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Running for state attorney general is often seen as a stepping stone to higher office. To the point that political wags quip the "AG" role stands for "aspiring governor."

The Democratic Attorneys General Association on Friday launched a $2 million ad campaign aimed at Colorado Republican attorney general nominee John Kellner over the prosecutors support for the Supreme Court

There will be at least one debate in the campaign to become Iowa’s next governor.

State attorney general candidates are staking claims on what they’ll do to fight or defend access to abortion.

Abortion has heated up normally sleepy state and local attorney general races.

"People are outraged about this, and you can feel it in the air," said Kris Mayes, a Democrat running for attorney general in Arizona.

As the country grapples with states' newfound power to regulate abortion in the aftermath of this summer's U.S. Supreme Court decision, state attorney general candidates are staking claims on what they'll do to fight or defend access to abortion — and that's attracting cash and votes.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who has faced long-running controversy over his role in impeding an investigation into State House corruption, has been an active participant in the Republican Attorneys General Association’s pay-to-play operation.

Conservative and libertarian think tanks, Republican state attorneys general, and religious liberty groups — are aggressively taking on public health mandates and the government agencies charged with protecting community health.

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.