2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election

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2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election
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Karl Racine
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The 2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. This will be the third Attorney General election in D.C. history.

Incumbent Attorney General Karl Racine has declined to run for reelection.[1]

Democratic primary[]

Incumbent Attorney General Karl Racine was considered likely to run for Mayor or reelection as Attorney General and even filed paperwork in 2020, but announced he would not run for any office in October 2021.[1] The Democratic primary will be held on June 21, 2022.

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Ryan Jones, attorney[2]
  • Kenyan McDuffie, Councilman for Ward 5 (2012-present)[3]
  • Brian Schwalb, attorney[4]
  • Bruce Spiva, attorney[5]

Declined[]

  • Karl Racine, incumbent Attorney General for the District of Columbia (since 2015)[1]

Endorsements[]

Brian Schwalb
  • Irvin B. Nathan, Last unelected Attorney General for the District of Columbia (2011-2014)[4]
  • Karl Racine, incumbent Attorney General for the District of Columbia (since 2015)[6]

Debates and forums[]

2022 District of Columbia Democratic attorney general primary debates and forums
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Jones McDuffie Schwalb Spiva
1 Mar 5, 2022 Ward 7 Democrats Dionna Lewis Facebook P P P P

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Brice-Saddler, Michael (12 October 2021). "D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine will not seek elective office in 2022". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ Brice-Saddler, Michael (26 April 2021). "Ryan Jones, a local lawyer, declares candidacy for D.C. attorney general". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ Brice-Saddler, Michael (21 October 2021). "D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie running for attorney general". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b Brice-Saddler, Michael (13 December 2021). "Lawyer Brian Schwalb to run for D.C. Attorney General". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. ^ Brice-Saddler, Michael (11 November 2021). "Bruce V. Spiva, longtime D.C. lawyer, will run for city attorney general". Washington Post. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ Brice-Saddler, Michael (10 March 2022). "Karl Racine endorses Brian Schwalb in D.C. attorney general's race". Washington Post. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

External links[]

Official campaign websites
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