2019 Kentucky Attorney General election
The 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election was conducted on November 5. Primary elections occurred on May 21, 2019. The general election was held on November 5, 2019. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear declined to seek reelection to a second term to instead successfully run for Governor. Republican nominee Daniel Cameron won with 57.8% of the vote. He became the first Republican elected attorney general of Kentucky since Eldon S. Dummit in 1943, and the state's first black attorney general.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Greg Stumbo, former Attorney General of Kentucky and former Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Daniel Cameron, attorney for Senator Mitch McConnell and former University of Louisville football player
- Wil Schroder, member of the Kentucky Senate for the 24th District
Withdrawn
- Whitney Westerfield, member of the Kentucky Senate for the 3rd District and candidate for Attorney General in 2015
General election
The general election took place on November 5, 2019, following the May 21 primary elections.Results
By congressional district
Cameron won five of six congressional districts.| District | Stumbo | Cameron | Representative |
| 33% | 67% | James Comer | |
| 36% | 64% | Brett Guthrie | |
| 60% | 40% | John Yarmuth | |
| 37% | 63% | Thomas Massie | |
| 32% | 68% | Hal Rogers | |
| 49% | 51% | Andy Barr |