The Maryland Attorney General election of 2014 was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the

Attorney General of Maryland The Attorney General of the State of Maryland is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland in the United States and is elected by the people every four years with no term limits. To run for the office a person must be a citizen of and qua ...

. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General

Doug Gansler Douglas Friend Gansler (born October 30, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 45th Attorney General of Maryland. Gansler previously served as the State's Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland, from 1999 to 2007. He won ...

was eligible to seek a third term in office, but instead ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for

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. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014. The Democrats nominated State Senator

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and the Republicans nominated attorney Jeffrey Pritzker.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Aisha Braveboy, state delegate * Jon Cardin, state delegate and nephew of U.S. Senator

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, state senator

Withdrew

* William Frick, state delegate (ran for re-election)

Declined

, incumbent attorney general ( ran for Governor)

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Jeffrey Pritzker, attorney and candidate for attorney general in 2002

Declined

* Richard Douglas, attorney, former

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and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012

Results

General election

Candidates

(Democratic), state senator * Jeffrey Pritzker (Republican), attorney and candidate for attorney general in 2002 * Leo Wayne Dymowski ( Libertarian), Democratic candidate for the state house in 1982, Republican candidate for Baltimore City Council in 1991 and Libertarian nominee for

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Polling

Results

References

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Maryland Attorney General elections

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

General election

Candidates

Polling

Results

See also

References