2017 Virginia Attorney General election

2017 Virginia Attorney General election

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Nominee Mark Herring John Adams
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,385,389 1,209,339
Percentage 53.3% 46.6%

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.

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