2022 Arkansas Attorney General election
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The 2022 Arkansas Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Arkansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Leslie Rutledge won re-election on November 6, 2018, to a second term. She was term-limited and had announced a campaign for lieutenant governor of Arkansas in 2022. Primary elections were held on May 24, 2022.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Tim Griffin, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (2015–present), former U.S. Representative from Arkansas's 2nd congressional district (2011–2015), and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas (2006–2007)
Eliminated in primary
Leon Jones Jr., attorney, Director of the Arkansas Department of Labor, (2015–2019) and Director of the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission (2019–2021)
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Jesse Gibson, attorney and President of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (2018–2019)
Withdrawn
Jason Davis, lawyer
Independents
Candidates
Declared
Gerhard Langguth, former chair of the Libertarian Party of Arkansas (write-in)
General election
Debate
Predictions
Polling
Results
By county
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Crittenden (largest city: West Memphis)
Lee (largest city: Marianna)
St. Francis (largest city: Forrest City)
By congressional district
Griffin won all four congressional districts.
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