Attorney General, 2022 Election

General

Date: November 8, 2022
Cycle: 2022
Office: Attorney General
State: Minnesota
District: Statewide
Candidate Gender Party Votes Percent Margin
Keith M. Ellison Incumbent Man Democratic-Farmer-Labor 1,254,371 50.37 +0.84
Jim Schultz Man Republican 1,233,556 49.53
Laurice Anderson Woman Write-In 12 0.00

Attorney General Ellison was reelected to a second term. The 0.84-point margin was the second closest general election for the office in Minnesota history, behind only DFL Secretary of State Miles Lord's 0.42-point defeat of Republican Keith Kennedy in 1956.

Schultz was an attorney from Plymouth.

Sources

  • State of Minnesota Canvassing Report, Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, Minnesota State General Election, November 29, 2022 (p. 68-71). State of Minnesota Write-In Report, Office of Secretary of State, November 29, 2022 (p. 10-12).