2020 Indiana Attorney General election explained

Election Name:	2020 Indiana Attorney General election
Country:	Indiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2016 Indiana elections#Attorney general
Previous Year:	2016
Next Election:	2024 Indiana Attorney General election
Next Year:	2024
Election Date:	November 3, 2020
Candidate1:	Todd Rokita
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	1,717,924
Percentage1:	58.3%
Candidate2:	Jonathan Weinzapfel
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	1,226,938
Percentage2:	41.7%
Map Size:	250px
Attorney General
Before Election:	Curtis Hill
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Todd Rokita
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 2020 Indiana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Democratic primary convention was scheduled for June 13, 2020. The Republican primary convention was scheduled with a live stream on June 18, 2020, followed by mail-in voting between June 22 and July 9.

Incumbent Attorney General Curtis Hill ran for re-election, but was defeated at the Republican nominating convention by former U.S. Representative Todd Rokita, who eventually won after three rounds of votes. Jonathan Weinzapfel, former mayor of Evansville, narrowly won the Democratic nomination at the party's nominating convention.

In the general election, Rokita defeated Weinzapfel by approximately 500,000 votes, a margin of more than 16 percentage points. Due to a smaller third-party vote, both Rokita and Weinzapfel received a larger percentage of the vote than their party's candidates in the state's presidential and gubernatorial elections. Rokita carried Tippecanoe County, which voted for Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential race, while Weinzapfel carried his home of Vanderburgh County, which voted for Republicans Donald Trump and Eric Holcomb in the presidential and gubernatorial races.

Republican convention

Candidates

Nominee

• Todd Rokita, former U.S. Representative from Indiana's district^[1]

Eliminated at convention

• Nate Harter, Decatur County prosecutor^[2]
• Curtis Hill, incumbent Attorney General^[3]
• John Westercamp, attorney^[4]

Withdrawn

• Adam Krupp, former Indiana Department of Revenue Commissioner (endorsed Harter)^[5]

Results

colspan="10"	Republican convention results
Candidate	Round 1			Round 2			Round 3
	Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%
Todd Rokita	479	27.37	+122	601	34.66	+272	873	52.15
Curtis Hill (inc.)	655	37.43	+46	701	40.43	+100	801	47.85
Nate Harter	327	18.69	+105	432	24.91	Eliminated
John Westercamp	289	16.51	Eliminated
Active ballots	1,750	100.00		1,734	100.00		1,674	100.00
Exhausted ballots	7	0.40	+16	23	1.31	+60	83	4.72
Total ballots	1,757	100.00		1,757	100.00		1,757	100.00

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominee

• Jonathan Weinzapfel, former Mayor of Evansville^[6]

Eliminated at convention

• Karen Tallian, Indiana State Senator^[7]

Results

colspan="10"	Democratic convention results^[8]
Candidate	Round 1
	Votes	%
Jonathan Weinzapfel	1,057	51.16
Karen Tallian	1,009	48.84
Total ballots	2,066	100.00

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Todd Rokita (R)	Jonathan Weinzapfel (D)	Undecided
SurveyUSA/Election Twitter	Oct 8–13, 2020	527 (LV)	± 5.2%		48%	35%	17%
Change Research/IndyPolitics/SnydeReport	Sep 3–7, 2020	1,033 (LV)	± 3.1%		49%	34%	18%

Curtis Hill vs. Karen Tallian

Curtis Hill vs. Jonathan Weinzapfel

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Curtis Hill (R)	Jonathan Weinzapfel (D)	Undecided
Victoria Research/Tallian for Attorney Generalhttps://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/tallian-best-positioned-democrat-to-win-indiana-attorney-general-race-poll-finds/article_3208e96e-5678-584c-a81d-720ab4a22149.html	May 21–23, 2020	894 (LV)	± 3.3%		37%	35%	–
BK Strategies/Eric Holcomb for Governor	May 20–21, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	32%		39%	–

Results

Results by county

Vote breakdown by county^[10]

