Table 4.19 the Attorneys General, 2006
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attORNEYS GENERAL Table 4.19 THE attORNEYS GENERAL, 2006 Length of Number of Maximum State or other Method of regular term Date of previous consecutive jurisdiction Name and party selection in years first service Present term ends terms terms allowed Alabama .................... Troy King (R) E 4 3/04 (i) 1/07 0 2 Alaska ........................ David W. Marquez (R) A . 3/05 . 0 . Arizona ...................... Terry Goddard (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 (a) Arkansas .................... Mike Beebe (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 California .................. Bill Lockyer (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 Colorado .................... John W. Suthers (R) E 4 1/05 (m) 1/07 0 2 Connecticut ............... Richard Blumenthal (D) E 4 1/91 1/07 3 ★ Delaware .................... Carl Danberg (D) (o) E 4 12/05 (o) 1/07 0 ★ Florida ....................... Charlie Crist (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Georgia ...................... Thurbert E. Baker (D) E 4 6/97 (j) 1/07 1 (j) ★ Hawaii ........................ Mark J. Bennett (R) A 4 (k) 12/02 12/06 0 . Idaho .......................... Lawrence Wasden (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 ★ Illinois ........................ Lisa Madigan (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 ★ Indiana ....................... Steve Carter (R) E 4 1/01 1/09 1 . Iowa ........................... Tom Miller (D) E 4 1/79 1/07 4 ★ Kansas ....................... Phill Kline (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 ★ Kentucky ................... Greg Stumbo (D) E 4 1/04 12/07 0 2 Louisiana ................... Charles C. Foti Jr. (D) E 4 1/04 1/08 0 ★ Maine ......................... G. Steven Rowe (D) (b) 2 1/01 1/07 1 4 Maryland ................... J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D) E 4 1/87 1/07 4 ★ Massachusetts............ Tom Reilly (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 Michigan .................... Mike Cox (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Minnesota .................. Mike Hatch (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 ★ Mississippi ................. Jim Hood (D) E 4 1/04 1/08 0 ★ Missouri ..................... Jeremiah W. Nixon (D) E 4 1/93 1/09 3 ★ Montana .................... Mike McGrath (D) E 4 1/01 1/09 1 2 (c) Nebraska .................... Jon Bruning (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 ★ Nevada ....................... George J. Chanos (R) E (n) 4 11/05 (n) 1/07 0 2 New Hampshire ......... Kelly Ayotte (R) A . 7/04 11/06 0 . New Jersey ................. Zulima Farber (D) A . 1/06 . 0 . New Mexico ............... Patricia A. Madrid (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 2 (a) New York ................... Eliot Spitzer (D) E 4 1/99 1/07 1 ★ North Carolina .......... Roy Cooper (D) E 4 1/01 1/09 1 ★ North Dakota............. Wayne Stenehjem (R) E 4 (d) 12/00 12/06 1 ★(d) Ohio ........................... Jim Petro (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 Oklahoma .................. W.A. Drew Edmondson (D) E 4 1/95 1/07 2 ★ Oregon ....................... Hardy Myers (D) E 4 1/97 1/09 2 ★ Pennsylvania ............. Tom Corbett (R) E 4 1/05 1/09 0 2 (a) Rhode Island ............. Patrick Lynch (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 (a) South Carolina .......... Henry McMaster (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 ★ South Dakota ............. Larry Long (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 2 (a) Tennessee ................... Paul G. Summers (D) (f) 8 1/99 1/07 0 . Texas .......................... Greg Abbott (R) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 ★ Utah ........................... Mark Shurtleff (R) E 4 1/01 1/09 1 ★ Vermont ..................... William H. Sorrell (D) E 2 5/97 (e) 1/07 3 (e) ★ Virginia ...................... Robert F. McDonnell (R) E 4 1/06 1/10 0 (g) Washington ................ Rob McKenna (R) E 4 1/05 1/09 0 ★ West Virginia ............. Darrell Vivian McGraw Jr. (D) E 4 1/93 1/09 3 ★ Wisconsin................... Peg Lautenschlager (D) E 4 1/03 1/07 0 ★ Wyoming .................... Pat Crank (D) A (h) . 1/03 1/07 0 . Dist. of Columbia ...... Robert Spanoletti (D) A . 6/03 . 0 . American Samoa ....... Malaetasi M. Togafau A 4 2/05 . 0 . Guam ......................... Douglas Moylan E 4 1/03 1/07 0 . No. Mariana Islands... Matt Gregory A 4 N.A. N.A. N.A. Puerto Rico ................ Roberto J. Sanchez-Ramos A 4 N.A. 0 . U.S. Virgin Islands .... Kerry Drue A 4 9/05 . 0 . See footnotes at end of table. 202 The Book of the States 2006 Chapter-4.indb 202 5/3/06 4:07:26 PM attORNEYS GENERAL THE attORNEYS GENERAL, 2006—Continued Source: The Council of State Governments’ survey of attorneys general, (e) Appointed to fill unexpired term in May 1997. He was elected in 1998 January 2006. to his first full term. Key: (f) Appointed by judges of state Supreme Court. ★ — No provision specifying number of terms allowed. (g) Provision specifying individual may hold office for an unlimited . — No formal provision, position is appointed or elected by governmental number of terms. entity (not chosen by the electorate). (h) Must be confirmed by the Senate. A — Appointed by the governor (i) Appointed to fill unexpired term in March 2004. E — Elected by the voters (j) Appointed to fill unexpired term in June 1997. He was elected in 1998 L — Elected by the legislature to his first full term. (a) After two consecutive terms, must wait four years and/or one full term (k) Term runs concurrently with the Governor. before being eligible again. (l) Appointed to fill unexpired term in February 2004. (b) Chosen biennially by joint ballot of state senators and representatives. (m) Appointed to fill unexpired term in January 2005. (c) Eligible for eight out of 16 years. (n) George Chanos was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Brian Sandoval (d) The term of the office of the elected official is four years, except that in after he resigned to accept a federal district judgeship on November 2, 2005. 2004 the attorney general was elected for a term of two years. (o) Appointed to fill the unexpired term of M. Jane Brady on December 7, 2005 when she resigned to become a Superior Court judge. The Council of State Governments 203 Chapter-4.indb 203 5/3/06 4:07:27 PM.