2023 United States attorney general elections

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2023 United States attorney general elections
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  2022 November 7, 2023
November 18, 2023 (Louisiana)
2024  

3 attorney general offices
3 states [a]
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before2320
Seats after2320
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote1,667,1811,109,503
Percentage60.05%39.95%
Seats up30
Seats won30

2023 United States attorney general elections results map.svg
     Republican hold
     No election

The 2023 United States attorney general elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the states of Kentucky and Mississippi, with an election held in Louisiana on November 18, to elect the attorneys general of three U.S. states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2019. [1]

Contents

These elections took place concurrently with several other state and local elections.

Republicans won every seat in this election. [2] All three states were won by Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

Election predictions

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating a party's predicted advantage in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

State PVI IncumbentLast
race
Sabato
June 21,
2023
[3]
Result [2]
Kentucky R+16 Daniel Cameron
(retiring)
57.7% R Likely R Coleman
58.0% R
Louisiana R+12 Jeff Landry
(retiring)
66.2% R Safe R Murrill
66.4% R
Mississippi R+11 Lynn Fitch 57.8% R Safe RFitch
58.1% R

Race summary

StateAttorney
General
PartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
Kentucky Daniel Cameron Republican 2019 Incumbent retired to run for governor of Kentucky
New attorney general elected
Republican hold.
Louisiana Jeff Landry Republican 2015 Incumbent retired to run for governor of Louisiana
New attorney general elected
Republican hold.
  • Green check.svgY Liz Murrill (Republican) 66.4%
  • Lindsey Cheek (Democratic) 33.6%
Mississippi Lynn Fitch Republican 2019 Incumbent re-elected
  • Green check.svgY Lynn Fitch (Republican) 58.1%
  • Greta Martin (Democratic) 41.9%

Kentucky

Kentucky Attorney General election
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  2019
2027 
  Russell Coleman official photo (alt crop).jpg Rep. Pamela Stevenson (cropped).jpg
Nominee Russell Coleman Pamela Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote752,230544,544
Percentage58.0%42.0%

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County results
Coleman:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Stevenson:     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Daniel Cameron
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Russell Coleman
Republican

Republican incumbent attorney general Daniel Cameron retired to run unsuccessfully for governor against Andy Beshear. [4] Republican attorney Russell Coleman and Democratic state representative Pamela Stevenson won their respective nominations unopposed.

Coleman won the general election with 58% of the vote. [5]

Louisiana

Louisiana Attorney General election
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  2019 October 14, 2023 (first round)
November 18, 2023 (runoff)
2027 
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Candidate Liz Murrill Lindsey Cheek John Stefanski
Party Republican Democratic Republican
First round463,103
45.2%
239,652
23.4%
172,300
16.8%
Runoff444,081
66.4%
225,011
33.6%
Eliminated

 
CandidatePerry Walker TerrebonneMarty Maley
Party Democratic Republican
First round74,479
7.3%
74,176
7.3%
RunoffEliminatedEliminated

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2023 Louisiana attorney general runoff election results map by parish.svg
Murrill:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Cheek:     30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%
Stefanski:     50–60%

Attorney General before election

Jeff Landry
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Liz Murrill
Republican

The 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election was held on November 18, 2023 to elect the next attorney general of Louisiana, with the first round occurring on October 14. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry retired to successfully run for governor, leading to an open race. In the runoff, Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek by a margin of 33 percent.

Under Louisiana's two round system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters were allowed to vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.

Mississippi

Mississippi Attorney General election
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  2019
2027 
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Nominee Lynn Fitch Greta Kemp Martin
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote470,870339,948
Percentage58.1%41.9%

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County results
Fitch:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Martin:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Attorney General before election

Lynn Fitch
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Lynn Fitch
Republican

The 2023 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2023 to elect the next Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Attorney General Lynn Fitch was elected in 2019 with 57.83% of the vote, becoming the state's first Republican Attorney General since 1878. [6] Fitch ran for and won re-election. [7]

Democratic Attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director Greta Kemp Martin ran to challenge Fitch. [8]

See also

Notes

  1. Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect attorneys general or territorial attorneys general.

References

  1. "Attorney General elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Tanneeru, Manav. "2023 Elections | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  3. "The 2023 and 2024 Attorney General and Secretary of State Races". Sabato's Crystal Ball . June 21, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  4. Evans, Zachary (May 11, 2022). "Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron Announces Gubernatorial Run". National Review . Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  5. Menderski, Rachel Smith and Maggie. "Russell Coleman defeats Pamela Stevenson in a heated race for Kentucky attorney general". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  6. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  7. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.
  8. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 4, 2023.