Democratic Attorneys General Association
Democratic Attorneys General Association | |
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| Co-Chair | Kathy Jennings (DE) |
| Co-Chair | Kwame Raoul (IL) |
| Vice Chair | Keith Ellison (MN) |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Affiliated | Democratic Party |
| State attorneys general | 23 / 50 |
| Territorial attorneys general | 1 / 5 |
| Federal district attorneys general | 1 / 1 |
| Website | |
| dems | |
The Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) is a United States national political advocacy group that focuses on electing Democrats as state attorneys general. Its Republican counterpart is the Republican Attorneys General Association. It currently has 24 members, comprising 23 state attorneys general and the DC attorney general.
Operations
DAGA was formed in 2002.[1]
Its executive committee is made up of Nevada attorney generalAaron Ford, Attorney General of DelawareKathy Jennings, Attorney General of MinnesotaKeith Ellison, Illinois attorney generalKwame Raoul, Massachusetts attorney generalAndrea Campbell, Attorney General of CaliforniaRob Bonta, and Vermont attorney generalCharity Clark.[2]
Position on abortion
In 2019, the group announced that it would not endorse any candidate who did not support abortion. The only anti-abortion Democratic attorney general at the time was Mississippi attorney general Jim Hood. This decision was criticized by former senator Heidi Heitkamp.[3]
See also
Notes
References
- ^"State AG Offices Still a Democratic Power Source". Roll Call. September 15, 2004. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
- ^"Home". Democratic Attorneys General Association. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^"Abortion Is New Litmus Test for Democratic Attorneys General Group (Published 2019)". The New York Times. November 18, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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