	Todd Rokita Republican		Jonathan Weinzapfel Democratic		Total
County	data-sort-type="number"	Votes	data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"	Votes	data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"	Votes
	10,433	75.2%	3,439	24.8%	13,872
	95,651	57.9%	69,691	42.1%	165,342
	22,714	65.1%	12,151	34.9%	34,865
	2,937	72.6%	1,111	27.4%	4,048
	3,766	72.7%	1,413	27.3%	5,179
	23,915	63.9%	13,506	36.1%	37,421
	5,625	64.2%	3,141	35.8%	8,766
	7,067	74.7%	2,399	25.3%	9,466
	10,506	70.1%	4,478	29.9%	14,984
	32,918	59.5%	22,416	40.5%	55,334
	8,982	76.5%	2,765	23.5%	11,747
	9,269	72.9%	3,451	27.1%	12,720
	3,089	67.4%	1,494	32.6%	4,583
	8,931	78.3%	2,473	21.7%	11,404
	19,565	78.4%	5,401	21.6%	24,966
	9,118	77.4%	2,665	22.6%	11,783
	13,704	73.3%	5,002	26.7%	18,706
	26,834	57.0%	20,242	43.0%	47,076
	13,032	61.7%	8,084	38.3%	21,116
	48,604	65.9%	25,171	34.1%	73,775
	7,354	75.8%	2,343	24.2%	9,697
	23,932	58.6%	16,894	41.4%	40,826
	6,050	77.0%	1,811	23.0%	7,861
	9,144	81.2%	2,120	18.8%	11,264
	6,561	73.2%	2,401	26.8%	8,962
	9,811	61.6%	6,122	38.4%	15,933
	18,266	69.9%	7,872	30.1%	26,138
	10,578	73.3%	3,859	26.7%	14,437
	109,798	58.6%	77,549	41.4%	187,347
	29,571	70.6%	12,324	29.4%	41,895
	14,237	72.2%	5,493	27.8%	19,730
	55,159	64.2%	30,711	35.8%	85,870
	14,689	70.7%	6,084	29.3%	20,773
	26,399	66.4%	13,369	33.4%	39,768
	12,806	75.0%	4,258	25.0%	17,064
	13,884	76.0%	4,374	24.0%	18,258
	11,265	75.5%	3,658	24.5%	14,923
	6,202	75.1%	2,051	24.9%	8,253
	9,291	66.9%	4,591	33.1%	13,882
	9,016	76.8%	2,731	23.2%	11,747
	51,302	68.9%	23,159	31.1%	74,461
	10,541	68.4%	4,881	31.6%	15,422
	26,329	76.4%	8,144	23.6%	34,473
	7,971	77.7%	2,294	22.3%	10,265
	91,316	42.9%	121,406	57.1%	212,722
	25,095	53.1%	22,163	46.9%	47,258
	15,164	75.3%	4,975	24.7%	20,139
	30,596	59.9%	20,511	40.1%	51,107
	141,939	36.6%	246,140	63.4%	388,079
	13,706	71.5%	5,474	28.5%	19,180
	3,645	73.9%	1,290	26.1%	4,935
	10,594	76.3%	3,297	23.7%	13,891
	23,187	37.6%	38,405	62.4%	61,592
	13,018	77.4%	3,795	22.6%	16,813
	27,058	77.6%	7,826	22.4%	34,884
	4,942	76.8%	1,496	23.2%	6,438
	13,717	74.3%	4,753	25.7%	18,470
	2,315	75.9%	734	24.1%	3,049
	6,213	73.9%	2,192	26.1%	8,405
	6,921	72.7%	2,597	27.3%	9,518
	5,058	75.2%	1,667	24.8%	6,725
	4,663	55.3%	3,763	44.7%	8,426
	3,948	65.9%	2,043	34.1%	5,991
	46,276	54.1%	39,256	45.9%	85,532
	7,605	57.6%	5,595	42.4%	13,200
	4,098	73.8%	1,454	26.2%	5,552
	12,186	76.4%	4,099	23.6%	16,285
	7,994	75.5%	2,589	24.5%	10,583
	11,071	79.6%	2,841	20.4%	13,912
	5,762	75.5%	1,871	24.5%	7,633
	6,496	69.0%	2,915	31.0%	9,411
	13,889	72.7%	5,207	27.3%	19,096
	6,138	58.7%	4,314	41.3%	10,452
	53,530	48.6%	56,536	51.4%	110,066
	6,861	70.5%	2,877	29.5%	9,738
	11,432	72.1%	4,413	27.9%	15,845
	6,082	70.0%	2,609	30.0%	8,691
	2,967	75.1%	984	24.9%	3,951
	36,476	51.8%	33,940	48.2%	70,416
	5,824	74.6%	1,987	25.4%	7,811
	2,625	78.7%	711	21.3%	3,336
	36,681	47.5%	40,531	52.5%	77,212
	4,727	66.1%	2,428	33.9%	7,155
	22,772	56.6%	17,474	43.4%	40,246
	10,628	75.8%	3,402	24.2%	14,030
	3,397	76.9%	1,019	23.1%	4,416
	18,735	56.9%	14,194	43.1%	32,929
	8,980	76.0%	2,829	24.0%	11,809
	17,845	65.7%	9,319	34.3%	27,164
	10,799	78.1%	3,029	21.9%	13,828
	7,940	73.2%	2,902	26.8%	10,842
	12,528	74.4%	4,300	25.6%	16,828

By congressional district

Rokita won 7 of 9 congressional districts.^[11]

District	Rokita	Weinzapfel	Representative
		46%	54%		Frank J. Mrvan
		61%	39%		Jackie Walorski
		66%	34%		Jim Banks
		66%	34%		Jim Baird
		54%	46%		Victoria Spartz
		70%	30%		Greg Pence
		37%	63%		André Carson
		60%	40%		Larry Bucshon
		62%	38%		Trey Hollingsworth

See also

• 2020 Indiana elections

External links

Official campaign websites

• Jonathan Weinzapfel (D) for Attorney General
• Todd Rokita (R) for Attorney General

Notes and References

1. News: Former GOP congressman Todd Rokita to challenge Curtis Hill for AG nomination . IndyStar . May 20, 2020 . June 18, 2020.
2. News: Republican county prosecutor joins race for attorney general, other candidate drops out . RTV6 Indianapolis . April 21, 2020 . June 18, 2020.
3. News: 'I'll never back down': Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is seeking a second term . IndyStar . November 14, 2019 . June 18, 2020.
4. News: John Westercamp announces candidacy for Indiana attorney general . ABC57 . June 27, 2019 . June 18, 2020.
5. News: Republican Krupp drops out of AG race, endorses new candidate Harter . The Indiana Lawyer . April 21, 2020 . June 18, 2020.
6. News: Jonathan Weinzapfel Files Democratic Candidacy For Indiana Attorney General . WBIW . May 4, 2020 . June 18, 2020.
7. News: State Sen. Karen Tallian announces run for attorney general . RTV6 Indianapolis . August 21, 2019. June 18, 2020.
8. News: Democrats select Weinzapfel to face GOP nominee for Attorney General in November . IndyStar . June 17, 2020 . June 18, 2020.
9. Web site: An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections. The Cook Political Report. en. September 13, 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200626024246/https://cookpolitical.com/updated-look-handicapping-2020-attorney-general-elections . 2020-06-26 .
10. Web site: Indiana Election Results. Nov 23, 2020. Indiana Election Division. Nov 23, 2020.
11. Web site: DRA 2020. Daves Redistricting. August 18, 2024.