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Oregon Attorney General

Current State AG
Dan Rayfield (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2024

Prior to his election as attorney general, AG Rayfield represented Oregon House District 16, encompassing Oregon State University and Corvallis, during which time he served as Speaker of the House for 2 years and as co-chair of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for 4 years. His priorities as speaker and as co-chair included growing the state’s economic reserves and investing in housing, public schools and education, community safety, and access to health and behavioral health care. AG Rayfield was also...

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Prior to his election as attorney general, AG Rayfield represented Oregon House District 16, encompassing Oregon State University and Corvallis, during which time he served as Speaker of the House for 2 years and as co-chair of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for 4 years. His priorities as speaker and as co-chair included growing the state’s economic reserves and investing in housing, public schools and education, community safety, and access to health and behavioral health care. AG Rayfield was also a partner in the law firm of Nelson MacNeil Rayfield working primarily on behalf of consumers against insurance companies.
AG Rayfield’s 2024 campaign priorities included building safer communities and stopping gun violence, tackling substance abuse and homelessness and protecting safe, equitable access to reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare.

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The AG is an elected position in Oregon.

  • Next Election:November 7, 2028
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Oregon Attorney General News & Insights

AG Coalition Secures Federal Court Victory in Nexstar Merger Case

A federal judge has ruled that Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar) failed to comply with a court order requiring Nexstar to maintain TEGNA Inc, as a separate and independently managed competitor and prohibiting Nexstar from exercising control over TEGNA’s management while a multistate lawsuit challenging Nexstar’s proposed acquisition of TEGNA moves through the courts. The multistate…

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Multistate Coalition Seeks $10.3 Million in Fees Following Blocked Grocery Merger

Oregon AG Dan Rayfield led a nine-state coalition in filing a petition for $10.3 million in attorneys’ fees and costs against Kroger following the abandonment of its proposed $24.6 billion merger with Albertsons. Oregon’s share of the request is about $2.25 million. The petition follows a court ruling that the states “substantially prevailed” in their…

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