2014 Arkansas Attorney General election

2014 Arkansas Attorney General election

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
 
Nominee Leslie Rutledge Nate Steel
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 430,799 360,680
Percentage 51.6% 43.2%

County results
Rutledge:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Steel:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Attorney General before election

Dustin McDaniel
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Leslie Rutledge
Republican

The 2014 Arkansas Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the attorney general of Arkansas.

Republican nominee Leslie Rutledge was elected to the office, the first woman elected to the office and the first Republican to be elected to the office since 1874 (during the reconstruction period). Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dustin McDaniel was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.