Election

(Herald-Dispatch) Two Democrats are facing off during this year’s primary election for the office of West Virginia attorney general and a chance to face incumbent Republican Patrick Morrisey, who is running unopposed.

Either Isaac Sponaugle or Sam Petsonk will move on to the general election in November. Read more…

(KUTV) Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes holds a commanding lead over his GOP primary challenger, Utah County District Attorney David Leavitt, a new UtahPolicy.com/KUTV 2News poll by Y2 Analytics shows. Read more…

(95.3MNC) Former Indiana Secretary of State and 4th District Congressman, Todd Rokita, announced he is seeking the Republican nomination for the Office of Attorney General, unseating embattled Attorney General and former Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney Curtis Hill, at the upcoming Indiana Republican State Convention. Read more…

(WBIW.com) On May 4, Jonathan Weinzapfel filed paperwork with the Indiana Democratic Party to officially become a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Indiana Attorney General.

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(The Intelligencer) The coronavirus might be making it harder to do a traditional political campaign, but two candidates in the Democratic Party primary for state Attorney General have their sights set on keeping Republican incumbent Patrick Morrisey from winning a third term.

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(The Washington Post) Del. Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones, a Norfolk attorney who is the son and grandson of local civil rights figures, is exploring a run for Virginia attorney general next year. Jones, who first won election to the House in 2017, has been discussing a possible run with fellow Democrats, six current and former delegates said this week. Jones confirmed their accounts in an interview on Tuesday, April 28.

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(KTVH) In the two-man Republican primary for Montana’s open attorney general seat, both men are calling themselves conservatives – but that’s pretty much where the similarities end.

The winner of the GOP primary on June 2 will take on the winner of a two-person Democratic primary, in the general election, and Green Party candidate Roy Davis. Absentee primary-election ballots will be mailed to all registered Montana voters on May 8.

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• Nate Harter, the Decatur County Prosecuting Attorney, announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Indiana AG, seeking to unseat incumbent Republican AG Curtis Hill, who is seeking reelection.
• Harter was endorsed by former Republican candidate for AG Adam Krupp, who has dropped out of the race.
• As previously reported, private-practice attorney John Westercamp is also running for the Republican nomination in Indiana.