2020 Indiana Attorney General election

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.

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 Candidates Nominee Todd Rokita, former U.S. representative from Indiana's district

Eliminated at convention Nate Harter, Decatur County prosecutor Curtis Hill, incumbent attorney general John Westercamp, attorney

Withdrawn Adam Krupp, former Indiana Department of Revenue commissioner (endorsed Harter)

Endorsements

Results Republican convention results 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 Candidates Nominee Jonathan Weinzapfel, former mayor of Evansville

Eliminated at convention Karen Tallian, Indiana state senator

Results Democratic convention results Candidate Round 1 Votes % Jonathan Weinzapfel 1,057 51.16 Karen Tallian 1,009 48.84 Total ballots 2,066 100.00

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofThe Cook Political ReportJune 25, 2020

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error ToddRokita (R) JonathanWeinzapfel (D) UndecidedSurveyUSA/Election TwitterSurveyUSA/Election Twitter Oct 8–13, 2020 527 (LV) ± 5.2%48% 35% 17%Change Research/IndyPolitics/SnydeReportChange Research/IndyPolitics/SnydeReport Sep 3–7, 2020 1,033 (LV) ± 3.1%49% 34% 18%

Curtis Hill vs. Karen Tallian Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error CurtisHill (R) KarenTallian (D) UndecidedVictoria Research/Tallian for Attorney GeneralVictoria Research/Tallian for Attorney General May 21–23, 2020 894 (LV) ± 3.3% 36% 36% 28% Curtis Hill vs. Jonathan Weinzapfel Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error CurtisHill (R) JonathanWeinzapfel (D) UndecidedVictoria Research/Tallian for Attorney General May 21–23, 2020 894 (LV) ± 3.3%37% 35% –BK Strategies/Eric Holcomb for GovernorBK Strategies/Eric Holcomb for Governor May 20–21, 2020 600 (LV) ± 4%32%39% –

Results

By county + Vote breakdown by county Todd RokitaRepublican Jonathan WeinzapfelDemocratic 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 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic St. Joseph (largest municipality: South Bend) Vanderburgh (largest city: Evansville)

By congressional district Rokita won seven of nine congressional districts.

District Rokita Weinzapfel Representative 46% 54%Frank J. Mrvan 61% 39%Jackie Walorski 66% 34%Jim Banks 66% 34%Jim Baird 54% 46%Victoria Spartz 70% 30%Greg Pence 37% 63%André Carson 60% 40%Larry Bucshon 62% 38%Trey Hollingsworth

Notes

See also 2020 Indiana elections

References

External links Official campaign websites

Todd Rokita (R) for Attorney General