct. 19, 2022 University of
Central Arkansas
Arkansas PBS
Steve Barnes YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [12] Safe RSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily [13] Safe RNovember 1, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Tim
Griffin (R)
Jesse
Gibson (D)
Undecided
Hendrix College September 12, 2022835 (LV)± 3.8%49%32%19%
Remington Research Group (R) [upper-alpha 1] July 18–20, 20221,008 (LV)± 3.1%65%29%6%

Results

2022 Arkansas Attorney General election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tim Griffin 605,785 67.61 +5.81
Democratic Jesse Gibson290,18332.39-3.04
Total votes895,968 100.00 +0.01
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. This poll was sponsored by Griffin's campaign

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