| Election Name: | 2019 United States attorney general elections |
| Seats Before1: | 20 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
| Seats For Election: | 3 attorney general offices 3 states |
| 2Data2: | 0 |
| 1Data2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 21 |
| Seats Before2: | 23 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,390,786 |
| Percentage2: | 39.09% |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| 1Data1: | 1 |
| 2Data1: | 3 |
| Seats After1: | 22 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,167,410[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Percentage1: | 60.91% |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Flag Year: | 1960 |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 United States attorney general elections |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States attorney general elections |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| 2Blank: | Seats won |
The 2019 United States attorney general elections were held primarily on November 5, 2019, in 3 states. The previous attorney general elections for this group of states took place in 2015. One state attorney general ran for reelection and won, while Democrat Jim Hood of Mississippi and Andy Beshear of Kentucky did not run for re-election to run for governor.[2]
The elections took place concurrently with the 2019 House of Representatives elections, the 2019 gubernatorial elections, and numerous state and local elections.
Republicans won every seat in this election, with a net gain of two.[3]
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 the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.
Most election predictors use:
| Kentucky | data-sort-value="115" | R+15 | Andy Beshear | data-sort-value="-50.01" | 50.01% D | data-sort-value="57.75" | Cameron (57.75%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | data-sort-value="111" | R+11 | Jeff Landry | data-sort-value="56.30" | 56.30% R | None | data-sort-value="66.21" | Landry (66.21%) | |
| Mississippi | data-sort-value="109" | R+9 | Jim Hood | data-sort-value="-55.29" | 55.29% D | data-sort-value="58.08" | Fitch (58.08%) | ||
| State | Attorney General | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | Andy Beshear | Democratic | 2015 | Incumbent retired. New attorney general elected. Republican gain. | nowrap |
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| Louisiana | Jeff Landry | Republican | 2015 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap |
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| Mississippi | Jim Hood | Democratic | 2003 | Incumbent retired. New attorney general elected. Republican gain. | nowrap |
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See also: List of U.S. statewide elected officials.
| Before election | After election | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Attorney general | Governor | Lieutenant governor | Auditor | Treasurer | Attorney general | Governor | Lieutenant governor | Auditor | Treasurer | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | Dem | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | Dem | Dem | Rep | Rep | ||||||||||||
| Louisiana | Rep | Dem | Rep | Rep | Rep | Dem | Rep | Rep | ||||||||||||||
| Mississippi | Dem | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | Rep | ||||||||||||
| Election Name: | 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Andy Beshear |
| Before Party: | Kentucky Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Daniel Cameron |
| Percentage2: | 42.3% |
| Country: | Kentucky |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Kentucky Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Kentucky Attorney General election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Popular Vote2: | 602,004 |
| Nominee1: | |
| Party1: | Kentucky Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 822,932 |
| Percentage1: | 57.7% |
| Nominee2: | Greg Stumbo |
| Party2: | Kentucky Democratic Party |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See main article: 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election. The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019.[5] The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to successfully run for Governor. Republican Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote.[6] He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1944,[7] and the state's first black attorney general.[8]
Greg Stumbo, former Attorney General of Kentucky and former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives, won the Democratic nomination unopposed, so no primary was held.
| Election Name: | 2019 Louisiana Attorney General election |
| Nominee2: | Ike Jackson |
| After Election: | Jeff Landry |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Before Election: | Jeff Landry |
| Attorney General | |
| Percentage2: | 33.8% |
| Popular Vote2: | 436,531 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Percentage1: | 66.2% |
| Country: | Louisiana |
| Popular Vote1: | 855,338 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee1: | Jeff Landry |
| Election Date: | October 12, 2019[9] |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Louisiana Attorney General election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| Type: | presidential |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See main article: 2019 Louisiana Attorney General election. The 2019 Louisiana Attorney General election took place on October 12, 2019 to elect the Attorney General of the state of Louisiana, with a runoff election, held on November 16, 2019. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry ran for a second term against Democrat Ike Jackson. Landy and Jackson were the only candidates to declare.
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters could vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.[10]
| Election Name: | 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Lynn Fitch |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Before Election: | Jim Hood |
| Attorney General | |
| Percentage2: | 41.92% |
| Popular Vote2: | 358,112 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Jennifer Riley Collins |
| Percentage1: | 58.08% |
| Country: | Mississippi |
| Popular Vote1: | 496,131 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee1: | Lynn Fitch |
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| Election Date: | November 5, 2019 |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Mississippi elections#Attorney General |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Mississippi Attorney General election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | presidential |
| Map Size: | 150px |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Mississippi (2001–2020).svg |
See main article: 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election. The 2019 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Jim Hood declined to seek re-election to a fifth term, instead running unsuccessfully for Governor.[11] State Treasurer Lynn Fitch won the Republican nomination in a primary runoff against Andy Taggart, and she defeated Democratic nominee Jennifer Riley Collins in the general election. Fitch became the first Republican to hold the office since 1878, as well as the first woman to ever be elected to the position in state history.[12] It also marked the first time in over a century where no members of the Democratic Party held statewide office.