2022 Nebraska Attorney General election

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2022 Nebraska Attorney General election
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Nominee Mike Hilgers Larry Bolinger
Party Republican Legal Marijuana Now
Popular vote434,671188,649
Percentage69.7%30.3%
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County results
Hilgers:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%
Attorney General before election

Doug Peterson
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Mike Hilgers
Republican

The 2022 Nebraska Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Doug Peterson was eligible to run for a third term, but he announced on December 14, 2021 that he would not run for re-election. [1]

Contents

No Democratic candidates filed to run for the position, and Hilgers faced Legal Marijuana Now candidate, former Republican congressional candidate Larry Bolinger, in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Jennifer Hicks, conservative activist [3]

Declined

Endorsements

Mike Hilgers
U.S. Senators
Governors
Attorneys General
State legislators

Results

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Results by county
  Hilgers
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Hicks
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Hilgers 151,559 67.26
Republican Jennifer Hicks73,78632.74
Total votes225,345 100.00

Candidates

Declared

Results

Legal Marijuana Now primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Legal Marijuana Now Larry Bolinger 912 100.0
Total votes912 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8] Safe RSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily [9] Safe RNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Mike Hilgers
U.S. Senators
Governors
Attorneys General
State legislators
  • Mike Flood, state senator from the 19th district (2005–2013; 2021–present), former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature (2007–2013) [2]
  • Jim Scheer, former state senator from the 19th district (2013–2021), former speaker of the Nebraska Legislature (2017–2021) [2]

Results

2022 Nebraska Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Hilgers 434,671 69.73 -30.27
Legal Marijuana Now Larry Bolinger188,64930.27N/A
Total votes623,320 100.00%
Republican hold

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References

  1. 1 2 Walton, Don (December 15, 2021). "Attorney general formally announces he won't seek reelection". Lincoln Journal Star . Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Walton, Don (December 15, 2021). "Hilgers announces Republican candidacy for attorney general". Lexington Clipper-Herald. Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ Swanson, Dan (January 14, 2022). "Hicks: Nebraskans must act to claim, use and defend rights". rivercountry.newschannelnebraska.com. News Channel Nebraska . Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Speaker of Legislature Mike Hilgers to run for Nebraska AG". Albany Democrat-Herald . Associated Press. December 15, 2021. Archived from the original on December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nebraska AG Peterson endorses Hilgers to replace him". www.3newsnow.com. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Primary Election - May 10, 2022" (PDF). Nebraska Secretary of State. May 10, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  7. ↑ Borro, Christopher (January 18, 2022). "Bolinger runs for AG with law reform platform". www.starherald.com. Star-Herald . Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  8. ↑ "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape". Sabato's Crystal Ball. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  9. ↑ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
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