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The 2022 New York Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Letitia James was eligible for re-election, but originally decided to run for Governor of New York in 2022. On December 9, 2021, however, she suspended her gubernatorial campaign and announced that she would seek re-election as attorney general. Republicans nominated Michael Henry, an attorney from Queens. James defeated Henry by a margin of 9.2%, from her 27.2% victory in 2018.
Of all the statewide races in New York in 2022, this is the only one where the incumbent (Letitia James) refused to debate their opponent. [1]
After incumbent attorney general Letitia James announced her candidacy for governor of New York, several other Democrats launched campaigns for attorney general. When James suspended her campaign for governor and announced that she would seek re-election instead, those candidates ended their campaigns for attorney general and endorsed James. As of June 23, 2022, James had no primary challengers. [2] The Democratic primary for AG was cancelled and James advanced to the November general election.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Andrew Cuomo | Michael Gianaris | Daniel Goldman | Eric Gonzalez | Letitia James | Melinda Katz | Sean Patrick Maloney | Shelley Mayer | Kathleen Rice | Zephyr Teachout | Clyde Vanel | Maria Vullo | Other | Undecided |
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Emerson College | March 9–10, 2022 | 504 (LV) | ± 4.3% | – | – | – | – | 47% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25% | 28% |
33% | – | – | – | 45% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13% | 9% | ||||
Data for Progress (D) [b] | November 16–17, 2021 | 528 (LV) | ± 4.0% | – | 2% | 5% | 7% | – | 7% | 8% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 1% | 1% | – | 48% |
Two candidates, John Sarcone and Michael Henry, competed for the Republican nomination. In a surprise move, Sarcone declined to be nominated at the state Republican convention, leading to Henry earning the endorsement unanimously. [37]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [46] | Safe D | September 14, 2022 |
Elections Daily [47] | Safe D | November 1, 2022 |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Letitia James (D) | Michael Henry (R) | Other | Undecided |
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KAConsulting (R) [A] | October 27–29, 2022 | 501 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 47% | 41% | – | 8% |
Data for Progress (D) | October 26–28, 2022 | 818 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 55% | 40% | – | 6% |
Slingshot Strategies (D) | October 25–26, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 48% | 36% | – | 16% |
Siena College | October 12–14, 2022 | 707 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 51% | 40% | 1% [c] | 8% |
The Trafalgar Group (R) | September 30 – October 3, 2022 | 1,087 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 44% | 45% | 0% | 10% |
Siena College | September 16–25, 2022 | 655 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 53% | 37% | 1% [d] | 9% |
The Trafalgar Group (R) | August 31 – September 1, 2022 | 1,091 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 43% | 44% | 0% | 13% |
Emerson College | July 26–28, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 50% | 32% | 4% | 12% |
Siena College | July 24–28, 2022 | 806 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 50% | 36% | 0% | 13% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Generic Democrat | Generic Republican | Andrew Cuomo (I) | Undecided |
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Emerson College | March 9–10, 2022 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 36% | 34% | 13% | 17% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Letitia James | 2,875,687 | 49.58% | −8.80% | |
Working Families | Letitia James | 292,569 | 5.05% | +2.51% | |
Total | Letitia James (incumbent) | 3,168,256 | 54.63% | −7.79% | |
Republican | Michael Henry | 2,317,573 | 39.96% | +9.05% | |
Conservative | Michael Henry | 313,728 | 5.41% | +1.12% | |
Total | Michael Henry | 2,631,301 | 45.37% | +10.17% | |
Total votes | 5,799,557 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
James won 16 of 26 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican. [55]
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