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The 2nd Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1915 created the Office of the Attorney General, to become effective after the 1916 general election. The attorney general's position was an elected position during the entirety of territorial days, as opposed to under statehood, in which it has been a position appointed by the governor since 1959.
The most prevalent method of selecting a state's attorney general is by popular election. 43 states have an elected attorney general. [1] Elected attorneys general serve a four-year term, except in Vermont, where the term is two years. [2] Seven states do not popularly elect an attorney general. In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and ...
Taylor has served as the deputy attorney general of Alaska for the civil division. [5] Taylor assumed office as Alaska attorney general in an acting capacity January 30, 2021. He was confirmed to the position by the Alaska Legislature on May 11, 2021.
The California attorney general's main office in Sacramento is housed in this building. According to the state Constitution, the Code of Civil Procedure, and the Government Code, the attorney general: As the state's chief law officer, ensures that the laws of the state are uniformly and adequately enforced. [4]
Kamala Harris was elected the attorney general of California in 2010, becoming the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to hold the office in the state's history. She took office on January 3, 2011, and would be re-elected in 2014 to serve until she resigned on January 3, 2017, to take her seat in the United States Senate.
Kevin G. Clarkson (born April 27, 1959) is an American attorney from the state of Alaska who was the 32nd Alaska Attorney General from 2018 to 2020. [ 1 ] Early life and career
Lastly, several departments are led by a constitutional executive officer who is elected separately from the Governor, e.g. the CA Department of Justice (Attorney-General) and the CA Department of Insurance (Insurance Commissioner). [1] Accountancy, California Board of (CBA) Achieving a Better Life Experience, California (CalABLE)
Prior to her appointment as Alaska Attorney General, Lindemuth was Managing Partner of the Anchorage office of Dorsey & Whitney. [2] In January, 2016, Lindemuth spoke to the media as a representative of Dorsey & Whitney, following the deliberate crash of an Alaska Civil Air Patrol plane into the firms downtown Anchorage offices.