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Attorney General
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Political parties
The chart below is a breakdown of the political parties pertaining to the state executive office of attorney general. For other state executive offices, click here.
| Office |  Democratic
|  Republican
|  Independent
| Nonpartisan | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General | 21 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 50 |
(Updated Prior to 2011 General elections)
Elected or appointed
Attorneys general are chosen in four different ways; they are either popularly elected or appointed by the governor, the state legislature, or the state supreme court. The office is elective in 43 states and chosen by a state government organ in 6.
The attorney general is appointed by the governor in four states: Alaska, Hawaii, New Jersey, and Wyoming.
In Maine and New Hampshire, the officeholder is chosen by the state legislature, while in Tennessee the choice falls to the state supreme court.
2011 elections
- Main article: Attorney General elections, 2011
Three state attorney general elections are scheduled for November 8, 2011. All three of the seats up for election are held by Democrats.
2010 elections
- Main article: Attorney General elections, 2010
Thirty attorney general elections were held on November 2, 2010. Of the 30 seats that were up for election, 20 were held by a Democrat and 10 by a Republican. Of those 30 races, 16 were won by Republicans and 14 by Democrats, a net gain of 6 by Republicans over their pre-election total.
| Partisan breakdown of State Attorneys General | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Before November 2010 election | After November 2010 election | |||||||
| With 2010 elections | Unelected AGs | Total AGs | Post 2010 elections | Unelected AGs | Total AGs | Gain/loss legislators | |||
| | 20 | 12 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 26 | -6 | ||
| | 10 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 24 | +6 | ||
Officeholders
See also
- National Association of Attorneys General
- Democratic Attorneys General Association
- Republican Attorneys General Association
External links
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