2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election

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2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
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Nominee Brian Schwalb
Party Democratic
Popular vote177,126
Percentage97.51%

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Precinct results
Schwalb:     >90%

Attorney General before election

Karl Racine
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Brian Schwalb
Democratic

The 2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general for the District of Columbia. This was the third attorney general election in D.C. history.

Contents

Incumbent attorney general Karl Racine had declined to run for reelection. [1]

Democratic primary

A Democratic primary was held on June 21, 2022. Incumbent attorney general Karl Racine was considered likely to run for mayor or reelection as attorney general, and even filed paperwork in 2020, but announced he would not run for any office in October 2021. [1]

According to District election law, an candidate for attorney general must have been actively engaged as an attorney in the District for at least five of the previous ten years. In late March 2022, candidate Bruce Spiva filed a challenge with the Board of Elections in which he claimed frontrunner Kenyan McDuffie was ineligible to run for the position. The challenge said that McDuffie did not spend at least five of the previous ten years actively engaged as an attorney. McDuffie responded, saying he is an attorney and that his work as a Councilmember since 2012 should count toward the requirement. [2] On April 18, the Board of Elections upheld Spiva's challenge, and ruled that McDuffie was ineligible to run for the office. [3] McDuffie requested a rehearing, but the D.C. Court of Appeals denied his request. [4]

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

Declined

Endorsements

Ryan Jones
  • Vincent Orange, former at-large Councilperson (2011–2016) and Councilperson for Ward 5 (1999–2007) [9]
Kenyan McDuffie (Disqualified)
Bruce Spiva
Individuals
Organizations

Debates and forums

2022 District of Columbia Democratic attorney general primary debates and forums
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
 P Participant   A Absent   N Non-invitee   I Invitee   W Withdrawn
JonesMcDuffieSchwalbSpiva
1Mar 5, 2022Ward 7 DemocratsDionna Lewis Facebook PPPP
2Apr 26, 2022League of Women Voters/GWU Dayna Bowen Matthew Facebook PNPP
3May 11, 2022 District of Columbia Bar Keith Alexander
Sam Ford
YouTube PNPP

Results

Results by ward
Schwalb
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Schwalb--30-40%
Schwalb--40-50%
Schwalb--50-60%
Schwalb--60-70%
Spiva
Spiva--30-40%
Jones
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Results by ward
Schwalb
  •   Schwalb—30–40%
  •   Schwalb—40-50%
  •   Schwalb—50-60%
  •   Schwalb—60-70%
Spiva
  •   Spiva—30–40%
Jones
  •   Jones—30–40%
Democratic primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Schwalb 54,399 45.35
Democratic Bruce V. Spiva44,19836.85
Democratic Ryan L. Jones20,51817.11
Democratic Write-in 8270.69
Total votes119,942 100
n/a Overvotes 123
n/a Undervotes 8,266

General election

2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Schwalb 177,126 97.51%
Independent Write-in 4,5162.49%
Total votes181,642 100%
n/a Overvotes 123
n/a Undervotes 23,647

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