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Daniel Adam Rayfield (born March 1, 1979) is an American politician and attorney who is the 18th Attorney General of the State of Oregon since 2024 after his predecessor Ellen Rosenblum resigned a week early. [1] He was the former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2022 to 2024.
Republican Will Lathrop previously worked as a deputy district attorney and campaigned as a tough-on-crime candidate against Democrat Dan Rayfield, a state lawmaker from Corvallis who served as ...
The election is the first time since 2008 that there has not been an incumbent running for the state's top lawyer.
Finger McDonald has served as a Corvallis school board member and founded the Corvallis chapter of Moms Demand Action. [1]She narrowly defeated fellow Corvallis school board member Sami Al-Abdrabbuh in the Democratic primary to replace Dan Rayfield, who declined to run for re-election in order to run for Oregon Attorney General.
The Oregon attorney general is a statutory officer within the executive branch of the state of Oregon, and serves as the chief legal officer of the state, heading its Department of Justice with its six operating divisions. [1] The attorney general is chosen by statewide partisan election to serve a term of four years.
Rayfield said he has a "solid legal background" with 18 years as a practicing attorney in Oregon, focusing on general civil litigation, consumer protection and claims against insurance companies ...
The state attorney general helms the Oregon Department of Justice and is tasked with legally representing the state. More than 1,000 people work for the Oregon DOJ across 10 divisions.
The 2024 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of Oregon.Incumbent Democratic attorney general Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former Governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012, to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger, who resigned from office. [1]