2022 Colorado Attorney General election

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2022 Colorado Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)2026 
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Nominee Phil Weiser John Kellner
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,349,1331,060,866
Percentage54.70%43.01%

2022 Colorado Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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Weiser:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Kellner:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     No votes

Attorney General before election

Phil Weiser
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Phil Weiser
Democratic

The 2022 Colorado Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 8, to elect the Attorney General of Colorado. Incumbent attorney general Phil Weiser won re-election to a second term, improving on his 2018 results. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phil Weiser (incumbent) 504,071 100.0%
Total votes504,071 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Disqualified

  • Stanley Thorne [6] (running as independent)

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Kellner 504,631 100.0%
Total votes504,631 100.0%

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Stanley Thorne, attorney (write-in candidate) [8]

General election

Debate

2022 Colorado Attorney General debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
John Kellner Phil Weiser
1Aug. 2, 2022 Community College
of Aurora
Maisha Fields
Whitney Taylor
YouTube PP
2Oct. 18, 2022 KUSA (TV) Kyle Clark
Marshall Zelinger
YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] Leans DNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [10] Likely DNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

John Kellner (R)
Phil Weiser (D)
State officials
State senators
  • All 20 Democratic state senators [14]
State representatives
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Phil
Weiser (D)
John
Kellner (R)
OtherUndecided
Global Strategy Group (D) [upper-alpha 1] October 6–11, 2022800 (LV)± 3.5%44%36%7% [lower-alpha 2] 12%
48%41%11%
The Tarrance Group (R) [upper-alpha 2] August 22–25, 2022600 (LV)± 4.1%44%44%12%

Results

2022 Colorado Attorney General election [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Phil Weiser (incumbent) 1,349,133 54.70% +3.12%
Republican John Kellner1,060,86643.01%−2.13%
Libertarian William F. Robinson III54,5572.21%−1.07%
Independent Stanley Thorne (write-in)1,7720.07%N/A
Total votes2,466,328 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Weiser won 5 of 8 congressional districts. [24]

DistrictWeiserKellnerRepresentative
1st 79%19% Diana DeGette
2nd 68%29% Joe Neguse
3rd 46%51% Lauren Boebert
4th 38%60% Ken Buck
5th 42%55% Doug Lamborn
6th 58%39% Jason Crow
7th 56%42% Ed Perlmutter (117th Congress)
Brittany Pettersen (118th Congress)
8th 50%48% Yadira Caraveo

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Robinson (L) with 7%
Partisan clients
  1. This poll was sponsored by ProgressNow Colorado, a liberal nonprofit organization.
  2. This poll was sponsored by the Republican Attorneys General Association

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