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2009
VIRGINIA, Ken Cuccinelli (R)
Cuccinelli digs in to set course for AG's office
(November 29, 2009)
Cuccinelli elected attorney general
(November 4, 2009)
Cuccinelli announces goals, transition team
(November 6, 2009)
NEW JERSEY, Paula Dow (R)
Gov.-elect Chris Christie chooses Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow as attorney general
(December 15, 2009)
NEW HAMPSHIRE, Michael Delaney (D)
Lynch picks counsel for AG
(July 10, 2009)
NH AG Kelly Ayotte resigns to explore Senate race
(July 7, 2009)
ALASKA, Daniel S. Sullivan (R)
Palin names new AG: Soldotna bill signing provides venue for big announcement
(June 17, 2009)
2008
INDIANA, Greg Zoeller (R)
Zoeller wins State's Attorney General Post
(November 5, 2008)
OHIO, Richard Cordray (D)
Cordray Wins AG Race
(November 4, 2008)
Cordray Wins Ohio AG Contest
(November 4, 2008)
OREGON, John Kroger (D)
New Oregon Attorney General Picks Activists for Executive Team
(December 8, 2008)
Law School Professor John Kroger Wins Election for Oregon State attorney General
(PDF, November 7, 2008)
MAINE, Janet Mills (D)
Democrats Back Mills for AG post
(December 3, 2008)
Mills Set to Become State’s 1st Woman Attorney General
(December 3, 2008)
MISSOURI, Chris Koster (D)
Koster Wins Missouri AG Race
(November 4, 2008)
MONTANA, Steve Bullock (D)
Bullock Wins Attorney General Race
(November 5, 2008)
OHIO, Nancy Rogers (D)
Governor's Statement on Attorney General Appointment
(PDF, May 28, 2008)
KANSAS
, Stephen Six (D)
Stephen Six, Next KS Attorney General, "He is the Right Person for the Job"
(January 18, 2008)
Six Named New Attorney General
(January 18, 2008)
KENTUCKY, Jack Conway (D)
Kentucky's Next Attorney General Says Fighting Drugs Top Priority
(December 8, 2007)
LOUISIANA, Buddy Caldwell
'Buddy' Caldwell is Louisiana's New Attorney General
(November 18, 2007)
2007
Seventeen new attorneys general were sworn in January 2007.
ALASKA, Talis Colberg
"
Palin names Valley lawyer as attorney general
," by Bill McAllister (December 13, 2006)
ARKANSAS,
Dustin McDaniel (D)
"
Jonesboro Native Elected as Arkansas' New Attorney General
," by Marsha Mays (November 8, 2006);
"
McDaniel names chief deputy attorney general
,"
The Morning News
CALIFORNIA, Jerry Brown (D)
"
Brown faces full plate in state post
," by Howard Mintz,
Mercury News
; "
New attorney general to beef up law enforcement
," by Josh Richman (December 21, 2006); "
Brown hires wife to be unpaid aide
," by Shane Goldmacher,
Sacramento Bee
Capitol Bureau (January 4, 2007);
DELAWARE,
Beau Biden (D)
"
Voters choose Biden's 'community' approach; Name recognition helps candidate for Attorney General
," by Cris Barrish,
The News Journal
(November 8, 2006); "
Beau Biden taps Gebelein to be chief deputy atty. gen.
," by Sean O'Sullivan,
The News Journal
(December 7, 2006)
FLORIDA, Bill McCollum (R)
"
McCollum accounces transition team
,"
Pensacola News Journal
(November 30, 2006); "
Attorney General-Elect McCollum Appoints First Members of Management Team
"; "
The New Florida Cabinet
," by Christopher Sherman,
Orlando Sentinal
Staff Writer
GUAM, Alicia G. Limtiaco
Profile of Alicia G. Limtiaco
MARYLAND, Douglas F. Gansler (D)
"
Gansler Looks to Clean Up the Bay as New AG
," by Erin Bryant,
Capital News Service
(November 10, 2006)
"
Gansler picks two deputies
," by Cynthia Di Pasquale,
Maryland Daily Record
(November 17, 2006)
"
Gansler names 2 top deputies
," by Andrea F. Siegel,
Baltimore Sun
(November 17, 2006)
MASSACHUSETTS, Martha Coakley (D)
"
Coakley Becomes First Female State Attorney General
" (November 7, 2006)
MINNESOTA, Lori Swanson (D)
"
Hard-to-peg attorney general defined by those around her
" by Pat Doyle, Star Tribune (May 11, 2008)
"
Attorney General-Elect vows to fight predatory lenders
," by Mark Daly, KARE 11 News;
"
Minnesota's new attorney general pursues her own agenda
," by Steve Karnowski,
Associated Press
Writer (January 4, 2007)
NEW JERSEY, Anne Milgram
Milgram names UMDNJ investigator as deputy
by Laura Craven,
New Jersey Start Ledger
(July 2, 2007)
Bio - Attorney General Anne Milgram
NEW MEXICO, Gary King (D)
"
AG Office: King wins over newcomer Bibb
," by Pete Herrera,
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Andrew Cuomo (D)
"
Cuomo Wins Attorney General Race Handily After a Stormy Campaign
," by Jonathan P. Hicks (November 8, 2006);
"
NY Attorney General-elect Cuomo names 4 to senior legal staff
," by Chad Bray (December 19, 2006)
OHIO, Marc Dann (D)
"
Dann's corruption fight gets him elected attorney general
," by Steve Eder and James Drew, Blade Staff Writers
"
Dann says he's ready to make strong impact
," by David Skolnick, Vindicator Politics Writer (November 9, 2006)
"
Dann's transition team signs code of conduct
," by David Skolnick,
Vindicator
Politics Writer (November 17, 2006)
"
Attorney general outlines his plans
," by David Skolnick,
Vindicator
Politics Writer (January 9, 2007)
TENNESSEE, Robert E. Cooper
"
Robert E. Cooper, Jr. Attorney General
"
WISCONSIN, J.B. Van
Hollen (R)
"
Election Roundup: Van Hollen the New attorney general
,"
Journal Times
and
Associated Press
(November 8, 2006);
"
Van Hollen Sworn In As Attorney General
,"
Channel 3000
(January 3, 2007)
WYOMING, Bruce Salzburg
Bruce Salzburg Named Wyoming Attorney General
(August 6, 2007)
Election Results 2006
Click here
for election results from western states (PDF, Information compiled by
CWAG
, 2006).
Democratic swell buoys Attorneys General
, by Kavan Peterson, Stateline.org Staff Writer (PDF, November 08, 2006)