2019 United States attorney general elections

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]

2019 United States attorney general elections

← 2018 November 5, 2019 November 16, 2019 (Louisiana) 2020 →
3 attorney general offices 3 states^[a]
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 20 23 Seats after 22 21 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 2,167,410^[1] 1,390,786 Percentage 60.91% 39.09% Seats up 1 2 Seats won 3 0
Republican gain      Republican hold      No election

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]

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 the predicted advantage that a party has 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": near-certain chance of victory

State	PVI^[4]	Incumbent^[5]	Last race	Cook October 25, 2019^[6]	Result
Kentucky	R+15	Andy Beshear (retiring)	50.01% D	Lean R (flip)	Cameron (57.75%)
Louisiana	R+11	Jeff Landry	56.30% R	None	Landry (66.21%)
Mississippi	R+9	Jim Hood (retiring)	55.29% D	Likely R (flip)	Fitch (58.08%)

Statistics

Race summary

State	Attorney General	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
Kentucky	Andy Beshear	Democratic	2015	Incumbent retired. New attorney general elected. Republican gain.	▌  Y Daniel Cameron (Republican) 57.7% ▌ Greg Stumbo (Democratic) 42.3%
Louisiana	Jeff Landry	Republican	2015	Incumbent re-elected.	▌  Y Jeff Landry (Republican) 66.2% ▌ Ike Jackson (Democratic) 33.8%
Mississippi	Jim Hood	Democratic	2003	Incumbent retired. New attorney general elected. Republican gain.	▌  Y Lynn Fitch (Republican) 57.8% ▌ Jennifer R. Collins (Democratic) 42.2%

Partisan control of statewide offices

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

Kentucky

2019 Kentucky Attorney General election

← 2015 November 5, 2019 2023 →

Nominee Daniel Cameron Greg Stumbo Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 822,932 602,004 Percentage 57.7% 42.3%

County results Cameron:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Stumbo:      50–60%

Attorney General before election Andy Beshear Democratic Elected Attorney General Daniel Cameron Republican

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.^[7] 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.^[8] He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1944,^[9] and the state's first black attorney general.^[10]

Republican primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Cameron	132,580	55.4%
	Republican	Wil Schroder	106,950	44.6%
Total votes			239,530	100.0%

Democratic primary

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.

General election

Kentucky Attorney General election, 2019^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Daniel Cameron	823,346	57.75%	+7.86%
	Democratic	Greg Stumbo	602,272	42.25%	-7.86%
Total votes			1,425,618	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

Louisiana

2019 Louisiana Attorney General election

← 2015 October 12, 2019^[12] 2023 →

Nominee Jeff Landry Ike Jackson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 855,338 436,531 Percentage 66.2% 33.8%

Parish results Landry:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Jackson:      50–60%      70–80%

Attorney General before election Jeff Landry Republican Elected Attorney General Jeff Landry Republican

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.^[13]

General election

Louisiana Attorney General election, 2019^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Landry (incumbent)	855,338	66.21%	N/A
	Democratic	Ike Jackson	436,531	33.79%	N/A
Total votes			1,291,869	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

Mississippi

2019 Mississippi Attorney General election

← 2015 November 5, 2019 2023 →

Nominee Lynn Fitch Jennifer Riley Collins Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 496,131 358,112 Percentage 58.08% 41.92%

County results Fitch:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Collins:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Attorney General before election Jim Hood Democratic Elected Attorney General Lynn Fitch Republican

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.^[15] 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.^[16] It also marked the first time in over a century where no members of the Democratic Party held statewide office.

Republican primary

Republican primary results ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Fitch	163,733	44.2
	Republican	Andy Taggart	105,689	28.6
	Republican	Mark Baker	100,598	27.2
Total votes			370,020	100.0

Runoff

Republican runoff results^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Fitch	168,278	52.1
	Republican	Andy Taggart	154,807	47.9
Total votes			323,085	100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Riley Collins	253,042	100.0
Total votes			253,042	100.0

General election

Mississippi Attorney General election, 2019 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Fitch	488,726	58.1
	Democratic	Jennifer Riley Collins	351,983	41.9
Total votes			840,709	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Notes

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

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