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

Eliminated at convention

Withdrawn

Results

colspan="10" Republican convention results
CandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3
Votes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%
Todd Rokita47927.37+12260134.66+27287352.15
Curtis Hill (inc.)65537.43+4670140.43+10080147.85
Nate Harter32718.69+10543224.91Eliminated
John Westercamp28916.51Eliminated
Active ballots1,750100.001,734100.001,674100.00
Exhausted ballots70.40+16231.31+60834.72
Total ballots1,757100.001,757100.001,757100.00

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated at convention

Results

colspan="10" Democratic convention results[8]
CandidateRound 1
Votes%
Jonathan Weinzapfel1,05751.16
Karen Tallian1,00948.84
Total ballots2,066100.00

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Todd
Rokita (R)
Jonathan
Weinzapfel (D)
Undecided
SurveyUSA/Election TwitterOct 8–13, 2020527 (LV)± 5.2%48%35%17%
Change Research/IndyPolitics/SnydeReportSep 3–7, 20201,033 (LV)± 3.1%49%34%18%
Curtis Hill vs. Karen Tallian
Curtis Hill vs. Jonathan Weinzapfel
Poll sourceDate(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.htmlMay 21–23, 2020894 (LV)± 3.3%37%35%
BK Strategies/Eric Holcomb for GovernorMay 20–21, 2020600 (LV)± 4%32%39%

Results

Results by county

Vote breakdown by county[10]
Todd Rokita
Republican
Jonathan Weinzapfel
Democratic
Total
Countydata-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" %data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-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
26,39966.4% 13,36933.4% 39,768
12,80675.0% 4,25825.0% 17,064
13,88476.0% 4,37424.0% 18,258
11,26575.5% 3,65824.5% 14,923
6,20275.1% 2,051 24.9% 8,253
9,29166.9% 4,59133.1% 13,882
9,01676.8% 2,73123.2% 11,747
51,30268.9% 23,15931.1% 74,461
10,54168.4% 4,88131.6% 15,422
26,32976.4% 8,14423.6% 34,473
7,97177.7% 2,29422.3% 10,265
91,316 42.9% 121,40657.1% 212,722
25,095 53.1% 22,163 46.9% 47,258
15,16475.3% 4,97524.7% 20,139
30,59659.9% 20,51140.1% 51,107
141,93936.6% 246,140 63.4% 388,079
13,70671.5% 5,47428.5% 19,180
3,64573.9% 1,29026.1% 4,935
10,59476.3% 3,29723.7% 13,891
23,18737.6% 38,40562.4% 61,592
13,01877.4% 3,79522.6% 16,813
27,05877.6% 7,82622.4% 34,884
4,94276.8% 1,49623.2% 6,438
13,71774.3% 4,75325.7% 18,470
2,31575.9% 734 24.1% 3,049
6,21373.9% 2,19226.1% 8,405
6,92172.7% 2,59727.3% 9,518
5,05875.2% 1,66724.8% 6,725
4,66355.3% 3,76344.7% 8,426
3,94865.9% 2,04334.1% 5,991
46,276 54.1% 39,256 45.9% 85,532
7,60557.6% 5,59542.4% 13,200
4,09873.8% 1,45426.2% 5,552
12,18676.4% 4,09923.6% 16,285
7,99475.5% 2,58924.5% 10,583
11,07179.6% 2,84120.4% 13,912
5,76275.5% 1,87124.5% 7,633
6,49669.0% 2,91531.0% 9,411
13,88972.7% 5,20727.3% 19,096
6,13858.7% 4,31441.3% 10,452
53,530 48.6% 56,536 51.4% 110,066
6,86170.5% 2,87729.5% 9,738
11,43272.1% 4,41327.9% 15,845
6,08270.0% 2,60930.0% 8,691
2,96775.1% 984 24.9% 3,951
36,47651.8% 33,94048.2% 70,416
5,82474.6% 1,98725.4% 7,811
2,62578.7% 711 21.3% 3,336
36,68147.5% 40,53152.5% 77,212
4,72766.1% 2,42833.9% 7,155
22,77256.6% 17,47443.4% 40,246
10,62875.8% 3,40224.2% 14,030
3,39776.9% 1,01923.1% 4,416
18,73556.9% 14,19443.1% 32,929
8,98076.0% 2,82924.0% 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]

DistrictRokitaWeinzapfelRepresentative
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

External links

Official campaign websites

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.