The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General

Andy Beshear Andrew Graham Beshear (born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since December 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of the 61st governor of Kentucky, Steve Be ...

declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since

Eldon S. Dummit Eldon Steven Dummit (August 6, 1896 – May 4, 1973) was an American politician and attorney from Kentucky. He served as the 34th Attorney General of Kentucky and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1947. Early life and ed ...

in 1944, and the state's first black attorney general.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Greg Stumbo Gregory D. Stumbo (born August 14, 1951) is an American lawyer and former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Kentucky Attorney general from 2004 to 2008. He was the Democratic candidate ...

, former

Attorney General of Kentucky The Attorney General of Kentucky is an office created by the Kentucky Constitution. (Ky.Const. § 91). Under Kentucky law, they serve several roles, including the state's chief prosecutor (KRS 15.700), the state's chief law enforcement officer ( ...

and former Speaker of the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a ...

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Daniel Cameron, attorney for Senator

Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConn ...

and former

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...

football player *

Wil Schroder Wil Schroder (born June 29, 1982) is an American politician who served in the Kentucky Senate representing the 24th district from 2015 to 2023. His father, Wilfrid Schroder, served on the Kentucky Supreme Court. He announced on May 22, 2021, th ...

, member of the

Kentucky Senate The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout Kentucky, the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky Senators. ...

for the 24th District

Withdrawn

Whitney Westerfield Whitney H. Westerfield (born November 29, 1980) is an American attorney, politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 3 since January 8, 2013. In 2015, Westerfield was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for A ...

, member of the

for the 3rd District and candidate for Attorney General in

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Polling

Results

General election

The general election took place on November 5, 2019, following the May 21 primary elections.

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Daniel Cameron (R) for Attorney General

Greg Stumbo (D) for Attorney General
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Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

Kentucky Attorney General elections

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Polling

Results

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Results

See also

Notes

References

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