New York Attorney General election, 2018 - wikipedia New York Attorney General election, 2018 New York Attorney General election, 2018 ← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 → Incumbent Attorney General Barbara Underwood Democratic Elections in New York State Federal government Presidential elections 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Presidential primaries Democratic 2008 2016 Republican 2008 2012 2016 United States Senate elections 1789 1791 1795 1797 1801 1803 1807 1809 1813 1815 1819 - 20 1821 1825 - 26 1827 1831 1833 1837 1839 - 40 1843 1845 1849 1851 1855 1857 1861 1863 1867 1869 1873 1875 1879 1881 1885 1887 1891 1893 1897 1899 1903 1905 1909 1911 1964 1980 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2006 2012 2016 2018 House of Representatives elections 1789 1790 1793 1794 1796 1796 1798 1800 1802 1804 1806 1808 1810 1812 1814 1816 1818 1821 1822 1824 1826 1854 2002 2006 13th 20th 29th 2008 2012 2014 2016 2018 Special elections 20th district, 2009 23rd district, 2009 Senate, 2010 29th district, 2010 26th district, 2011 9th district, 2011 11th district, 2015 25th district, 2018 List of House special elections State government New York gubernatorial elections 1777 1780 1783 1786 1789 1792 1795 1798 1801 1804 1807 1810 1813 1816 1817 1820 1822 1824 1826 1828 1830 1832 1834 1836 1838 1840 1842 1844 1846 1848 1850 1852 1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1879 1882 1885 1888 1891 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Attorney General elections 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 State Comptroller elections 1998 2002 2006 2014 State Assembly elections 99th district, 2006 State elections by year 1811 1844 1846 1847 - J 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1870 -- J 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1900 1902 1903 1904 1906 1907 1908 1910 1912 1913 1914 1916 1917 1918 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1926 1927 1928 1930 1932 1933 1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1942 1943 1944 1946 1949 1950 1952 1953 1954 1956 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 2002 2006 2008 2009 2012 2016 2018 New York City Characteristics of NYC mayoral elections Mayoral elections 1917 1953 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 City Council elections 2013 2017 Public Advocate elections 2009 2013 Comptroller elections 2009 2013 Borough president elections 2013 The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Buffalo Mayoral elections 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Rochester Mayoral elections 2009 2013 2017 Syracuse Mayoral elections 2009 The 2018 New York Attorney General election will take place on November 6, 2018. The New York primary election for state and local candidates will take place on September 13, 2018. Former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned on May 8, 2018 after allegations of domestic abuse and withdrew from his then - ongoing re-election campaign. Incumbent Attorney General Barbara Underwood was chosen by the Legislature to complete his unexpired term, but is not seeking election to a full term. Four Democrats are running for Attorney General in 2018. They are : Leecia Eve, former senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton ; party nominee Letitia James, New York City Public Advocate ; Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York 's 18th congressional district ; and Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham University School of Law. The Republican Party has nominated Manhattan bankruptcy attorney Keith Wofford. Contents 1 Background 2 Democratic primary 2.1 Candidates 2.1. 1 Filed 2.1. 2 Withdrew 2.1. 3 Declined 2.2 Endorsements 2.3 Polling 3 Republican primary 3.1 Candidates 3.1. 1 Filed 3.1. 2 Withdrew 3.1. 3 Declined 4 Qualified third parties 4.1 Conservative 4.2 Working Families 4.3 Independence Party 4.4 Green Party 4.5 Reform 5 Other third parties 5.1 Libertarian 6 References 7 External links Background Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, was first elected to the office of Attorney General in 2010, winning reelection in 2014. He was in the midst of campaigning for a third term in office when on May 7, 2018, The New Yorker revealed allegations that he had physically abused several women he had dated during his tenure in office. Schneiderman resigned hours after the story was released, with the resignation taking effect at the end of the business day May 8 ; he concurrently ended his bid for reelection. Barbara Underwood, the Solicitor General, took on the duties of Attorney General upon Schneiderman 's resignation. A joint session of the New York State Legislature formally appointed Underwood to fill the rest of Schneiderman 's term on May 22, after interviewing several potential candidates ; of the 209 members in the State Legislature, 190 votes were cast in favor, with one ( Charles Barron ) voting against her in protest of the process, and 18 abstaining. Underwood has confirmed that she will not run for the office in the 2018 elections. Democratic primary Candidates Filed The following candidates were certified by the State Board of Elections as having filed for the primary ballot ( James by state convention nomination and the others by submitting sufficient signatures ) : Leecia Eve, former senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton ; 2006 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York Letitia James, New York City Public Advocate ( nominee of the state party convention ) Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York 