2022 Arkansas Attorney General election

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 (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Withdrawn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.

See also

• 2022 United States attorney general elections
• 2022 Arkansas elections

Notes

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References

External links

Official campaign websites

• Jesse Gibson (D) for Attorney General
• Tim Griffin (R) for Attorney General