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The attorney general is the only top-level state executive office besides the governor to be found in all 50 states. As the state's chief legal officer, the attorney general is responsible for enforcing state law and advising the state government on legal matters. In many states, attorneys general play a large role in the law enforcement process. Out of the 43 states in which the attorney general is directly elected, 30 held elections for the position in 2018.

Democratic Party primary elections were held in all of those states with the exception of Michigan and South Dakota, in which attorney general candidates are selected via party conventions, and California, which held a top-two primary election instead. This page provides links to deeper coverage of these Democratic primaries. For more on the Republican primaries, click here. For more on the general election coverage, click here.

For more information about attorney general elections in 2018, click here.

By state

Alabama

• Alabama attorney general election, 2018 (June 5 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Chris Christie
• Joseph Siegelman ✔

Arizona

• Arizona attorney general election, 2018 (August 28 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• January Contreras ✔ 

= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Arkansas

• Arkansas attorney general election, 2018 (May 22 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Mike Lee ✔

Colorado

• Colorado attorney general election, 2018 (June 26 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Joseph Salazar
• Phil Weiser ✔

Connecticut

• Connecticut attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Paul Doyle
• Chris Mattei
• William Tong ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Clare Kindall

= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Delaware

• Delaware attorney general election, 2018 (September 11 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Kathy Jennings ✔
• Chris Johnson
• Tim Mullaney
• LaKresha Roberts

Florida

• Florida attorney general election, 2018 (August 28 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Sean Shaw ✔
• Ryan Torrens

Georgia

• Georgia attorney general election, 2018 (May 22 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Charlie Bailey ✔

Idaho

• Idaho attorney general election, 2018 (May 15 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Bruce Bistline ✔

Illinois

• Illinois attorney general election, 2018 (March 20 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Scott Drury
• Sharon Fairley
• Aaron Goldstein
• Renato Mariotti
• Pat Quinn
• Kwame Raoul ✔
• Nancy Rotering
• Jesse Ruiz

Iowa

• Iowa attorney general election, 2018 (June 5 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Thomas John Miller (Incumbent) ✔

Kansas

• Kansas attorney general election, 2018 (August 7 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Sarah Swain ✔

Maryland

• Maryland attorney general election, 2018 (June 26 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Brian Frosh (Incumbent) ✔

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts attorney general election, 2018 (Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Maura Healey (Incumbent) ✔

Michigan

• Michigan Attorney General election, 2018

Selected by nominating convention

• Dana Nessel a

Minnesota

• Minnesota attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Keith Ellison ✔ 
• Tom Foley
• Debra Hilstrom
• Matt Pelikan
• Mike Rothman

Did not make the ballot:

• Lori Swanson (Incumbent)
• Sam Clark
• Ryan Winkler

= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Nebraska

• Nebraska attorney general election, 2018 (May 15 Democratic primary)

Democrats

• Evangelos Argyrakis a

Nevada

• Nevada attorney general election, 2018 (June 12 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Aaron Ford ✔ 
• Stuart MacKie

= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

New Mexico

• New Mexico attorney general election, 2018 (June 5 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Hector Balderas (Incumbent) ✔

New York

• New York attorney general election, 2018 (Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Leecia Eve
• Letitia James ✔
• Sean Maloney
• Zephyr Teachout

North Dakota

• North Dakota attorney general election, 2018 (June 12 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• David Thompson ✔

Ohio

• Ohio attorney general election, 2018 (May 8 Democratic primary)

Democrats

• Steven Dettelbach^[1] a

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma attorney general election, 2018 (June 26 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Mark Myles ✔

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island attorney general election, 2018 (September 11 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Peter Neronha ✔

South Carolina

• South Carolina attorney general election, 2018 (June 12 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Constance Anastopoulo ✔

South Dakota

• South Dakota Attorney General election, 2018

Selected by nominating convention

• Randy Seiler a

Texas

• Texas attorney general election, 2018 (March 6 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Justin Nelson ✔

Vermont

• Vermont attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• T.J. Donovan (Incumbent) ✔

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin attorney general election, 2018 (August 14 Democratic primary)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Josh Kaul ✔

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