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Notable Candidate Endorsements for Attorney General

Endorser	Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Donald Trump	Todd Rokita  source  (R)	Attorney General of Indiana (2024)	Convention, General	Won General
Josh Hawley	Andrew Bailey  source  (R)	Attorney General of Missouri (2024)	Primary	Won General
National Rifle Association	Andrew Bailey  source  (R)	Attorney General of Missouri (2024)	Primary	Won General
Abortion Action Missouri	Elad Gross  source  (D)	Attorney General of Missouri (2024)	Primary	Lost General
St. Louis Post-Dispatch	Elad Gross (D)	Attorney General of Missouri (2024)	General	Lost General
Donald Trump	Andrew Bailey  source  (R)	Attorney General of Missouri (2024)	General	Won General
Mike Lee	Derek Brown  source  (R)	Attorney General of Utah (2024)	Primary	Won General
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Amy Walen	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Andy Billig	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Annette Cleveland	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Beth Doglio	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Bill Ramos	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Bob Hasegawa	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Chris Stearns	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Cindy Ryu	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Claire Wilson	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Clark County Democrats	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Claudia Kauffman	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Davina Duerr	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Debra Lekanoff	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Derek Stanford	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Emily Randall	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
EMILY's List	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
IBEW Local 48	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Indian American Impact	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Iron Workers District Council of the Pacific Northwest	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Iron Workers Local 86	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Jamie Pedersen	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Jamila Taylor	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Javier Valdez	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Joe Nguyen	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
John Lovick	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
June Robinson	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Karen Keiser	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Larry Springer	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Lauren Davis	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Lisa Callan	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Lisa Wellman	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Liz Berry	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Liz Lovelett	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Marcus Riccelli	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Mari Leavitt	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Marko Liias	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Melanie Morgan	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Mia Gregerson	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Mike Chapman	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Monica Jurado Stonier	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
My-Linh Thai	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
National Women's Political Caucus	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Noel Frame	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Patricia Kuderer	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Pramila Jayapal	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Rebecca Saldana	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Roger Goodman	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Sam Hunt	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Sharlett Mena	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Sharon Shewmake	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Sheet metal Workers Local 66	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Steve Bergquist	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Steve Hobbs	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Tana Senn	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
The 28th Legislative District Democrats	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
The 38th Legislative District Democrats	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Tina Orwall	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Tulalip Tribes	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
USTAV Voice	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Vandana Slatter	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Washington Mental Health Counselors Association	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Washington State Association for Justice	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Win With Women PAC	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Yasmin Trudeau	Manka Dhingra (D)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
Washington State Republican Party	Pete Serrano  source  (R)	Attorney General of Washington (2024)	Primary	Lost General
United Mine Workers of America	John B. McCuskey  source  (R)	Attorney General of West Virginia (2024)	Primary	Won General
Christopher Rose	Mike Stuart  source  (R)	Attorney General of West Virginia (2024)	Primary	Lost Primary
United Mine Workers of America	Teresa Toriseva  source  (D)	Attorney General of West Virginia (2024)	Primary	Lost General
Democratic Party of Louisiana	Lindsey Cheek  source  (D)	Attorney General of Louisiana (2023)	Primary	Lost General
Republican Party of Louisiana	Liz Murrill  source  (R)	Attorney General of Louisiana (2023)	Primary	Won General
