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 Democratic primary convention was scheduled for June 13, 2020. The Republican primary convention was scheduled with a live stream on June 18, 2020, followed by mail-in voting between June 22 and July 9.
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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 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
editCandidates
editNominee
edit- Todd Rokita, former U.S. Representative from Indiana's 4th district[1]
Eliminated at convention
edit- Nate Harter, Decatur County prosecutor[2]
- Curtis Hill, incumbent Attorney General[3]
- John Westercamp, attorney[4]
Withdrawn
edit- Adam Krupp, former Indiana Department of Revenue Commissioner (endorsed Harter)[5]
Endorsements
editNate Harter
State legislators
- Stephen Bartels, state representative[6]
- Michael Crider, state senator[7]
- Mark Messmer, Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate[8]
- Jeff Raatz, state senator[9]
- Cindy Ziemke, state representative[10]
Individuals
- Adam Krupp, former Indiana Department of Revenue Commissioner[11]
Curtis Hill
State officials
- Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General since 2015[12]
State legislators
- Christy Stutzman, state representative[13]
- Jim Tomes, state senator[14]
Todd Rokita
State legislators
- Michael Aylesworth, state representative[15]
- Karen Engleman, state representative[16]
- Ryan Mishler, state senator[17]
- Rick Niemeyer, state senator[18]
- Heath VanNatter, state representative[19]
- Dennis Zent, state representative[20]
John Westercamp
U.S. Representatives
- David M. McIntosh, former U.S. representative for IN-02 (1995–2001)[21]
State legislators
- Eric Bassler, state senator[21]
- Dave Heine, state representative[21]
- Mike Speedy, state representative[21]
- Timothy Wesco, state representative[21]
Results
edit| Republican convention results | |||||||||
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| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | ||||||
| Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | Transfer | Votes | % | ||
| Todd Rokita | 479 | 27.37 | +122 | 601 | 34.66 | +272 | 873 | 52.15 | |
| Curtis Hill (inc.) | 655 | 37.43 | +46 | 701 | 40.43 | +100 | 801 | 47.85 | |
| Nate Harter | 327 | 18.69 | +105 | 432 | 24.91 | Eliminated | |||
| John Westercamp | 289 | 16.51 | Eliminated | ||||||
| Active ballots | 1,750 | 100.00 | 1,734 | 100.00 | 1,674 | 100.00 | |||
| Exhausted ballots | 7 | 0.40 | +16 | 23 | 1.31 | +60 | 83 | 4.72 | |
| Total ballots | 1,757 | 100.00 | 1,757 | 100.00 | 1,757 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic convention
editCandidates
editNominee
edit- Jonathan Weinzapfel, former mayor of Evansville[22]
Eliminated at convention
editResults
edit| Democratic convention results[24] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Round 1 | ||||||||
| Votes | % | ||||||||
| Jonathan Weinzapfel | 1,057 | 51.16 | |||||||
| Karen Tallian | 1,009 | 48.84 | |||||||
| Total ballots | 2,066 | 100.00 | |||||||
General election
editPredictions
edit| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[25] | Tossup | June 25, 2020 |
Polling
edit| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Todd Rokita (R) |
Jonathan Weinzapfel (D) |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyUSA/Election Twitter[26] | Oct 8–13, 2020 | 527 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 48% | 35% | 17% |
| Change Research/IndyPolitics/SnydeReport[27] | Sep 3–7, 2020 | 1,033 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 49% | 34% | 18% |
