The 2022 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the
Florida Attorney General
The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs.
The office is one of Florida's ...
. Incumbent
Republican Attorney General
Ashley Moody
Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American attorney and politician serving as the Florida attorney general since January 2019.
During her tenure as Florida attorney general, Moody has supported lawsuits to invalidate the Affordabl ...
was reelected for a second term, defeating Democratic challenger
Aramis Ayala
Aramis Ayala (born February 2, 1975) is an American politician and prosecutor who was the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She was elected in November 2016, and served as the chief prosecutor from 2017 to 2021. In ...
by a 21-point margin.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
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Ashley Moody
Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American attorney and politician serving as the Florida attorney general since January 2019.
During her tenure as Florida attorney general, Moody has supported lawsuits to invalidate the Affordabl ...
, incumbent
Florida Attorney General
The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs.
The office is one of Florida's ...
Endorsements
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
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Aramis Ayala
Aramis Ayala (born February 2, 1975) is an American politician and prosecutor who was the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. She was elected in November 2016, and served as the chief prosecutor from 2017 to 2021. In ...
, former state attorney for the
Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (2017–2021)
*Jim Lewis, lawyer
*Daniel Uhlfelder, attorney
Declined
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Fentrice Driskell,
state representative
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
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''(endorsed Ayala)''
*Andrew Warren, former state attorney for the
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
The Florida circuit courts are state courts, and are trial courts of original jurisdiction for most controversies. In Florida, the circuit courts are one of four types of courts created by the Florida Constitution (the other three being The F ...
Endorsements
Polling
Results
General election
Predictions
Polling
;Ashley Moody vs. generic Democrat
Results
Notes
;Partisan clients
See also
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2022 United States attorney general elections
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Florida Attorney General
The Florida attorney general is an elected cabinet official in the U.S. state of Florida. The attorney general serves as the chief legal officer of the state and is head of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs.
The office is one of Florida's ...
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Florida
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Division of Election
Candidate Tracking System;Official campaign websites
Aramis Ayala (D) for Attorney GeneralAshley Moody (R) 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 ...
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
Florida Attorney General elections