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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]
- ^ "Election calendar" (PDF). elect.ky.gov. 2019.
- ^ Wiegel, David (May 23, 2019). "Democrats look past 2020". Washington Post. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ "President Trump endorses Daniel Cameron in Kentucky attorney general race". WKYT-TV. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- ^ Crain, Brennan (July 31, 2019). "Trump endorses Cameron for attorney general". WCLU. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.