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Arkansas Attorney General

Current State AG
Tim Griffin (R)
Political Party
Republican
Assumed Office

2023

Tim Griffin was elected to be Arkansas’s 57th attorney general in November 2022. AG Griffin served as Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 2014 to 2022. Prior to that, AG Griffin represented Arkansas’s 2nd U.S. Congressional District from 2011 to 2015. From 2006 to 2007, AG Griffin served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and he previously served as special assistant to the president and deputy director of political affairs for President George W. Bush at the White House. AG Griffin...

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Tim Griffin was elected to be Arkansas’s 57th attorney general in November 2022. AG Griffin served as Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 2014 to 2022. Prior to that, AG Griffin represented Arkansas’s 2nd U.S. Congressional District from 2011 to 2015. From 2006 to 2007, AG Griffin served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and he previously served as special assistant to the president and deputy director of political affairs for President George W. Bush at the White House. AG Griffin has served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps, for over 25 years and currently holds the rank of colonel.

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The AG is an elected position in Arkansas.

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


Latest Arkansas Attorney General News & Insights

Troubled Waters for EPA Proposed Rule Impacting Meat and Poultry Industry

A group of 27 Republican AGs and a group of six Democratic AGs submitted dueling comment letters regarding the EPA’s proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category, which would extend the agency’s authority to regulate meat and poultry facilities’ indirect discharge of wastewater,…

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AGs Urge Congress to Clarify Hazy Language in 2018 Farm Bill

A bipartisan coalition of 21 AGs wrote a letter urging Congress to clarify the language in the 2018 Farm Bill, which is up for reauthorization this year, to address potential loopholes that have allowed bad actors to saturate the hemp market with unregulated, intoxicating THC-infused products. In the letter, the AGs argue that the law’s…

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Republican AGs Wade Into CAT Fight

A coalition of 23 Republican AGs, led by Arkansas AG Tim Griffin, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in American Securities Association v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asking the court to find that the SEC lacks the authority to create the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) database…

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