's 18th congressional district Zephyr Teachout, Fordham Law professor, nominee for Congress in the 19th District in 2016, and candidate for Governor of New York in 2014 Withdrew Eric Schneiderman, former Attorney General Declined Daniel Garodnick, former member of the New York City Council Michael Gianaris, New York State Senator Kathleen Rice, U.S. Representative from New York 's 4th congressional district Barbara Underwood, interim Attorney General Tim Wu, special enforcement counsel to the attorney general and 2014 lieutenant governor primary candidate Charles D. Lavine, Member of the New York State Assembly Endorsements show Letitia James 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Alicka Ampry - Samuel, Member of New York City Council Barack Obama Democratic Club of Upper Manhattan Justin Brannan, Member of New York City Council Byron Brown, Mayor of Buffalo Communications Workers of America District 1 Communications Workers of America Local 1180 Robert Cornegy, Member of New York City Council Marcos Crespo, Member of the New York State Assembly Joseph Crowley, U.S. Representative, NY - 14 Laurie Cumbo, Majority Leader of New York City Council Andrew Cuomo, 56th Governor of New York Chaim Deutsch, Member of New York City Council Rubén Díaz Jr., Borough President of the Bronx District Council 37 EMILY 's List Adriano Espaillat, U.S. Representative, NY - 13 Michael Gianaris, Member of the New York Senate Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats Carl Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly Earlene Hill Hooper, Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club Corey Johnson, Speaker of the New York City Council Todd Kaminsky, Member of the New York Senate Andy King, Member of New York City Council Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn Laborers ' International Union of North America Mark D. Levine, Member of New York City Council Gregory Meeks, U.S. Representative, NY - 5 Joseph D. Morelle, Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly Crystal Peoples, Member of the New York State Assembly Gustavo Rivera, Member of the New York Senate Rafael Salamanca, Member of New York City Council SEIU 32BJ Luis R. Sepúlveda, Member of the New York Senate José M. Serrano, Member of the New York Senate Kathy Sheehan, Mayor of Albany Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Ritchie Torres, Member of New York City Council Transport Workers Union of America Local 100 show Zephyr Teachout Indivisible Brooklyn Indivisible Harlem Indivisible Upper West Side Roberta A. Kaplan, Lawyer and LGBT activist Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School Professor Cynthia Nixon, 2018 candidate for Governor of New York, actress, and activist The Nation New York Communities for Change Alexandria Ocasio - Cortez, Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative from NY - 14 in 2018 Our Revolution New York Progressive Action Network Progressive Women of Pelham Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats North Brooklyn Progressive Democrats Four Freedoms Democratic Club New Kings Democrats Three Parks Democrats Muslim Democratic Club of NY Liz Krueger, Member of the New York Senate Phil Steck, Member of the New York State Assembly Tom Abinanti, Member of the New York State Assembly Terry Gipson, Former Member of the New York Senate Jumaane Williams, Member of the New York City Council Robert Jackson, Former Member of the New York City Council People for Bernie The New York Times New York Daily News John Sarbanes, U.S. Representative, MD - 3 Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Representative, WA - 7, Former Member of the Washington State Senate from the 37th District Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative, CA - 17 Polling Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Leecia Eve Letitia James Sean Patrick Maloney Zephyr Teachout Undecided Siena Research July 22 -- 26, 2018 630 ± 3.9 % 4 % 25 % 16 % 13 % 42 % Quinnipiac University July 12 -- 16, 2018 415 ± 6.2 % 3 % 26 % 15 % 12 % 44 % Republican primary Candidates Filed Keith Wofford, co-managing partner of Ropes & Gray 's New York City office ( designated party nominee ) Withdrew Manny Alicandro, corporate attorney from Manhattan ( ended Attorney General campaign in May 2018 to run for Comptroller ) Joe Holland, former Commissioner of the New York Department of Housing and Community Renewal ( defeated for Republican nomination ; endorsed Republican nominee Keith Wofford ) Declined John P. Cahill, Republican nominee for Attorney General in 2014 and former aide to Governor George Pataki John Katko, U.S. Representative John DeFrancisco, Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate Qualified third parties Conservative Conservative Party of New York State chairman Michael R. Long indicated the party would cross-endorse the Republican nominee for Attorney General. Nominee : Keith Wofford Working families Nominee : Kenneth Schaefer, dummy candidate. The party endorsed both Letitia James and Zephyr Teachout prior to the September 13 primary election. Schaefer will most likely step aside in favor of the eventual Democratic nominee. Independence Party Nominee : Victor J. Messina, Jr. Green Party Nominee : Michael Sussman Reform The Reform Party of New York State Convention on May 20, 2018 authorized four candidates to run in its September 13, 2018 primary : Preetinder Bharara declined ; Michael Diederich, Jr. ; Nancy B. Regula ; and Christopher B. Garvey http://www.votegarvey.org/ primary ballot position 3H. Bharara withdrew his name from consideration July 30. Other third parties Libertarian Christopher B. Garvey, http://www.votegarvey.org/ perennial candidate References Jump up ^ New York State Board of Elections 2018 Political Calendar Jump up ^ https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/05/22/underwood-set-to-be-chosen-as-interim-attorney-general/?slreturn=20180422171533 ^ Jump up to : Lovett, Kenneth ; Blain, Glenn ( May 22, 2018 ). `` Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood to remain in office until year 's end ''. New York Daily News. