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The 2022 Arkansas Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge won re-election on November 6, 2018, to a second term. She was term-limited and had announced a campaign for lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 2022. [2] Primary ...
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arkansas on November 8, 2022. All of Arkansas' executive officers were up for election as well as all four of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives and a U.S. senator. Primaries were held on May 24, 2022, with runoff primaries on June 21.
Secretary of State John Thurston entered the race as a Republican candidate. [3] Former state senator John Pagan entered the race as a Democratic candidate. [ 4 ] Chief Economist Michael Pakko entered the race as a Libertarian candidate.
John Timothy Griffin (born August 21, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 57th attorney general of Arkansas.He served as the 20th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023.
Leslie Carol Rutledge (born June 9, 1976) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Arkansas since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously the 56th attorney general of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Lee, who has served 14 years in the Senate and sits on the Judiciary Committee, was considered a top candidate for attorney general before Gaetz was chosen and could ...
Arkansas Attorney General elections (3 P) Pages in category "Arkansas attorneys general" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The attorney general was not originally a state constitutional officer but rather was created by Act 1 of 1843, which designated the Arkansas attorney for the Fifth Judicial District as the attorney general. The first attorney general of Arkansas was Robert W. Johnson. The Arkansas Constitution of 1868 made the post elective, though it required ...