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In Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wyoming, the attorney general is appointed by the governor. [1] The attorney general in Tennessee is appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight-year term. [1] [2] In Maine, the attorney general is elected by the state Legislature for a two-year term. [1] [2]
The California attorney general carries out the responsibilities of the office through the California Department of Justice. The department employs over 1,100 attorneys and 3,700 non-attorney employees. [citation needed] The California attorney general is elected to a four-year term, with a maximum of two terms.
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 .
The attorney general represents clients of the state and defends the public interest in accordance to state law. The office of the attorney general is an executive office elected by the citizens of Washington, and the officeholder serves a four-year term.
Tobias Read is Oregon’s treasurer. He is barred by term limits because he has been treasurer since 2017.Read, 49, previously served as a member of the Oregon House from 2007 to 2017.
New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) Section 7:6 lists the attorney general's "Powers and Duties as State's Attorney": . Shall act as attorney for the state in all criminal and civil cases in the supreme court in which the state is interested, and in the prosecution of persons accused of crimes punishable with death (which no longer exist in New Hampshire) or imprisonment for life.
State attorneys general of both parties have filed hundreds of lawsuits over the last several presidential administrations and won many national injunctions that tie the federal government’s hands.
Morrisey, 56, has served as West Virginia's attorney general since 2012. Justice was term-limited as governor and ran this cycle for the state's open Senate seat.