2022 Michigan Attorney General election

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2022 Michigan Attorney General election
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Nominee Dana Nessel Matthew DePerno
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,329,1951,952,408
Percentage53.2%44.6%
2022 Michigan Attorney General election results map by county.svg
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Nessel:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
DePerno:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Tie:     
Attorney General before election

Dana Nessel
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Dana Nessel
Democratic

The 2022 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of the state of Michigan. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel ran for re-election to a second term. She was first elected in 2018 with 49.0% of the vote. [1]

Contents

Michigan does not hold partisan primaries for statewide offices other than governor. Instead, the state parties hold conventions in August to nominate candidates for the general election. Party nomination conventions were held on April 9 for the Michigan Democratic Party and April 23 for the Michigan Republican Party. [2] [3] [4]

In August 2022, Reuters reported that presumptive Republican nominee Matthew DePerno "led a team that gained unauthorized access to voting equipment while hunting for evidence to support former President Donald Trump’s false election-fraud claims" following the 2020 election. Gaining unauthorized access to voting machines is a felony in Michigan. Current Michigan Attorney General Nessel is requesting the appointment of an independent specialist prosecutor to investigate DePerno and his team. [5] DePerno and former state representative Daire Rendon were indicted by a grand jury on August 1, 2023. [6]

This election also marked the first time since 1998 where Democrats had won consecutively, and the first since 1994 where an incumbent Democrat had won re-election. As well as also the best performance by a Democrat since 1998, and the worst performance by a Republican since 2002.

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Dana Nessel
Organizations
Labor unions

Republican convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Matthew DePerno, private attorney (endorsed by state party) [12]

Eliminated at convention

Endorsements

Matthew DePerno
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Organizations
Tom Leonard
Organizations

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [19] Leans DNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [20] Leans DNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Dana Nessel (D)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Newspapers
Matthew DePerno (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
Organizations

Polling

Graphical summary
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Dana
Nessel (D)		Matthew
DePerno (R)		OtherUndecided
Cygnal (R) November 1–4, 20221,603 (LV)± 2.5%48%44%3% [lower-alpha 2] 6%
Mitchell Research November 3, 2022658 (LV)± 3.8%47%44%1% [lower-alpha 3] 8%
Cygnal (R) October 31 – November 2, 20221,754 (LV)± 2.3%47%43%3% [lower-alpha 4] 7%
EPIC-MRA October 28 – November 1, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%48%42%3% [lower-alpha 5] 7%
Cygnal (R) October 27–31, 20221,584 (LV)± 2.5%47%42%3% [lower-alpha 6] 8%
Cygnal (R) October 25–29, 20221,543 (LV)± 2.5%47%41%4% [lower-alpha 7] 8%
The Glengariff Group, Inc. October 26–28, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%44%43%5%8%
Cygnal (R) October 23–27, 20221,822 (LV)± 2.3%46%42%4% [lower-alpha 8] 8%
Cygnal (R) October 21–25, 20221,378 (LV)± 2.6%46%43%4% [lower-alpha 9] 7%
Cygnal (R) October 19–23, 20221,459 (LV)± 2.6%45%43%3% [lower-alpha 10] 8%
Cygnal (R) October 17–21, 20221,904 (LV)± 2.3%45%42%4% [lower-alpha 11] 9%
Mitchell Research October 19, 2022541 (LV)± 4.2%46%43%3% [lower-alpha 12] 8%
Cygnal (R) October 15–19, 20221,793 (LV)± 2.3%45%43%4% [lower-alpha 13] 9%
Cygnal (R) [upper-alpha 1] October 12–14, 2022640 (LV)± 3.9%45%43%3% [lower-alpha 14] 8%
EPIC-MRA October 6–12, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%43%39%4% [lower-alpha 15] 14%
The Glengariff Group, Inc. September 26–29, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%43%30%7% [lower-alpha 16] 18%
The Trafalgar Group (R) September 24–28, 20221,075 (LV)± 2.9%48%45%3% [lower-alpha 17] 4%
EPIC-MRA [upper-alpha 2] September 15–19, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%48%39%–13%
EPIC-MRA [upper-alpha 3] September 7–13, 2022800 (LV)± 3.5%48%40%7% [lower-alpha 18] 5%
The Trafalgar Group (R) August 22–25, 20221080 (LV)± 2.9%49%47%–4%
EPIC-MRA August 18–23, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%43%39%–18%
The Glengariff Group, Inc. July 5–8, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%44%38%–18%
Target Insyght May 26–27, 2022600 (RV)± 4.0%54%23%–23%
EPIC-MRA May 11–17, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%43%41%–16%
ARW Strategies (R) [upper-alpha 4] April 18–20, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%42%41%–17%
The Glengariff Group, Inc. January 3–7, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%44%34%–22%
Hypothetical polling
Dana Nessel vs. Tom Leonard
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Dana
Nessel (D)		Tom
Leonard (R)		Undecided
The Glengariff Group, Inc. January 3–7, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%42%36%23%

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 23, 2022
Candidate (party)Total receiptsTotal disbursementsCash on hand
Matthew DePerno (R)$1,128,796.58$823,888.63$304,907.95
Dana Nessel (D)$5,437,349.35$5,192,193.84$166,649.18
Source: Michigan Department of State [31]

Results

2022 Michigan Attorney General election [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dana Nessel (incumbent) 2,329,195 53.16% +4.12%
Republican Matthew DePerno1,952,40844.56%-1.70%
Libertarian Joseph W. McHugh Jr.67,8461.55%-0.55%
Constitution Gerald T. Van Sickle32,4310.74%-0.18%
Total votes4,381,880 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 3%
  3. ↑ "Another candidate" with 1%
  4. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 3%
  5. ↑ McHugh (L) with 2%; Van Sickle (UTP) with 1%
  6. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 3%
  7. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 4%
  8. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 4%
  9. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 4%
  10. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 3%
  11. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 4%
  12. ↑ "Another candidate" with 3%
  13. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 4%
  14. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 3%
  15. ↑ McHugh (L) with 2%; Van Sickle (UTP) with 1%
  16. ↑ McHuge with 4%; "Refused to answer" and Sickle with 2%; Hogan
  17. ↑ "Other" with 3%
  18. ↑ "Third party candidate" with 7%
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters
  2. ↑ Poll conducted for WJRT-TV and the Detroit Free Press.
  3. ↑ Poll conducted for MIRS, Governmental Consultant Services Inc., and the Life Insurance Association of Michigan.
  4. ↑ Poll sponsored by DePerno's campaign

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