2023 United States attorney general elections

The 2023 United States attorney general elections will be held on November 7, 2023, to elect the attorneys general of three U.S. states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2019.[1]

2023 United States attorney general elections
November 7, 2023
3 attorney general offices[lower-alpha 1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 23 20
Seats up 3 0

These elections will take place concurrently with several other state and local elections.

Election predictions

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 a party's predicted advantage in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

  • "tossup": no advantage
  • "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
  • "lean": slight advantage
  • "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
  • "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory
State PVI Incumbent Last
race		 Sabato
June 21,
2023[2]
Kentucky R+16 Daniel Cameron
(retiring)		 57.7% R Likely R
Louisiana R+12 Jeff Landry
(retiring)		 66.2% R Safe R
Mississippi R+11 Lynn Fitch 58.1% R Safe R

Race summary
State Attorney
General		 Party First
elected		 Status Candidates
Kentucky Daniel Cameron Republican 2019 Retiring to run for governor of Kentucky[3]
Louisiana Jeff Landry Republican 2015 Retiring to run for governor of Louisiana[6]
  • ▌Lindsey Cheek (Democratic)[7]
  • ▌Marty Maley (Republican)[8]
  • ▌Liz Murrill (Republican)[9]
  • ▌John Stefanski (Republican)[10]
  • ▌Perry Terrebonne (Democratic)[7]
Mississippi Lynn Fitch Republican 2019 Running

Kentucky
Kentucky election
 
Nominee Russell Coleman Pamela Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent Attorney General

Daniel Cameron
Republican


Main article: 2023 Kentucky Attorney General election

Attorney General Daniel Cameron was elected in 2019 with 57.7% of the vote.[12] He has opted to run for governor rather than seek a second term.[3] Former U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman became the Republican nominee, running unopposed in the primary; state representative Pamela Stevenson was also nominated by the Democratic Party unopposed.

Louisiana
Main article: 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election

Attorney General Jeff Landry was re-elected in 2019 with 66.2% of the vote.[13] Because Louisiana does not have constitutional term limits for statewide offices besides the governor, Landry was eligible to run for a third term, but is instead running for governor.[6]

Mississippi
Main article: 2023 Mississippi elections § Attorney General

Attorney General Lynn Fitch was elected in 2019 with 57.83% of the vote, becoming the state's first Republican Attorney General since 1878.[14] Fitch is running for re-election.[15]

Democratic Attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director Greta Kemp Martin is running to challenge Fitch.[16]

See also

Notes
  1. Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect attorneys general or territorial attorneys general.

References
  1. "Attorney General elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. "The 2023 and 2024 Attorney General and Secretary of State Races". Sabato's Crystal Ball. 21 June 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  3. Evans, Zachary (11 May 2022). "Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron Announces Gubernatorial Run". National Review. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. "Russell Coleman announces run for Kentucky AG in 2023". WHAS-TV. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  5. Schreiner, Bruce (28 November 2022). "Stevenson Announces Bid for Attorney General in Kentucky". Associated Press. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  6. Rosato, Chris (October 5, 2022). "AG Jeff Landry announces run for governor". WAFB-TV. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  7. Hutchinson, Piper (2023-08-09). "Field for Louisiana attorney general includes 3 Republicans, surprise Democrat". Louisiana Illuminator. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
  8. Bridges, Tyler (25 June 2022). "Louisiana Republicans praise Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling at party gathering". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. Karlin, Sam (29 October 2021). "A top aide to Jeff Landry is making a bid for attorney general. Will Landry run for governor?". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. Hillburn, Greg (October 3, 2022). "John Stefanski makes it official, announces campaign team for attorney general". Monroe News-Star. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  11. "Candidate qualifying deadline passes and reveals slate of 2023 statewide candidates". www.wlbt.com. February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  12. "2019 General Election" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  13. "Unofficial Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  14. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  15. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  16. "The field is set for 2023 Elections in Mississippi. See who is running in statewide races". news.yahoo.com. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
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