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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 District of Columbia and two U.S. territories, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, elect their attorneys general for a four-year term ...
The 2024 Washington Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next attorney general of Washington, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington.
Every state has an attorney general, who is the chief legal advisor to the state government and the state's chief law enforcement officer, analogous to the United States Attorney General. 43 of the states directly elect their attorney general, while the others are selected by the governor, legislature, or state supreme court. [4]
The Fox News Decision Desk projects that Republican attorney general Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia will succeed GOP Gov. Jim Justice as the red-leaning state's governor, defeating Democrat ...
The Attorney General of Ireland is the legal adviser to the Government and is therefore the chief law officer of the State. The Office of the Attorney General, is made up of a number of different offices: The Attorney General's Office (located at Merrion Street, Dublin 2) containing the Advisory Counsel to the Attorney General
The title, "attorney general" is an example of a noun (attorney) followed by a postpositive adjective (general). [6] " General" is a description of the type of attorney, not a title or rank in itself ( as it would be in the military ). [ 6 ]
Camargo will lead the Attorney General’s Office, a branch of the Colombian state that has long been criticized for favoring its political allies and pursuing criminal investigations for ...
Every state except for Nebraska has a bicameral legislature, meaning it comprises two chambers. The unicameral Nebraska Legislature is commonly called the "Senate", and its members are officially called "Senators". In the majority of states (26), the state legislature is simply called "Legislature".