2020 Indiana Attorney General election


The 2020 Indiana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Indiana. The [Indiana Indiana Democratic Party|Democratic Party|Democratic] primary convention was scheduled for June 13, 2020. The [Indiana Indiana Republican Party|Republican Party|Republican] primary convention was scheduled with a live stream on June 18, 2020, followed by mail-in voting between June 22 and July 9.
Incumbent Attorney General Curtis Hill ran for re-election, but was defeated at the Republican nominating convention by former U.S. Representative Todd Rokita, who eventually won after three rounds of votes. Jonathan Weinzapfel, former mayor of Evansville, narrowly won the Democratic nomination at the party's nominating convention.
In the general election, Rokita defeated Weinzapfel by approximately 500,000 votes, a margin of more than 16 percentage points. Due to a smaller third-party vote, both Rokita and Weinzapfel received a larger percentage of the vote than their party's candidates in the state's [2020 United States 2020 United States presidential election in Indiana|presidential election in Indiana|presidential] and gubernatorial elections. Rokita carried Tippecanoe County, which voted for Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential race, while Weinzapfel carried his home of Vanderburgh County, which voted for Republicans Donald Trump and Eric Holcomb in the presidential and gubernatorial races.

Republican convention

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated at convention

Withdrawn

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated at convention

General election

Polling

Curtis Hill vs. Karen Tallian

Poll sourceDate
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Curtis
Hill
Karen
Tallian
Undecided
Victoria Research/Tallian for Attorney GeneralMay 21–23, 2020894 ± 3.3%36%36%28%

Curtis Hill vs. Jonathan Weinzapfel

Poll sourceDate
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Curtis
Hill
Jonathan
Weinzapfel
Undecided
Victoria Research/Tallian for Attorney GeneralMay 21–23, 2020894 ± 3.3%37%35%
BK Strategies/Eric Holcomb for GovernorMay 20–21, 2020600 ± 4%32%39%

Results

By congressional district

Rokita won seven of nine congressional districts.
DistrictRokitaWeinzapfelRepresentative
46%54%Frank J. Mrvan
61%39%Jackie Walorski
66%34%Jim Banks
66%34%Jim Baird
54%46%Victoria Spartz
70%30%Greg Pence
37%63%André Carson
60%40%Larry Bucshon
62%38%Trey Hollingsworth