Republican Attorneys General Association

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Republican Attorneys General Association
Chair Kris Kobach (KS)
Vice Chair Alan Wilson (SC)
Policy Chairwoman Liz Murrill (LA)
Founded2014
Affiliated Republican Party
State attorneys general
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Territorial attorneys general
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Federal district attorneys general
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Website
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Party affiliation of current United States attorneys general:
  Democratic (22 states, 1 territory , and 1 district)
  Republican (28 states, 1 territory )
  Non-partisan (2 territories)
  New Progressive (1 territory)

The Republican Attorneys General Association(RAGA) is a United States national political advocacy group that focuses on electing Republicans as state attorneys general. Its Democratic counterpart is the Democratic Attorneys General Association.

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Operations

RAGA operated as an arm of the Republican State Leadership Committee until 2014, when RAGA was split off. [1] In 2023, the largest donations came from the Concord Fund, with total donations from Concord since 2014 coming to $16.8 million. [2] Since 2020 the group has received about $5.8 million in donations from the oil and gas industry. [3]

Controversy

RAGA operates The Rule of Law Defense Fund, which became the center of controversy following revelations that it had sponsored mass robocalls urging recipients to support President Donald Trump's rally in front of the Capitol on January 6; the rally resulted in the 2021 United States Capitol attack. [4] The robocall did not advocate for violence or storming the Capitol complex. [4]

Following the January 6 attack, donations to RAGA dropped significantly. [5] The executive director of RAGA resigned less than a week after the robocall and attack. [6] Chairman Christopher M. Carr, Georgia's attorney general, resigned in April 2021 as a result of the split within the group over the January 6 attack. [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Attorney generals in the Northern Mariana Islands are elected non-partisan; however, Edward Manibusan affiliates with the Democratic Party
  2. ↑ Attorney generals in Guam are elected non-partisan; however, Doug Moylan affiliates with the Republican Party

References

  1. ↑ Burns, Alexander (January 21, 2014). "Powerful GOP group splits apart". POLITICO. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ Armiak, David (August 1, 2023). "Leonard Leo's Concord Fund is RAGA's Top Funder So Far in 2023". EXPOSEDbyCMD. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ Stone, Peter (August 21, 2024). "Oil firms and dark money fund push by Republican states to block climate laws". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved October 31, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Hanna, John (September 10, 2021). "GOP group held 'war games' for state AGs before Trump loss". ABC News. AP. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ Markay, Lachlan (August 3, 2021). "Donations fizzle to GOP attorneys general group involved in Jan. 6 rally". Axios. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  6. ↑ Kinnard, Meg (April 23, 2021). "Republican AGs group leader quits over call pushing protest". AP. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ Newkirk, Margaret (April 22, 2021). "GOP Leader Quits Attorney General Group, Citing Rift Over Capitol Riot". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
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