2023 United States attorney general elections

2023 United States attorney general elections

←  2022 November 7, 2023 November 18, 2023 (Louisiana) 2024  →
3 attorney general offices 3 states [a]
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 23 20 Seats after 23 20 Seat change Popular vote 1,667,181 1,109,503 Percentage 60.05% 39.95% Seats up 3 0 Seats won 3 0
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]

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:

• "tossup": no advantage
• "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
• "lean": slight advantage
• "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
• "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

State	PVI	Incumbent	Last 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 R	Fitch 58.1% R

Race summary

State	Attorney General	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky	Daniel Cameron	Republican	2019	Incumbent retired to run for governor of Kentucky New attorney general elected Republican hold.	▌Y Russell Coleman (Republican) 58.0% ▌ Pamela Stevenson (Democratic) 42.0%
Louisiana	Jeff Landry	Republican	2015	Incumbent retired to run for governor of Louisiana New attorney general elected Republican hold.	▌Y Liz Murrill (Republican) 66.4% ▌Lindsey Cheek (Democratic) 33.6%
Mississippi	Lynn Fitch	Republican	2019	Incumbent re-elected	▌Y Lynn Fitch (Republican) 58.1% ▌Greta Martin (Democratic) 41.9%

Kentucky

Kentucky Attorney General election

←  2019 2027 →

Nominee Russell Coleman Pamela Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 752,230 544,544 Percentage 58.0% 42.0%

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

Main article: 2023 Kentucky Attorney General election

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

←  2019 October 14, 2023 (first round) November 18, 2023 (runoff) 2027 →

Candidate Liz Murrill Lindsey Cheek John Stefanski Party Republican Democratic Republican First round 463,103 45.2% 239,652 23.4% 172,300 16.8% Runoff 444,081 66.4% 225,011 33.6% Eliminated   Candidate Perry Walker Terrebonne Marty Maley Party Democratic Republican First round 74,479 7.3% 74,176 7.3% Runoff Eliminated Eliminated

First round parish results Runoff parish results 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

Main article: 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election

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

←  2019 2027 →

Nominee Lynn Fitch Greta Kemp Martin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 470,870 339,948 Percentage 58.1% 41.9%

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

Main article: 2023 Mississippi elections § Attorney General

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

• 2023 United States elections

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. 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.