2019 Kentucky Attorney General election

The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019.^[1] 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.^[2] He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1943,^[3] and the state's first black attorney general.^[4]

2019 Kentucky Attorney General election

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

County results Congressional district results Precinct results 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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Greg Stumbo, former Attorney General of Kentucky and former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives^[5][6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Daniel Cameron, attorney for Senator Mitch McConnell and former University of Louisville football player^[7]
• Wil Schroder, member of the Kentucky Senate for the 24th District^[8]

Withdrawn

• Whitney Westerfield, member of the Kentucky Senate for the 3rd District and candidate for Attorney General in 2015^[9]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Daniel Cameron	Wil Schroder	Undecided
Cygnal[10]	May 10–12, 2019	600	± 4.0%	26%	19%	55%

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Cameron	132,580	55.4%
	Republican	Wil Schroder	106,950	44.6%
Total votes			239,530	100.0%

General election

The general election took place on November 5, 2019, following the May 21 primary elections.

Endorsements

Daniel Cameron (R)

U.S. federal officials

• Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States^[11][12]
• Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development^[13]
• Tim Scott, U.S. senator (R-SC)^[14]
• James Comer, U.S. representative (R-KY)^[15]

State and local officials

• Max Wise, state senator^[15]
• Damon Thayer, state senator^[16]
• John Schickel, state senator^[17]
• Kevin Bratcher, state representative^[18]
• Jason Nemes, state representative
• Jerry T. Miller, state representative
• Savannah Maddox, state representative^[19]

Individuals

• Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General of West Virginia^[20]
• Jason Ravnsborg, Attorney General of South Dakota^[21]

Organizations

• Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police^[22]

Newspapers

• Bowling Green Daily News^[23]

Greg Stumbo (D)

State officials

• McKenzie Cantrell, Kentucky State Representative^[24]
• Bill Clouse, Judge on Kentucky's 25th Circuit Court^[24]
• Adam Edelen, former Auditor of Kentucky and 2019 gubernatorial candidate^[25]
• Nima Kulkarni, Kentucky State Representative^[24]
• Mary Lou Marzian, Kentucky State Representative^[24]
• Joni Jenkins, Kentucky State Representative^[24]
• Derrick Graham, Kentucky State Representative^[24]

Local and county officials

• Robert Blythe, Mayor of Richmond, Kentucky^[24]
• Mike Coyle, Sheriff of Madison County, Kentucky^[24]

Individuals

• Amy McGrath, retired marine fighter pilot and nominee for KY-6 in 2018^[26]

Organizations

• Kentucky State AFL–CIO^[24]
• Kentucky Educators PAC^[24]
• Kentucky United Auto Workers^[24]
• United Steelworkers^[24]
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades^[24]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[24]
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters^[24]
• International Union of Operating Engineers^[24]
• United Mine Workers of America^[24]
• Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)^[24]
• Better Schools Kentucky^[24]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook[27]	Lean R (flip)	October 25, 2019

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Greg Stumbo (D)	Daniel Cameron (R)	Other	Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R)[28]	October 29 – November 2, 2019	1,117	± 3.0%	43%	57%	0%	0%
Clarity Campaign Labs (D)[29][A]	August 12–13, 2019	792	± 3.3%	46%	39%	3%	13%
Gravis Marketing[30]	June 11–12, 2019	741	± 3.6%	36%	47%	–	16%
WPA Intelligence (R)[31]	June 2019	900	± 3.3%	37%	44%	–	18%

Results

Kentucky Attorney General election, 2019^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Daniel Cameron	823,343	57.8%	+7.9%
	Democratic	Greg Stumbo	602,218	42.2%	−7.9%
Total votes			1,425,561	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

Cameron won 5 of 6 congressional districts.^[33]

District	Cameron	Stumbo	Representative
1st	67%	33%	James Comer
2nd	64%	36%	Brett Guthrie
3rd	40%	60%	John Yarmuth
4th	63%	37%	Thomas Massie
5th	68%	32%	Hal Rogers
6th	51%	49%	Andy Barr

See also

• 2019 United States elections
• 2019 Kentucky elections
• 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election

Notes

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by Democratic Attorney General Association