Donald Trump	Liz Murrill  source  (R)	Attorney General of Louisiana (2023)	General	Won General
Mississippi Association of Realtors	Lynn Fitch  source  (R)	Attorney General of Mississippi (2023)	General	Won General
Donald Trump	Abraham Hamadeh  source  (R)	Attorney General of Arizona (2022)	Primary, General	Lost General
Donald Trump	Tim Griffin  source  (R)	Attorney General of Arkansas (2022)	Primary, General	Won General
Donald Trump	Ashley B. Moody  source  (R)	Attorney General of Florida (2022)	Primary, General	Won General
Donald Trump	John Gordon  source  (R)	Attorney General of Georgia (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
Donald Trump	Brenna Bird  source  (R)	Attorney General of Iowa (2022)	General	Won General
Kamala D. Harris	Andrea Campbell  source  (D)	Attorney General of Massachusetts (2022)	General	Won General
Barack Obama	Dana Nessel  source  (D)	Attorney General of Michigan (2022)	General	Won General
Donald Trump	Matthew DePerno  source  (R)	Attorney General of Michigan (2022)	Convention, General	Lost General
Bernie Sanders	Keith Ellison  source  (D)	Attorney General of Minnesota (2022)	General	Won General
Bernie Sanders	Letitia James  source  (D, Working Families Party)	Attorney General of New York (2022)	General	Won General
Donald Trump	Dave Yost  source  (R)	Attorney General of Ohio (2022)	Primary, General	Won General
Donald Trump	Alan Wilson  source  (R)	Attorney General of South Carolina (2022)	Primary, General	Won General
Harriet Miers	Eva Guzman  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC	Eva Guzman  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
E. Sam Harless	George P. Bush  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary, Primary Runoff	Lost Primary Runoff
Kay Granger	George P. Bush  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary, Primary Runoff	Lost Primary Runoff
Mattie Parker	George P. Bush  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary, Primary Runoff	Lost Primary Runoff
National Border Patrol Council	George P. Bush  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary, Primary Runoff	Lost Primary Runoff
Rolando Pablos	George P. Bush  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary, Primary Runoff	Lost Primary Runoff
Ted Poe	George P. Bush  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary, Primary Runoff	Lost Primary Runoff
Donald Trump	Ken Paxton  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary Runoff	Won General
Dan Patrick	Ken Paxton  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary Runoff	Won General
Bernie Sanders	Lee Merritt  source  (D)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
Houston Chronicle Editorial Board	Eva Guzman  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board	Eva Guzman  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
Donald Trump	Ken Paxton  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	Primary	Won General
Donald Trump	Ken Paxton  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2022)	General	Won General
Donald Trump	Eric Schmitt  source  (R)	Attorney General of Missouri (2020)	General	Won General
Donald Trump	Jim O'Neill  source  (R)	Attorney General of North Carolina (2020)	General	Lost General
Barack Obama	Josh Shapiro  source  (D)	Attorney General of Pennsylvania (2020)	General	Won General
Donald Trump	Sean D. Reyes  source  (R)	Attorney General of Utah (2020)	Primary, General	Won General
Bernie Sanders	T.J. Donovan  source  (D)	Attorney General of Vermont (2020)	Primary, General	Won General
Donald Trump	Patrick Morrisey  source  (R)	Attorney General of West Virginia (2020)	General	Won General
Donald Trump	Daniel Cameron  source  (R)	Attorney General of Kentucky (2019)	General	Won General
Maggie's List	Alice Martin  source  (R)	Attorney General of Alabama (2018)		Lost Primary
Joe Biden	January Contreras  source  (D)	Attorney General of Arizona (2018)	Primary, General	Lost General
Barack Obama	January Contreras  source  (D)	Attorney General of Arizona (2018)	General	Lost General
Democracy for America	January Contreras  source  (D)	Attorney General of Arizona (2018)		Lost General
EMILY's List	January Contreras  source  (D)	Attorney General of Arizona (2018)		Lost General
Joe Biden	Phil Weiser (D)	Attorney General of Colorado (2018)	General	Won General
Barack Obama	Phil Weiser  source  (D)	Attorney General of Colorado (2018)	General	Won General
Joe Biden	Sean Shaw (D)	Attorney General of Florida (2018)	General	Lost General
Maggie's List	Ashley B. Moody  source  (R)	Attorney General of Florida (2018)		Won General
Barack Obama	Kwame Raoul  source  (D)	Attorney General of Illinois (2018)	General	Won General
American Women's Party	Sharon Fairley  source  (D)	Attorney General of Illinois (2018)		Lost Primary
Maggie's List	Erika Harold  source  (R)	Attorney General of Illinois (2018)		Lost General
Joe Biden	Dana Nessel (D)	Attorney General of Michigan (2018)	General	Won General
LGBTQ+ Victory Fund	Dana Nessel  source  (D)	Attorney General of Michigan (2018)		Won General
National Nurses United	Keith Ellison  source  (D)	Attorney General of Minnesota (2018)		Won General
Progressive Change Campaign Committee	Keith Ellison  source  (D)	Attorney General of Minnesota (2018)		Won General
Joe Biden	Aaron Ford  source  (D)	Attorney General of Nevada (2018)	General	Won General
Barack Obama	Aaron Ford  source  (D)	Attorney General of Nevada (2018)	General	Won General
Bernie Sanders	Zephyr Teachout  source  (D)	Attorney General of New York (2018)	Primary	Lost Primary
Joe Biden	Steven Dettelbach  source  (D)	Attorney General of Ohio (2018)	General	Lost General
Barack Obama	Steven Dettelbach  source  (D)	Attorney General of Ohio (2018)	General	Lost General
Donald Trump	Ken Paxton  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2018)	General	Won General
Citizens United	Ken Paxton  source  (R)	Attorney General of Texas (2018)		Won General
Bernie Sanders	T.J. Donovan  source  (D)	Attorney General of Vermont (2018)	General	Won General
Joe Biden	Josh Kaul (D)	Attorney General of Wisconsin (2018)	General	Won General

See also

• Our approach to covering endorsements