2017 Virginia Attorney General election

2017 Virginia Attorney General election
	Herring: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Adams: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50% No votes
Attorney General before election; Mark Herring; Democratic	Elected Attorney General ; Mark Herring; Democratic

The 2017 Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2017. The incumbent attorney general, Democrat Mark Herring, was expected to run for governor, but announced he would run for re-election instead.^[1] As only Herring and Republican John Adams qualified for their respective party primaries, the two automatically became their parties' nominees. In the general election, Herring defeated Adams to win a second term as Attorney General of Virginia.

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...

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Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Herring (D)	John Adams (R)	Other	Undecided
Change Research^[71]	November 2–5, 2017	3,648	± 1.6%	51%	45%	—	4%
The Polling Company (R)^[72]	November 2–5, 2017	800	± 3.5%	44%	45%	—	9%
Christopher Newport University^[73]	October 29 – November 4, 2017	839	± 3.5%	49%	45%	—	6%
Gravis Marketing^[74]	October 30 – November 3, 2017	1,143	± 2.9%	48%	42%	—	10%
The Polling Company (R)^[75]	October 30 – November 2, 2017	800	± 3.5%	42%	43%	—	12%
Roanoke College^[76]	October 29 – November 2, 2017	781	± 3.5%	46%	46%	—	8%
Suffolk University^[77]	October 30 – November 1, 2017	500	± 4.4%	44%	42%	—	13%
Washington Post/Schar School^[78]	October 26–29, 2017	921	± 4.0%	51%	43%	—	5%
The Polling Company (R)^[79]	October 23–26, 2017	800	± 3.5%	43%	43%	—	11%
Christopher Newport University^[80]	October 20–25, 2017	812	± 3.8%	49%	44%	—	7%
Roanoke College^[81]	October 8–13, 2017	607	± 4.0%	47%	42%	—	10%
Christopher Newport University^[82]	October 2–6, 2017	928	± 4.3%	51%	40%	—	9%
Washington Post/Schar School Poll^[83]	September 28 – October 2, 2017	720 LV	± 4.5%	52%	41%	—	5%
Washington Post/Schar School Poll^[83]	September 28 – October 2, 2017	1,000 RV	± 3.5%	50%	39%	—	6%
Public Policy Polling^[84]	September 21–23, 2017	849	± 3.8%	46%	38%	—	16%
Christopher Newport University^[85]	September 12–22, 2017	776	± 3.7%	47%	42%	—	11%
Suffolk University^[86]	September 13–17, 2017	500	± 4.4%	39%	37%	—	23%
Mason-Dixon^[87]	September 10–15, 2017	625	± 4.0%	45%	36%	—	19%
University of Mary Washington^[88]	September 5–12, 2017	562 LV	± 5.2%	47%	40%	—	10%
University of Mary Washington^[88]	September 5–12, 2017	867 RV	± 4.1%	47%	38%	—	12%
Virginia Commonwealth University^[89]	July 17–25, 2017	538 LV	± 5.1%	45%	39%	—	15%
Virginia Commonwealth University^[89]	July 17–25, 2017	707 RV	± 4.5%	43%	36%	—	17%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mark Herring (incumbent)	1,385,389	53.34%	+3.43%
	Republican	John Adams	1,209,339	46.56%	−3.31%
	Write-in		2,486	0.10%	-0.12%
Total votes			2,597,214	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

District	Herring	Adams	Representative
1st	44%	56%	Rob Wittman
2nd	49.8%	50.1%	Scott Taylor
3rd	67%	33%	Bobby Scott
4th	61%	39%	Donald McEachin
5th	45%	55%	Tom Garrett
6th	38%	62%	Bob Goodlatte
7th	47%	53%	Dave Brat
8th	75%	25%	Don Beyer
9th	31%	69%	Morgan Griffith
10th	55%	45%	Barbara Comstock
11th	69%	30%	Gerry Connolly

2017 Virginia Attorney General election

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