The Attorney General of Idaho is an elected office that assists local law enforcement agencies in the state of

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...

. They provide legal representation for state agencies, state corporations and any persons holding ownership of property, as well as enforcing consumer protection laws. They advise state officials and entities in relation to the law. The incumbent attorney general,

Lawrence Wasden Lawrence Garth Wasden is an American attorney and politician who served as the Idaho Attorney General from 2003 to 2023. First elected in 2002, he was the longest-serving attorney general in Idaho history. Wasden was re-elected four more times be ...

, is the longest serving attorney general in Idaho's history, and was defeated in the Republican primary in the 2022 election. Although the attorney general has a four-year term, there are no limits on how many attempts that an incumbent can run for office.

was

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on July 3, 1890. The Office of Attorney General of the State of Idaho was created by the Constitution of Idaho, 1889, Art. IV, Sec. 1.

Qualifications

Candidates for attorney general must be a good-standing member of the

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, a U.S. citizen, at least 30 years of age, and a resident of Idaho for at least two years prior to the election.

Attorneys general of the Territory of Idaho

Idaho Territory was created from

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, and

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on March 4, 1863. The Office of Territorial Attorney General was created in 1885 (Laws of the Territory of Idaho, 1885, p. 31).

Qualifications

Attorneys general of the Territory of Idaho

Officeholders

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