2019 Kentucky Attorney General election
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The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1943, and the state's first black attorney general.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Greg Stumbo, former Attorney General of Kentucky and former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Daniel Cameron, attorney for Senator Mitch McConnell and former University of Louisville football player
- Wil Schroder, member of the Kentucky Senate for the 24th District
Withdrawn
- Whitney Westerfield, member of the Kentucky Senate for the 3rd District and candidate for Attorney General in 2015
Polling
Results
General election
The general election took place on November 5, 2019, following the May 21 primary elections.
Endorsements
U.S. federal officials
- Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States
- Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Tim Scott, U.S. senator (R-SC)
- James Comer, U.S. representative (R-KY)
State and local officials
- Max Wise, state senator
- Damon Thayer, state senator
- John Schickel, state senator
- Kevin Bratcher, state representative
- Jason Nemes, state representative
- Jerry T. Miller, state representative
- Savannah Maddox, state representative
Individuals
- Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General of West Virginia
- Jason Ravnsborg, Attorney General of South Dakota
Organizations
- Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police
Newspapers
State officials
- McKenzie Cantrell, Kentucky State Representative
- Bill Clouse, Judge on Kentucky's 25th Circuit Court
- Adam Edelen, former Auditor of Kentucky and 2019 gubernatorial candidate
- Nima Kulkarni, Kentucky State Representative
- Mary Lou Marzian, Kentucky State Representative
- Joni Jenkins, Kentucky State Representative
- Derrick Graham, Kentucky State Representative
Local and county officials
- Robert Blythe, Mayor of Richmond, Kentucky
- Mike Coyle, Sheriff of Madison County, Kentucky
Individuals
- Amy McGrath, retired marine fighter pilot and nominee for KY-6 in 2018
Organizations
- Kentucky State AFL–CIO
- Kentucky Educators PAC
- Kentucky United Auto Workers
- United Steelworkers
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Union of Operating Engineers
- United Mine Workers of America
- Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)
- Better Schools Kentucky
Predictions
Polling
Results
By congressional district
Cameron won 5 of 6 congressional districts.
See also
Notes
Partisan clients
References
External links
Official campaign websites