2019 Kentucky Attorney General election

2019 Kentucky Attorney General election

November 5, 2019
 
Nominee Daniel Cameron Greg Stumbo
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 823,343 602,218
Percentage 57.8% 42.2%

Cameron:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Stumbo:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No data

Attorney General before election

Andy Beshear
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Daniel Cameron
Republican

The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1943, and the state's first black attorney general.