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ATTORNEY’S GENERAL

TABLE 4.19 The Attorneys General, 2019

State or other Method of Length of regular Date of first Present Number of Maximum consecutive jurisdiction Name and party selection term in years service term ends previous terms terms allowed Alabama Steve Marshall (R) E 4 2/2017 (h) 1/2023 1 (h) 2 Alaska Kevin Clarkson (R) A … 1/2019 … 0 … (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2023 1 2 Arkansas (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2023 1 2 California Xavier Becerra (D) E 4 1/2017 (l) 1/2023 (l) 2 Colorado (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 2 Connecticut (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 … « Delaware Kathleen Jennings (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 « Florida (R) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 … 2 Georgia Christopher Carr (R) E 4 10/2016 (j) 1/2023 1 (j) « Hawaii Clare Connors (D) A 4 (a) 1/2019 1/2023 0 … Idaho (R) E 4 1/2003 1/2023 4 « Illinois (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 « Indiana Curtis Hill (R) E 4 1/2017 1/2021 0 « Iowa (D) E 4 1/1979 (b) 1/2023 9 (b) « Kansas (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2023 2 « Kentucky Andy Beshear (D) E 4 12/2016 12/2020 0 2 Louisiana (R) E 4 1/2016 1/2020 0 « (D) L (c) 2 1/2019 1/2021 0 4 (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2023 1 « (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2023 1 … (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 2 Minnesota (DFL) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 « Mississippi Jim Hood (D) E 4 1/2004 1/2020 3 « Missouri Eric Schmitt (R) E 4 1/2019 (d) 1/2021 0 « Montana Tim Fox (R) E 4 1/2013 1/2021 1 2 Nebraska Doug Peterson (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2023 1 « Nevada Aaron Ford (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 2 New Hampshire Gordon MacDonald (R) A 4 4/2017 1/2021 0 … New Jersey Gubir Grewal (D) A 4 1/2018 1/2022 0 … New Mexico (D) E 4 1/2015 1/2023 1 2 (f) New York (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 « North Carolina (D) E 4 1/2017 1/2021 0 « North Dakota (R) E 4 (g) 1/2001 12/2022 4 (g) « Ohio David Yost (R) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 2 Oklahoma Mike Hunter (R) E 4 2/2017 (e) 1/2023 0 « Oregon Ellen F. Rosenblum (D) E 4 6/2012 (i) 1/2021 1 « Pennsylvania (D) E 4 1/2017 1/2021 0 2 (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 2 South Carolina Alan Wilson (R) E 4 1/2011 1/2023 2 « South Dakota (R) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 2 (f) (R) (k) 8 10/2014 8/2022 0 … Texas (R) E 4 1/2015 1/2023 1 « Utah (R) E 4 12/2013 1/2021 1 « Vermont TJ Donovan E 2 1/2017 1/2021 1 « Virginia (D) E 4 1/2014 1/2022 1 (m) Washington Bob Ferguson (D) E 4 1/2013 1/2021 1 « West Virginia (R) E 4 1/2013 1/2021 1 « Wisconsin (D) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 « Wyoming Bridget Hill (R) A … 1/2019 … 0 … Dist. of Columbia (D) A … 1/2015 1/2023 1 … American Samoa Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale (D) A 4 1/2014 … … … (I) E 4 1/2019 1/2023 0 … CNMI* (I) A 4 11/2015 … 0 … Puerto Rico Wanda Vàzquez Garced A 4 1/2017 … 0 … U.S. Virgin Islands Denise George-Counts A 4 4/2019 … 0 … See footnotes at end of table

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TABLE 4.19 The Attorneys General, 2019 (continued)

Sources: The Council of State Governments, June 2019. (f) After two consecutive terms, must wait four years and/or one full *Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands term before being eligible again. Key: (g) The term of the office of the elected official is four years, except that «—No provision specifying number of terms allowed. in 2004 the attorney general was elected for a term of two years. …—No formal provision, position is appointed or elected by govern- (h) Steve Marshall was appointed on Feb. 10, 2017 to fill the unex- mental entity (not chosen by the electorate). pired term of Luther Strange. Strange was elected to the U.S. A—Appointed by the governor. Senate in Nov. 2016. E—Elected by the voters. (i) Rosenblum was appointed by Gov. Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012 to fill L—Elected by the legislature. the term left vacant when AG John Kroger resigned to become Presi- N.A.—Not available. dent of Reed College. She was elected in Nov. 2012 to a full term. (a) Term runs concurrently with the governor. (j) Christopher Carr was appointed in October 2016 to fill the unex- (b) Attorney General Miller was elected in 1978, 1982, 1986, 1994, pired term of Sam Olens. Olens resigned to become president of 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. Kennesaw State University. (c) Chosen biennially by joint ballot of state senators and (k) Appointed by judges of state Supreme Court. representatives. (l) Attorney General Bercerra was appointed in January 2017 to fill (d) Eric Schmitt was appointed in January 2019 to fill the unexpired the unexpired term of Kamala Harris and elected to his first full term of Joshua Hawley, who was elected the U.S. Senate in term in November 2018. November 2018. (m) Provision specifying individual may hold office for an unlimited (e) Mike Hunter was appointed in Feb. 2017 after Scott Pruitt left to number of terms. serve as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (n) Must be confirmed by the Senate.

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