2022 Arkansas Attorney General election

2022 Arkansas Attorney General election

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Turnout	50.81% [1]
Candidate Tim Griffin Jesse Gibson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 605,785 290,183 Percentage 67.61% 32.39%
County results Congressional district 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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tim Griffin, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (2015–present), former U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 2nd congressional district (2011–2015), and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas (2006–2007) ^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Leon Jones Jr., attorney, Director of the Arkansas Department of Labor, (2015–2019) and Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission (2019–2021) ^{[4] [5]}

Endorsements

Tim Griffin

U.S. Executive Branch Officials

• Sarah Sanders, 31st White House Press Secretary (2017–2019) and candidate for Governor of Arkansas in 2022 ^[3]
• Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017–2021) ^[6]

Statewide officials

• Leslie Rutledge, incumbent Arkansas Attorney General (2015–present) and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas in 2022 ^[3]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Tim Griffin	Leon Jones Jr.	Undecided
Hendrix College [7]	May 2, 2022	802 (LV)	± 4.3%	57%	10%	33%

Results

Results by county

  Griffin

•   70–80%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

Republican primary results ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Griffin	286,211	85.38
	Republican	Leon Jones Jr.	49,021	14.62
Total votes			355,232	100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jesse Gibson, attorney and President of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (2018–2019) ^[9]

Withdrawn

• Jason Davis, lawyer ^{[10] [11]}

Independents

Candidates

Declared

• Gerhard Langguth, former chair of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas (write-in) ^[12]

General election

Debate

2022 Arkansas Attorney General debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Tim Griffin	Jesse Gibson
1	Oct. 19, 2022	University of Central Arkansas Arkansas PBS	Steve Barnes	[13]	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [14]	Safe R	September 14, 2022
Elections Daily [15]	Safe R	November 1, 2022

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Tim Griffin (R)	Jesse Gibson (D)	Undecided
Hendrix College [16]	September 12, 2022	835 (LV)	± 3.8%	49%	32%	19%
Remington Research Group (R) [17] [A]	July 18–20, 2022	1,008 (LV)	± 3.1%	65%	29%	6%

Results

2022 Arkansas Attorney General election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Tim Griffin	605,785	67.61	+5.81
	Democratic	Jesse Gibson	290,183	32.39	−3.04
Total votes			895,968	100.00	+0.01
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Griffin won all four congressional districts. ^[18]

District	Griffin	Gibson	Representative
1st	74%	26%	Rick Crawford
2nd	62%	38%	French Hill
3rd	65%	35%	Steve Womack
4th	72%	28%	Bruce Westerman

See also

• 2022 United States attorney general elections
• 2022 Arkansas elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by Griffin's campaign

References

1. "2022 Arkansas Attorney General election results".
2. "Leslie Rutledge drops bid for governor, enters race for lieutenant governor". November 9, 2021.
3. Andrew DeMillo (February 8, 2021). "Lt. Gov. Griffin drops Arkansas governor bid, to run for AG". APNews.
4. 4029News (June 23, 2021). "Leon Jones Jr is running for Attorney General of Arkansas in 2022". 4029News.
5. Roby Brock (April 6, 2021). "Leon Jones, Jr. to seek GOP nomination for Arkansas Attorney General". Talk Business.
6. "Trump endorses Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin in Arkansas Attorney General bid". March 5, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
7. Hendrix College
8. "May 24, 2022 Preferential Primary and Nonpartisan Judicial General Election" . Retrieved June 28, 2022.
9. Brandon Evans (June 22, 2021). "Jesse Gibson is running for Attorney General of Arkansas in 2022". 4029News.
10. "Jason Davis enters Arkansas Attorney General's race". katv.com. KATV. May 3, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
11. "Won't seek attorney general position, Little Rock attorney Davis says". www.arkansasonline.com. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. June 28, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
12. "Candidate filings in primary, judicial and school board elections". February 26, 2022.
13. YouTube
14. "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape". Sabato's Crystal Ball. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
15. Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
16. Hendrix College
17. Remington Research Group (R)
18. https://arkansasresults.azurewebsites.us/Default.aspx?eid=3

External links

Official campaign websites

• Jesse Gibson (D) for Attorney General
• Tim Griffin (R) for Attorney General