Hypothetical polling
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Curtis Hill vs. Karen Tallian
Curtis Hill vs. Jonathan Weinzapfel
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Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Todd Rokita | 1,722,007 | 58.34 |  3.97
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| Democratic | Jonathan Weinzapfel | 1,229,644 | 41.66 |  3.97
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| Total votes | 2,951,651 | 100.00 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
By county
edit| Todd Rokita Republican |
Jonathan Weinzapfel Democratic |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
| Adams | 10,433 | 75.2% | 3,439 | 24.8% | 13,872 |
| Allen | 95,651 | 57.9% | 69,691 | 42.1% | 165,342 |
| Bartholomew | 22,714 | 65.1% | 12,151 | 34.9% | 34,865 |
| Benton | 2,937 | 72.6% | 1,111 | 27.4% | 4,048 |
| Blackford | 3,766 | 72.7% | 1,413 | 27.3% | 5,179 |
| Boone | 23,915 | 63.9% | 13,506 | 36.1% | 37,421 |
| Brown | 5,625 | 64.2% | 3,141 | 35.8% | 8,766 |
| Carroll | 7,067 | 74.7% | 2,399 | 25.3% | 9,466 |
| Cass | 10,506 | 70.1% | 4,478 | 29.9% | 14,984 |
| Clark | 32,918 | 59.5% | 22,416 | 40.5% | 55,334 |
| Clay | 8,982 | 76.5% | 2,765 | 23.5% | 11,747 |
| Clinton | 9,269 | 72.9% | 3,451 | 27.1% | 12,720 |
| Crawford | 3,089 | 67.4% | 1,494 | 32.6% | 4,583 |
| Daviess | 8,931 | 78.3% | 2,473 | 21.7% | 11,404 |
| Dearborn | 19,565 | 78.4% | 5,401 | 21.6% | 24,966 |
| Decatur | 9,118 | 77.4% | 2,665 | 22.6% | 11,783 |
| Dekalb | 13,704 | 73.3% | 5,002 | 26.7% | 18,706 |
| Delaware | 26,834 | 57.0% | 20,242 | 43.0% | 47,076 |
| Dubois | 13,032 | 61.7% | 8,084 | 38.3% | 21,116 |
| Elkhart | 48,604 | 65.9% | 25,171 | 34.1% | 73,775 |
| Fayette | 7,354 | 75.8% | 2,343 | 24.2% | 9,697 |
| Floyd | 23,932 | 58.6% | 16,894 | 41.4% | 40,826 |
| Fountain | 6,050 | 77.0% | 1,811 | 23.0% | 7,861 |
| Franklin | 9,144 | 81.2% | 2,120 | 18.8% | 11,264 |
| Fulton | 6,561 | 73.2% | 2,401 | 26.8% | 8,962 |
| Gibson | 9,811 | 61.6% | 6,122 | 38.4% | 15,933 |
| Grant | 18,266 | 69.9% | 7,872 | 30.1% | 26,138 |
| Greene | 10,578 | 73.3% | 3,859 | 26.7% | 14,437 |
| Hamilton | 109,798 | 58.6% | 77,549 | 41.4% | 187,347 |
| Hancock | 29,571 | 70.6% | 12,324 | 29.4% | 41,895 |
| Harrison | 14,237 | 72.2% | 5,493 | 27.8% | 19,730 |
| Hendricks | 55,159 | 64.2% | 30,711 | 35.8% | 85,870 |
| Henry | 14,689 | 70.7% | 6,084 | 29.3% | 20,773 |
| Howard | 26,399 | 66.4% | 13,369 | 33.4% | 39,768 |
| Huntington | 12,806 | 75.0% | 4,258 | 25.0% | 17,064 |
| Jackson | 13,884 | 76.0% | 4,374 | 24.0% | 18,258 |
| Jasper | 11,265 | 75.5% | 3,658 | 24.5% | 14,923 |
| Jay | 6,202 | 75.1% | 2,051 | 24.9% | 8,253 |
| Jefferson | 9,291 | 66.9% | 4,591 | 33.1% | 13,882 |
| Jennings | 9,016 | 76.8% | 2,731 | 23.2% | 11,747 |
| Johnson | 51,302 | 68.9% | 23,159 | 31.1% | 74,461 |
| Knox | 10,541 | 68.4% | 4,881 | 31.6% | 15,422 |
| Kosciusko | 26,329 | 76.4% | 8,144 | 23.6% | 34,473 |
| Lagrange | 7,971 | 77.7% | 2,294 | 22.3% | 10,265 |
| Lake | 91,316 | 42.9% | 121,406 | 57.1% | 212,722 |
| LaPorte | 25,095 | 53.1% | 22,163 | 46.9% | 47,258 |
| Lawrence | 15,164 | 75.3% | 4,975 | 24.7% | 20,139 |
| Madison | 30,596 | 59.9% | 20,511 | 40.1% | 51,107 |
| Marion | 141,939 | 36.6% | 246,140 | 63.4% | 388,079 |
| Marshall | 13,706 | 71.5% | 5,474 | 28.5% | 19,180 |
| Martin | 3,645 | 73.9% | 1,290 | 26.1% | 4,935 |
| Miami | 10,594 | 76.3% | 3,297 | 23.7% | 13,891 |
| Monroe | 23,187 | 37.6% | 38,405 | 62.4% | 61,592 |
