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Contributing Editors: Grace Garver, Hannah Land, Emily Yu

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Minnesota Attorney General

Current State AG
Keith Ellison (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2019

Keith Ellison was elected as attorney general in 2018 and reelected in 2022. Prior to being elected, AG Ellison served in the U.S. House of Representatives, including 12 years on the House Financial Services Committee. Before being elected to Congress, AG Ellison served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and worked in private practice specializing in civil rights law and criminal defense, including five years as executive director of the Legal Rights Center.

Keith Ellison was elected as attorney general in 2018 and reelected in 2022. Prior to being elected, AG Ellison served in the U.S. House of Representatives, including 12 years on the House Financial Services Committee. Before being elected to Congress, AG Ellison served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and worked in private practice specializing in civil rights law and criminal defense, including five years as executive director of the Legal Rights Center.

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The AG is an elected position in Minnesota.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


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Court Dishes Out Legal Defeat to USDA in Democratic AG SNAP Funding Fight

A group of 20 Democratic AGs and the Governor of Kentucky obtained a preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of Agriculture from withholding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding during ongoing litigation over USDA’s demand that states disclose information from SNAP records about applicants and recipients. USDA had notified states that it would withhold significant…

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