2015 Kentucky Attorney General election

The 2015 Kentucky Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2015, as part of the 2015 Kentucky elections to elect the Attorney General of Kentucky. Incumbent attorney general Jack Conway was term-limited, and instead ran for governor of Kentucky. He was succeeded by Democratic candidate Andy Beshear.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Andy Beshear, attorney and son of Steve Beshear

Declined

Alison Lundergan Grimes, Secretary of State of Kentucky and candidate for the United States Senate in 2014 ''''

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Whitney Westerfield, state senator from the 3rd district

Eliminated in primary

Michael T. Hogan, County Attorney of Lawrence County

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Andy Beshear	Luke Morgan	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	January 5–6, 2015	608	± 4%	42%	37%	—	22%

By congressional district

Beshear won two of six congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.

District	Beshear	Westerfield	Representative
	45%	55%	Ed Whitfield
	47%	53%	Brett Guthrie
	64%	36%	John Yarmuth
	45%	55%	Thomas Massie
	41%	59%	Hal Rogers
	54%	46%	Andy Barr

Aftermath

In 2016, Steve Beshear's former personal cabinet secretary, Tim Longmeyer, was marred in controversy when he was exposed on bribery charges, including redirecting $6,000 of kickbacks into Andy Beshear's Attorney General campaign. Andy Beshear had recently hired Longmeyer as a deputy. However, the prosecutors in Longmeyer's case indicated that there is no evidence to support that Andy Beshear knew what Longmeyer was doing.
Over the next three years, Republican Governor Matt Bevin spearheaded an investigation into former governor Steve Beshear's administration as well as Andy Beshear's Attorney General campaign. Spending approximately $550,000 leading up to the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, the investigation led to no conclusive results regarding the culpability of Steve or Andy Beshear.