| Montgomery | 13,018 | 77.4% | 3,795 | 22.6% | 16,813 |
| Morgan | 27,058 | 77.6% | 7,826 | 22.4% | 34,884 |
| Newton | 4,942 | 76.8% | 1,496 | 23.2% | 6,438 |
| Noble | 13,717 | 74.3% | 4,753 | 25.7% | 18,470 |
| Ohio | 2,315 | 75.9% | 734 | 24.1% | 3,049 |
| Orange | 6,213 | 73.9% | 2,192 | 26.1% | 8,405 |
| Owen | 6,921 | 72.7% | 2,597 | 27.3% | 9,518 |
| Parke | 5,058 | 75.2% | 1,667 | 24.8% | 6,725 |
| Perry | 4,663 | 55.3% | 3,763 | 44.7% | 8,426 |
| Pike | 3,948 | 65.9% | 2,043 | 34.1% | 5,991 |
| Porter | 46,276 | 54.1% | 39,256 | 45.9% | 85,532 |
| Posey | 7,605 | 57.6% | 5,595 | 42.4% | 13,200 |
| Pulaski | 4,098 | 73.8% | 1,454 | 26.2% | 5,552 |
| Putnam | 12,186 | 76.4% | 4,099 | 23.6% | 16,285 |
| Randolph | 7,994 | 75.5% | 2,589 | 24.5% | 10,583 |
| Ripley | 11,071 | 79.6% | 2,841 | 20.4% | 13,912 |
| Rush | 5,762 | 75.5% | 1,871 | 24.5% | 7,633 |
| Scott | 6,496 | 69.0% | 2,915 | 31.0% | 9,411 |
| Shelby | 13,889 | 72.7% | 5,207 | 27.3% | 19,096 |
| Spencer | 6,138 | 58.7% | 4,314 | 41.3% | 10,452 |
| St. Joseph | 53,530 | 48.6% | 56,536 | 51.4% | 110,066 |
| Starke | 6,861 | 70.5% | 2,877 | 29.5% | 9,738 |
| Steuben | 11,432 | 72.1% | 4,413 | 27.9% | 15,845 |
| Sullivan | 6,082 | 70.0% | 2,609 | 30.0% | 8,691 |
| Switzerland | 2,967 | 75.1% | 984 | 24.9% | 3,951 |
| Tippecanoe | 36,476 | 51.8% | 33,940 | 48.2% | 70,416 |
| Tipton | 5,824 | 74.6% | 1,987 | 25.4% | 7,811 |
| Union | 2,625 | 78.7% | 711 | 21.3% | 3,336 |
| Vanderburgh | 36,681 | 47.5% | 40,531 | 52.5% | 77,212 |
| Vermillion | 4,727 | 66.1% | 2,428 | 33.9% | 7,155 |
| Vigo | 22,772 | 56.6% | 17,474 | 43.4% | 40,246 |
| Wabash | 10,628 | 75.8% | 3,402 | 24.2% | 14,030 |
| Warren | 3,397 | 76.9% | 1,019 | 23.1% | 4,416 |
| Warrick | 18,735 | 56.9% | 14,194 | 43.1% | 32,929 |
| Washington | 8,980 | 76.0% | 2,829 | 24.0% | 11,809 |
| Wayne | 17,845 | 65.7% | 9,319 | 34.3% | 27,164 |
| Wells | 10,799 | 78.1% | 3,029 | 21.9% | 13,828 |
| White | 7,940 | 73.2% | 2,902 | 26.8% | 10,842 |
| Whitley | 12,528 | 74.4% | 4,300 | 25.6% | 16,828 |
By congressional district
editRokita won 7 of 9 congressional districts.[32]
| District | Rokita | Weinzapfel | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 46% | 54% | Frank J. Mrvan |
| 2nd | 61% | 39% | Jackie Walorski |
| 3rd | 66% | 34% | Jim Banks |
| 4th | 66% | 34% | Jim Baird |
| 5th | 54% | 46% | Victoria Spartz |
| 6th | 70% | 30% | Greg Pence |
| 7th | 37% | 63% | André Carson |
| 8th | 60% | 40% | Larry Bucshon |
| 9th | 62% | 38% | Trey Hollingsworth |
Notes
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Former GOP congressman Todd Rokita to challenge Curtis Hill for AG nomination". IndyStar. May 20, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Republican county prosecutor joins race for attorney general, other candidate drops out". RTV6 Indianapolis. April 21, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "'I'll never back down': Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is seeking a second term". IndyStar. November 14, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "John Westercamp announces candidacy for Indiana attorney general". ABC57. June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Republican Krupp drops out of AG race, endorses new candidate Harter". The Indiana Lawyer. April 21, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ Vote Harter (June 5, 2020). "Thank you to Rep. Stephen R. Bartels for your endorsement – we're working together to send a tough and tested prosecutor to the Attorney General's office". Facebook.
