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Since 1959, there have been 34 states which have appointed or elected women as attorneys-general. Puerto Rico has had a record four women hold office as attorney general, the most of any U.S. state or territory. Anne X. Alpern of Pennsylvania is the first woman to hold office as the attorney-general of a state. [1]
In the general election, she faced Democratic nominee Dan Gelber, a former prosecutor who spent 10 years in the state legislature. [10] She ultimately comfortably defeated Gelber to become the state's first female attorney general. [11] [12] Bondi was re-elected in November 2014, receiving 55% of the vote.
She is a member of the Democratic Party. Nessel is the second openly lesbian woman elected attorney general of a state in the United States (after Maura Healey), and the first openly LGBT person elected to statewide office in Michigan. She is also the first Jewish person elected Attorney General of Michigan. [2]
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 ...
Mayes was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Arizona Attorney General election, running against Republican Abraham Hamadeh. [15] The race was one of the closest in Arizona history and required a mandatory recount because the vote difference was significantly less than the 0.5% vote threshold required by state law for recounts. [16]
Democratic state attorneys general should be prepared to turn the tables and use Loper Bright to challenge many of the harmful and unlawful actions outlined in Project 2025, such as proposals to ...
New Jersey has been seen as a heavily Democratic state, won by President Biden by 16 points in 2020. ... The state’s Attorney General Jason Miyares (R), who was elected alongside Youngkin and ...
If Trump’s Justice Department does not challenge these state laws, then Democratic attorneys general — working together with Democratic governors and legislatures — will need to look for ...