2022 Nebraska Attorney General election

The 2022 Nebraska Attorney General election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Nebraska. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Doug Peterson was eligible to run for a third term, but he announced on December 14, 2021, that he would not run for re-election.
No Democratic candidates filed to run for the position, and Hilgers faced Legal Marijuana Now candidate, former Republican congressional candidate Larry Bolinger, in the general election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mike Hilgers, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature

Eliminated in primary

Jennifer Hicks, conservative activist

Declined

Doug Peterson, incumbent attorney general

Legal Marijuana Now primary

Candidates

Declared

Larry Bolinger, author and Republican candidate for in 2018 and 2020