- ^ Vote Harter (May 12, 2020). "Thank you to State Senator Mike Crider for endorsing our campaign's mission of electing a tested prosecutor and proven conservative who will continue to defend our values in the Attorney General's Office!". Facebook.
- ^ Vote Harter (May 12, 2020). "Senator Mark Messmer is a leader at home as Dubois County GOP Chair and for Indiana as the State Senate's Majority Floor Leader. I'm grateful for his support and counsel as we continue to grow our team!". Facebook.
- ^ Vote Harter (April 30, 2020). "Thank you to Senator Jeff Raatz for your leadership and endorsement!". Facebook.
- ^ Vote Harter (April 29, 2020). "I see State Representative Cindy Ziemke fight every day for her constituents in southeast Indiana – I'm honored to call her a friend and to have her endorsement". Facebook.
- ^ Carney, Haley (April 23, 2020). "Decatur prosecutor challenging AG Hill for GOP nomination". Washington Times Herald.
- ^ Curtis Hill (June 20, 2020). "Curtis Hill Endorsement Video". Facebook.
- ^ Curtis Hill (May 29, 2020). "Grateful to have the support of State Representative Christy Stutzman!". Facebook.
- ^ Curtis Hill (May 19, 2020). "I am honored to have the support of State Senator Jim Tomes. He is a leader in the Indiana Senate for conservative issues. I have enjoyed working with him!". Facebook.
- ^ Todd Rokita (June 29, 2020). "INDIANA STATE REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL AYLESWORTH AND DOLORES AYLESWORTH, BOTH PORTER COUNTY DELEGATES, ENDORSE TODD ROKITA FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL". Facebook.
- ^ Todd Rokita (July 3, 2020). "KAREN ENGLEMAN, STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND REPUBLICAN DELEGATE ENDORSES TODD ROKITA FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL". Facebook.
- ^ Todd Rokita (June 22, 2020). "THIS SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM STATE SENATOR RYAN MISHLER WAS MAILED TO MANY DELEGATES. POSTING SO YOU CAN READ IT TOO. THE PATTERN OF TAXPAYER FUNDS MISMANAGEMENT AT THE A.G.'s OFFICE NEEDS TO COME TO AN END". Facebook.
- ^ Todd Rokita (June 23, 2020). "SENATOR RICK NIEMEYER APPRECIATES KNOWING THAT NORTHWEST INDIANA IS NEVER OVERLOOKED AND THAT IS WHY HE ENDORSES TODD ROKITA FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL". Facebook.
- ^ Todd Rokita (June 22, 2020). "PROVEN LEADERSHIP IS THE REASON STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND DELEGATE HEATH VANNATTER WILL VOTE FOR TODD ROKITA FOR INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL". Facebook.
- ^ Todd Rokita (June 23, 2020). ""A MAN OF GREAT CHARACTER" – STATE REPRESENTATIVE DENNY ZENT AND HIS WIFE WENDY ZENT, BOTH DELEGATES, ENDORSE TODD ROKITA FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL". Facebook.
- ^ a b c d e "Indiana Attorney General election, 2020 (July 9 Republican convention)". Ballotpedia.
- ^ "Jonathan Weinzapfel Files Democratic Candidacy For Indiana Attorney General". WBIW. May 4, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "State Sen. Karen Tallian announces run for attorney general". RTV6 Indianapolis. August 21, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "Democrats select Weinzapfel to face GOP nominee for Attorney General in November". IndyStar. June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections". The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
- ^ SurveyUSA/Election Twitter
- ^ Change Research/IndyPolitics/SnydeReport
- ^ BK Strategies/Eric Holcomb for Governor
- ^ Indiana Secretary of State (November 24, 2020). "Certification of the Official Canvass of the Votes Cast for Certain Candidates for Election or Retention at the November 3, 2020 Indiana General Election" (PDF).
- ^ "Indiana Election Results". Indiana Election Division. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ^ "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
External links
editOfficial campaign websites