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) ^ Jump up to : Gormley, Michael ; Ferrette, Candice ( May 9, 2018 ). `` 8 possible candidates to replace Schneiderman as attorney general ''. Newsday.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Letitia James declares intent to run for NY state attorney general ''. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018. Jump up ^ New York State Democrats Nominate Letitia James for Attorney General Jump up ^ Campbell, Jon ( May 9, 2018 ). `` Here 's who could replace Attorney General Eric Schneiderman ''. DemocratandChronicle.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018. Jump up ^ New York Times. `` Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney to Enter N.Y. Attorney General Race ''. Retrieved June 6, 2018. Jump up ^ Teachout, Zephyr ( @ ZephyrTeachout ) ( 8 May 2018 ). `` I am seriously considering running for Attorney General '' ( Tweet ). Retrieved 8 May 2018 -- via Twitter. Jump up ^ `` Zephyr Teachout takes step to run for NY attorney general ; Rep. Maloney drops bid for appointment ''. Retrieved 22 May 2018. Jump up ^ `` Zephyr Teachout Is Running for Attorney General of New York ''. Retrieved 23 May 2018. Jump up ^ `` Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General ''. Retrieved 24 November 2017. Official campaign site of the incumbent Democratic candidate in 2018 for New York 's Attorney General. Jump up ^ Garcia, Eric ; Garcia, Eric ( 15 May 2018 ). `` Kathleen Rice Passes on Running for New York Attorney General ''. Retrieved 22 May 2018 -- via www.rollcall.com. Jump up ^ Lovett, Kenneth. `` Columbia Law professor who coined ' net neutrality ' term mulling run for attorney general - NY Daily News ''. Retrieved 22 May 2018. ^ Jump up to : Segers, Grace ( 18 July 2018 ). `` The lopsided endorsements for AG ''. City & State. Retrieved 18 August 2018. ^ Jump up to : Grim, Ryan ( 7 August 2018 ). `` EMILY 's List Backs Letitia James, Andew Cuomo 's Candidate for New York Attorney General ''. The Intercept. Retrieved 18 August 2018. Jump up ^ Paiella, Gabriella ( 8 August 2018 ). `` Exclusive : Cynthia Nixon and Zephyr Teachout to Announce Dual Endorsement ''. yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 August 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General of New York ''. The Nation. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018. Jump up ^ Lovett, Kenneth ; Elizalde, Elizabeth ( July 12, 2018 ). `` Teachout gets backing for AG race from Ocasio - Cortez ''. New York Daily News. Retrieved July 17, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Zephyr Teachout Is the Right Choice as Attorney General for Democrats ''. The New York Times. Retrieved August 19, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Jayapal Endorses Teachout For AG ''. NY State of Politics. August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Progressives Cheer NYT Editorial Board Endorsement of Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General ''. Common Dreams. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Lovett, Kenneth ( May 21, 2018 ). `` GOP has yet to nail down picks for AG, controller as convention looms ''. New York Daily News. Retrieved May 21, 2018. Jump up ^ Precious, Tom ( May 24, 2018 ). `` GOP delegates choose Buffalo native Keith Wofford as state attorney general candidate ''. Buffalo News. Retrieved May 29, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Whalen, Ryan ( May 10, 2018 ). `` GOP Looks for New AG Candidates ''. State of Politics. Retrieved May 12, 2018. Jump up ^ Precious, Tom ( May 24, 2018 ). `` GOP delegates choose Buffalo native Keith Wofford as state attorney general candidate ''. Buffalo News. Retrieved May 29, 2018. Jump up ^ Precious, Tom ( May 24, 2018 ). `` GOP delegates choose Buffalo native Keith Wofford as state attorney general candidate ''. Buffalo News. Retrieved May 29, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Congressman Katko not running for A.G., wants to focus on CNY ''. cnycentral.com. April 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` WFP nominates placeholder for AG, blames Cuomo for James snub ''. Retrieved 22 May 2018. Jump up ^ ( NY Bd of Elections May 26, 2018 ) Jump up ^ https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/bharara-schneiderman-attorney-general-post-1.20211813 Jump up ^ 2018 Libertarian Candidate for Attorney General, Nominated for AG by the 2018 NY Libertarian Convention ( 2 ) ; 2006 Libertarian candidate for Attorney General of New York ( see New_York_gubernatorial_election, _2006 ) ; 1998 Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York ( see New_York_gubernatorial_elections ) ; Libertarian candidate for District Attorney, Suffolk, 2009, 2013, 2017 ( 3 ) ; 2015 Conservative Candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court 12th Judicial District ( ( 4 ) ) Bd of Elections 2015, ( ( 5 ) ) 2003, ( ( 6 ) ) 2002, ( ( 7 ) ) 2001, ( ( 8 ) ) 2000. 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Question: who is running for ag in new york
Answer: Leecia Eve