Based on unofficial results, Election Day 2026 has yielded a wave of Democratic successes, including several notable upsets. While many headlines will focus on federal offices, the results were no less striking in state races, with Democratic candidates prevailing in most of the closely contested races for state Attorney General. Foley Hoag’s State AG practice advises clients navigating interactions with Attorneys General across the country and stands ready to advise on what the newly elected AGs could mean for your business.

Nevada: Nicole Cannizzaro (D)

Former Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro has spent a decade drafting and passing bills in the Nevada State Legislature on issues relating to consumer privacy, fraud, and the rights of crime victims. Her legislative accomplishments include working to pass Nevada’s abortion shield law and reproductive health privacy protections to prohibit cooperation or data-sharing with anti-choice criminal or civil investigations from other states. Before she was elected to public office, Cannizzaro worked in the District Attorney’s Office for Clark County (Las Vegas). She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Boyd School of Law.

Texas: Nathan Johnson (D)

In an upset win, Texas State Senator Nathan Johnson defeated Republican Mayes Middleton. Johnson was first elected to the Texas Senate in 2018. Over four legislative sessions, Johnson has passed 134 bills into law, with a focus on the state’s electrical grid, health care, government transparency, and criminal justice. He has also kept practicing as a commercial litigator and mediator during his public service. His campaign focused on returning the Attorney General’s office to its “core functions”: consumer protection, antitrust enforcement, child support enforcement, and corruption investigations “regardless of party.” He criticized his predecessor’s “culture war litigation.” He has also pledged to sue the Trump administration when he believes the federal government is overstepping in Texas, though not to bring purely political lawsuits. Johnson graduated from the University of Texas School of Law. 

Michigan: Eli Savit (D)

Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney Eli Savit previously clerked for former U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Before becoming an elected local prosecutor, he served as a civil litigator for the city of Detroit, where he worked on the city’s behalf in its lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies arising from the opioid epidemic. After being elected to public office, Savit established Washtenaw County’s first conviction integrity unit to investigate wrongful convictions and created new units to oversee special victims and domestic violence prosecutions. His campaign has focused on protecting constitutional rights against claimed federal overreach and more broadly pushing back against the Trump administration. Savit graduated from the University of Michigan Law School.

Colorado: Jena Griswold (D)

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has held elected office since 2019, when she assumed her current position. In her two terms as Secretary of State, Griswold has focused on expanding access to the ballot and protecting elections from interference by deterring threats to election officials or equipment. Her campaign has focused on safeguarding constitutional rights from infringement by the Trump administration and working to expand clean energy and climate protections. Griswold graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Georgia: Tanya Miller (D)

Georgia State Representative Tanya Miller was elected to the Georgia House in 2023. She now chairs the House Democratic Caucus. Before joining the legislature, she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York and a Fulton County prosecutor who handled homicides and crimes against women and children, and she later built a civil rights and trial practice. Her campaign has focused on prosecuting violent criminal networks, human trafficking, and crimes against children. She has also pledged to investigate price gouging, challenge utility rate increases, and protect voting rights and constitutional protections. Miller has indicated a strong intent to join other Democratic State AGs in litigation against the Trump administration’s policies. Miller graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Iowa: Nate Willems (D)

Former Iowa State Representative Nate Willems served two terms in Iowa’s House from 2009 to 2013. He has since worked as a labor and workers’ compensation lawyer in private practice. His campaign has focused on working with local prosecutors to win violent-crime convictions, recovering money for Iowans who were defrauded, strengthening the Consumer Protection Division, and holding corporations accountable. He has criticized the office’s focus on national politics and political lawsuits. Willems graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law.

Ohio: Not Yet Called – John Kulewicz (D) Leads

As of the release of this alert, the Associated Press had not yet called the Ohio AG race. Democrat John Kulewicz leads Republican Keith Faber by a narrow margin in unofficial results. 

John Kulewicz has been a City Council Member in Upper Arlington since 2020, before which he was in private practice for 44 years. He has argued and won cases before both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ohio Supreme Court. His campaign has focused on pocketbook issues: utility rates, consumer fraud, wage theft, price-fixing monopolies, robocalls, and Medicaid and nursing-home fraud. He has also pledged to defend Ohio’s Reproductive Freedom Amendment in court. Kulewicz graduated from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. 

Kansas: Not Yet Called – Chris Mann (D) Leads

As of the release of this alert, the Associated Press had not yet called the Kansas AG race. Democrat Chris Mann leads incumbent Kris Kobach in unofficial results and has declared victory.

Chris Mann is a former Wyandotte County prosecutor who began his career as a Lawrence police officer. He went to law school after a drunk driver struck him during a traffic stop in 2002. He then became a prosecutor and later worked as an attorney with the Kansas Securities Commission. He opened his own law firm in 2016. Mann’s campaign has focused on his law-enforcement background. In contrast to Kobach’s support for and ties to the Trump administration’s priorities, Mann has presented himself as focused on local issues. Mann graduated from Washburn University School of Law. 

Minnesota: Incumbent Keith Ellison (D) Fends Off Challenge to Retain Seat

In a closely watched and contested race, incumbent Keith Ellison of Minnesota won a third term by defeating Republican challenger Ronald Schutz. Ellison’s office has featured prominently in national litigation regarding antitrust matters and the Trump administration’s policies.

Florida: Incumbent James Uthmeier (R) Prevails in Close Race

Finally, in another close race, incumbent James Uthmeier prevailed over Democratic challenger José Javier Rodríguez. Uthmeier has been Florida’s Attorney General since 2025, when he was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis, making this Uthmeier’s first electoral win.