Thirty states and the District of Columbia elected their AG yesterday. Four other states elected their Governor, who will appoint the state's AG.

  • All incumbent AGs won their elections.
  • Twelve new AGs were elected to office:
    • Arizona – Republican Mark Brnovich
    • Arkansas – Republican Leslie Rutledge
    • Colorado – Republican Cynthia Coffman
    • Delaware – Democrat Matt Denn
    • DC – Democrat Karl Racine
    • Maryland – Democrat Brian Frosh
    • Massachusetts – Democrat Maura Healey
    • Nebraska – Republican Doug Peterson
    • Nevada – Republican Adam Laxalt
    • New Mexico – Democrat Hector Balderas
    • Texas – Republican Ken Paxton
    • Wisconsin – Republican Brad Schimel
  • Four AGs and one former AG ran for Governor:
    • Texas Republican AG Greg Abbott was elected Governor.
    • In Florida, Democratic former Governor and AG Charlie Crist was defeated by Republican Incumbent Governor Rick Scott.
    • In Massachusetts, Democratic AG Martha Coakley was defeated by Republican Charlie Baker.
    • In New Mexico, Democratic AG Gary King was defeated by Republican Incumbent Governor Susana Martinez.
  • One former AG is leading his race for U.S. Senate:
    • Former Alaska Republican AG Dan Sullivan is currently leading by a few percentage points over Democratic Incumbent Senator Mark Begich.

After picking up two seats, Republicans will now hold a majority of State AG seats. The 2015 AG political composition will be 27 Republicans to 23 Democrats. That balance might change slightly over the coming months due to a small number of states where the new governor or newly-seated legislature will appoint the AG. The states to watch are Alaska, where Independent Bill Walker is currently leading over Republican Incumbent Governor Sean Parnell, and Maine, where the state Senate races are too close to call and a Republican victory would create uncertainty for current AG Democrat Janet Mills.

To view the rest of the AG election results, please click here.

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