New AG Archive

2009
VIRGINIA, Ken Cuccinelli (R)
Cuccinelli digs in to set course for AG's office (November 29, 2009)
 
NEW JERSEY, Paula Dow (R) 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE, Michael Delaney (D)
 
ALASKA, Daniel S. Sullivan (R)
 
 
 
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)
 
MAINE, Janet Mills (D)

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)
 
KENTUCKY, Jack Conway (D)
LOUISIANA, Buddy Caldwell
 
 
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) 
 
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

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) 

MINNESOTA, Lori Swanson (D)
"Hard-to-peg attorney general defined by those around her" by Pat Doyle, Star Tribune (May 11, 2008)
"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)
 
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);

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 

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
 
 
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)