The 2023 United States attorney general elections were held on November 7, 2023, in the states of Kentucky and Mississippi, with an election held in Louisiana on November 18, to elect the attorneys general of three U.S. states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2019.[1]
These elections took place concurrently with several other state and local elections.
Republicans won every seat in this election.[2]
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[3] |
Result[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | R+16 | Daniel Cameron (retiring) |
57.7% R | Likely R | Coleman 58.0% R |
| Louisiana | R+12 | Jeff Landry (retiring) |
66.2% R | Safe R | Murrill 66.4% R |
| Mississippi | R+11 | Lynn Fitch | 57.8% R | Safe R | Fitch 58.1% R |
Race summary
| State | Attorney General |
Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | Daniel Cameron | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent retired to run for governor of Kentucky New attorney general elected Republican hold. |
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| Louisiana | Jeff Landry | Republican | 2015 | Incumbent retired to run for governor of Louisiana New attorney general elected Republican hold. |
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| Mississippi | Lynn Fitch | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent re-elected |
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Kentucky
Republican incumbent attorney general Daniel Cameron retired to run unsuccessfully for governor against Andy Beshear.[4] Republican attorney Russell Coleman and Democratic state representative Pamela Stevenson won their respective nominations unopposed.
Coleman won the general election with 58%[5]
Louisiana
The 2023 Louisiana Attorney General election was held on November 18, 2023 to elect the next attorney general of Louisiana, with the first round occurring on October 14. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry retired to successfully run for governor, leading to an open race. In the runoff, Louisiana Solicitor General Liz Murrill defeated attorney Lindsey Cheek by a margin of 33 percent.
Under Louisiana's two round system, all candidates appeared on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters were allowed to vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation.
Mississippi
The 2023 Mississippi Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2023 to elect the next Attorney General of Mississippi. Incumbent Attorney General Lynn Fitch was elected in 2019 with 57.83% of the vote, becoming the state's first Republican Attorney General since 1878.[6] Fitch ran for and won re-election.[7]
Democratic Attorney and Disability Rights Mississippi Litigation Director Greta Kemp Martin ran to challenge Fitch.[8]
See also
Notes
- ^ Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect attorneys general or territorial attorneys general.
References
- ^ "Attorney General elections, 2023". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Tanneeru, Manav. "2023 Elections | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ "The 2023 and 2024 Attorney General and Secretary of State Races". Sabato's Crystal Ball. 21 June 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Zachary (11 May 2022). "Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron Announces Gubernatorial Run". National Review. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Menderski, Rachel Smith and Maggie. "Russell Coleman defeats Pamela Stevenson in a heated race for Kentucky attorney general". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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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