State Attorney General Totally Explained

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The State Attorney General in the United States is an executive office in all 50 US States that serves as the chief legal advisor to the state government and the chief law enforcement officer in the various states. In some states, the Attorney General serves as the head of the state's Department of Justice with responsibilities similar to that of the United States Department of Justice. Most attorneys general are elected state-wide, but in a few states the selection is made by the Governor, the state legislature, or the state supreme court.
The current party composition of the 50 state Attorneys General are:

31 Democrats
19 Republicans

List of Attorneys General in US States;

Current Attorney General	State	Party	Took office	Term expires
Troy King	Alabama	Republican	2004	2011
Talis J. Colberg	Alaska	Republican	2006	Appointed by Governor
Terry Goddard	Arizona	Democratic	2003	2011
Dustin McDaniel	Arkansas	Democratic	2007	2011
Jerry Brown	California	Democratic	2007	2011
John Suthers	Colorado	Republican	2005	2011
Richard Blumenthal	Connecticut	Democratic	1991	2011
Beau Biden	Delaware	Democratic	2007	2011
Bill McCollum	Florida	Republican	2007	2011
Thurbert Baker	Georgia	Democratic	1997	2011
Mark J. Bennett	Hawaii	Republican	2003	Appointed by Governor
Lawrence Wasden	Idaho	Republican	2003	2011
Lisa Madigan	Illinois	Democratic	2003	2011
Steve Carter	Indiana	Republican	2001	2008
Thomas John Miller	Iowa	Democratic	1995	2011
Stephen Six	Kansas	Democratic	2008	2011
Jack Conway	Kentucky	Democratic	2007	2011
James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, Jr.	Louisiana	Democratic	2008	2011
G. Steven Rowe	Maine	Democratic	2001	Elected by the Legislature
Doug Gansler	Maryland	Democratic	2007	2011
Martha Coakley	Massachusetts	Democratic	2007	2011
Mike Cox	Michigan	Republican	2003	2011
Lori Swanson	Minnesota	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	2007	2011
Jim Hood	Mississippi	Democratic	2004	2007
Jay Nixon	Missouri	Democratic	1993	2009 (running for Governor)
Mike McGrath	Montana	Democratic	2001	2008
Jon Bruning	Nebraska	Republican	2002	2011
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada	Democratic	2007	2011
Kelly Ayotte	New Hampshire	Republican	2004	July 2008 (Appointed by Governor)
Anne Milgram	New Jersey	Democratic	2007	Appointed by Governor
Gary King	New Mexico	Democratic	2007	2011
Andrew Cuomo	New York	Democratic	2007	2011
Roy A. Cooper	North Carolina	Democratic	2001	2008
Wayne Stenehjem	North Dakota	Republican	2001	2008
Tom Winters	Ohio	Democratic	2008	Interim (Replaced Marc Dann)
Drew Edmondson	Oklahoma	Democratic	1995	2011
Hardy Myers	Oregon	Democratic	1997	2008
Tom Corbett	Pennsylvania	Republican	2005	2008
Patrick C. Lynch	Rhode Island	Democratic	2003	2011
Henry McMaster	South Carolina	Republican	2003	2011
Larry Long	South Dakota	Republican	2003	2011
Robert E. Cooper, Jr.	Tennessee	Democratic	2007	2011 (appointed by Tennessee Supreme Court)
Greg Abbott	Texas	Republican	2002	2011
Mark Shurtleff	Utah	Republican	2001	2008
William Sorrell	Vermont	Democratic	1997	2011
Bob McDonnell	Virginia	Republican	2006	2009
Rob McKenna	Washington	Republican	2005	2008
Darrell McGraw	West Virginia	Democratic	1993	2008
J.B. Van Hollen	Wisconsin	Republican	2007	2011
Bruce A. Salzburg	Wyoming	Democratic	2007	Appointed by Governor

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