STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ELECTION TRACKER

(The Detroit News) – The Democratic and Republican candidates for attorney general released their first ads of the general election Wednesday, two days after the candidates traded jabs over a report of “chaos” within Democrat Dana Nessel’s campaign.

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(Patch.com) – The Chicago Sun-Times’ editorial board called out both leading candidates in the Illinois AG race for their “false” and “mostly false” attack ads.

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(Caller Times) – Republican Ken Paxton is ignoring his Democratic opponent Justin Nelson, who taunts the Republican for seeking re-election while under indictment.

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(Minnesota Star Tribune) – Democrat Keith Ellison holds a narrow lead over Republican Doug Wardlow in the Minnesota attorney general’s race with many voters still undecided, according to a new Star Tribune/MPR News Minnesota Poll.

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(CBS News) – The potential confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, and thus the rightward shift of the Supreme Court, was supposed to be a key selling point for GOP candidates in the midterm elections. But now, Republicans are trying to keep Kavanaugh from becoming a liability.

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(Wisconsin Public Radio) – GOP incumbent Brad Schimel lead his Democratic challenger, former federal prosecutor Josh Kaul, by 7 percent among likely voters.

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