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1986 Maryland Attorney General election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ130975028 ↗
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The 1986 Maryland attorney general election was held on November 4, 1986, in order to elect the attorney general of Maryland. Democratic nominee and incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Maryland J. Joseph Curran Jr. won the election as he ran unopposed.

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On election day, November 4, 1986, Democratic nominee J. Joseph Curran Jr. won the election as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of attorney general. Curran was sworn in as the 44th attorney general of Maryland on January 3, 1987.

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