2022 New York Attorney General election
The 2022 New York Attorney General election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of New York. The incumbent Democratic Attorney General Letitia James is eligible for re-election, but originally decided to run for Governor in 2022. On December 9, 2021, James suspended her gubernatorial campaign and announced her intention to run for a second term.
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Democratic primary
Declared
- Letitia James, incumbent Attorney General (2019–present) (previously ran for Governor)[1][2][3]
Democratic candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Potential
- Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York (2011–2021); Attorney General of New York (2007–2010)[4]
- Eric Gonzalez, Brooklyn District Attorney (2018–present)[5]
- Melinda Katz, Queens County District Attorney (2020–present); Queens Borough President (2014–2020); New York City Councilmember from the 29th district (2002–2009); former state assemblymember from the 28th District (1994–1999)[5]
- Kathleen Rice, U.S. representative for NY-04 (2015–present)[6]
Withdrew
- Dan Goldman, former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2007–2017) and former general counsel for the U.S. House Intelligence Committee (2019–2020)[7] (endorsed James)[8]
- Shelley Mayer, state senator from the 37th district (2018–present)[9] (running for re-election, endorsed James)[10][11]
- Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University law professor, candidate for governor in 2014, nominee for NY-19 in 2016, and candidate for attorney general in 2018[12] (endorsed James)[13]
- Clyde Vanel, state assemblyman for the 33rd District of New York (2017–present)[14][15] (running for re-election, endorsed James)[16]
- Maria Vullo, former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services[17][18] (endorsed James)[19]
Declined
- Michael Gianaris, state senator from the 12th district (2011–present); Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate (2019–present); state assemblymember from the 36th district (2001–2010)[5] (running for re-election, endorsed James)[20]
- Laura Gillen, former town supervisor of Hempstead (2018–2019)[21][22]
- Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. representative for NY-18 (2015–present); candidate for attorney general in 2018[6][21]
- Thomas Suozzi, U.S. representative for NY-3 (2017–present) (running for governor)[21][23]
Endorsements
Daniel Goldman (withdrew)
- U.S. Representatives
- Adam Schiff, U.S. Representative for CA-28 (2013–present)[24]
Letitia James
- U.S. Executive Branch Officials
- Dan Goldman, former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2007–2017) and former general counsel for the U.S. House Intelligence Committee (2019–2020)[8]
- Governors
- Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York (2021–present), former Lieutenant Governor of New York (2015–2021), former U.S. Representative from New York's 26th congressional district (2011–2013)[25]
- State politicians
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Member of the New York State Assembly from the 47th district (2015–present)[11]
- Michael Gianaris, state senator from the 12th district (2011–present); Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate (2019–present); state assemblymember from the 36th district (2001–2010)[20]
- Shelley Mayer, state senator from the 37th district (2018–present)[11]
- Clyde Vanel, state assemblyman for the 33rd District of New York (2017–present)[16]
- Individuals
- Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University law professor, candidate for governor in 2014, nominee for NY-19 in 2016, and candidate for attorney general in 2018[13]
- Maria Vullo, former Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services[19]
Zephyr Teachout (withdrew)
- State Attorneys General
- Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota (2019–present); U.S. Representative for MN-05 (2007–2019)[26]
- State politicians
- Emily Gallagher, Member of the New York State Assembly from the 50th district (2021–present)[12]
- Anna Kelles, Member of the New York State Assembly from the 125th district (2021–present)[27]
- Ron Kim, Member of the New York State Assembly from the 40th district (2013–present)[12]
- Phillip Steck, Member of the New York State Assembly from the 110th district (2013–present)[28]
- Local politicians
- Mark J. Green, former New York City Public Advocate[29]
- Svante Myrick, Mayor of Ithaca (2012–present)[27]
- Individuals
- Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School professor; candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2016[26]
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 2] |
Margin of error |
Michael Gianaris |
Daniel Goldman |
Eric Gonzalez |
Melinda Katz |
Sean Patrick Maloney |
Shelley Mayer |
Kathleen Rice |
Zephyr Teachout |
Clyde Vanel |
Maria Vullo |
Undecided |
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| Data for Progress (D)[lower-alpha 3] | November 16–17, 2021 | 528 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 48% |
Republican primary
Notes
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- Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - This poll was sponsored by Neal Kwatra on behalf of an unnamed donor
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- "My full statement on my campaign is below, but most importantly, thank you, New York:".
- Staff, WRGB (2021-12-05). "CBS6 Exclusive: Asm. Clyde Vanel announces run for Attorney General". WRGB. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
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- "Vullo creates Attorney General campaign committee". 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- https://www.wamc.org/news/2021-12-03/maria-vullo-former-head-of-nys-dept-of-financial-services-launches-ag-bid
- Williams, Zach. "Vullo drops out of 2022 Democratic primary for AG". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- "Another candidate who was considering entering the Attorney General race is @SenGianaris, who has decided to remain Deputy Majority Leader of the @NYSenate. "I will be supporting Tish James for re-election, Gianaris says. "And therefore will not be seeking the office myself."".
- "The Democrats wanting to replace Letitia James as New York Attorney General".
- "With @TishJames quitting gov's race to instead run for reelection, @Shelley4NY drops out of AG race. Former Hempstead supervisor Laura Gillen also ends her consideration. Maria Vullo says she's staying in,".
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- "Hochul on Tish dropping out of the race for governor: "I respect her tremendously, always have, that's never been not the case .. I look forward to having her on the ticket when we go into the election in November," Hochul says. "I support her reelection, yes."".
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