2022 Delaware Attorney General election

The 2022 Delaware Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Delaware. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Kathy Jennings won re-election to a second term.^[1] However, turnout was very low and the race was closer than anticipated, with Murray's 46.17% being the Republicans' best result in this race since 2006.^{[citation needed]}

2022 Delaware Attorney General election

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Nominee Kathy Jennings Julianne Murray Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 171,837 147,369 Percentage 53.8% 46.2%

County results Precinct results Jennings:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Murray:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      No data

Attorney General before election Kathy Jennings Democratic Elected Attorney General Kathy Jennings Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kathy Jennings, incumbent attorney general^[2][3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Julianne Murray, attorney and nominee for Governor of Delaware in 2020^[4]

Failed to file

• Charles Welch, former Kent County judge^[5][3]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kathy Jennings (D)	Julianne Murray (R)	Undecided
University of Delaware[6]	September 14–29, 2022	904 (RV)	± 3.3%	53%	40%	8%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe D	September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[8]	Safe D	November 1, 2022

Results

2022 Delaware Attorney General election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kathleen Jennings (incumbent)	171,837	53.83%	−7.48%
	Republican	Julianne E. Murray	147,369	46.17%	+7.49%
Total votes			319,206	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Kent (largest city: Dover)

See also

• Delaware Attorney General

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear