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Editors Lori Kalani and Bernard Nash

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Arizona Attorney General

Current State AG
Kris Mayes (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2023

Kris Mayes was elected as the 27th Arizona Attorney General in the 2022 general election after one of the state’s closest-ever contests. Prior to being elected, AG Mayes served as a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University’s School of Global Sustainability and taught a course on energy law at the school’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. In 2003 she was appointed to the Arizona Corporation Commission and served until term-limited in 2010. Early in her career, she...

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Kris Mayes was elected as the 27th Arizona Attorney General in the 2022 general election after one of the state’s closest-ever contests. Prior to being elected, AG Mayes served as a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University’s School of Global Sustainability and taught a course on energy law at the school’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. In 2003 she was appointed to the Arizona Corporation Commission and served until term-limited in 2010. Early in her career, she served as director of communications for former Gov. Janet Napolitano and as a journalist with The Phoenix Gazette and The Arizona Republic.

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The AG is an elected position in Arizona.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / 2 consecutive terms


Latest Arizona Attorney General News & Insights

Podcast

Quick Guide: AGs to Forever Chemicals Cos: We Want More Money and We Want It Now

Launching off season 3 of State AG Pulse, Stephen Cobb and Emily Yu go behind the headlines on a multi-district litigation related to PFAS or “forever chemicals” playing out in district court. Despite a proposed settlement in the range of $10 – $12 billion, AGs are concerned about whether the amount will be sufficient to…

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News

Bipartisan Group of AGs Teams Up to GUARD Veterans

A bipartisan coalition of 44 AGs wrote a letter to Congressional leaders urging the passage of the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Act, which is intended to hold accountable unaccredited and unregulated actors who target and prey upon veterans applying for federal VA benefits. The letter explains that federal law requires…

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