Attorney General of Indiana

	Indiana Attorney General
	; ; ;
	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$110,325
2025 FY Budget:	$56,575,015
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Indiana Code, Title 4, Article 6, Chapter 1, Section 2
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder
	Attorney General of Indiana Todd Rokita; Republican Party; Assumed office: 2021-01-11
	Elections
Next election:	November 5, 2024
Last election:	November 3, 2020
	Other Indiana Executive Offices
	Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditors: Auditor • Examiner • Secretary of Education • Agriculture Director • Insurance Commissioner • Natural Resources Director • Labor Commissioner • Utility Regulatory Commission

The Attorney General of Indiana is a constitutional executive officer of the Indiana state government. The attorney general is the chief legal officer for Indiana. He or she is responsible for the prosecution of all civil actions brought in the name of the state of Indiana or any state agency.^[1] Attorneys General are directly elected by the citizens of Indiana in presidential election years. They serve four-year terms and are not subject to term limits.^[2]

Indiana has a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general.

Current officeholder

The current attorney general is Republican Todd Rokita. He was first elected in 2020 and was sworn into office on January 11, 2021.^[3]

Authority

Title 4, Article 6, Chapter 1, Section 2 of the Indiana Code addresses the office of attorney general:^[4]

There is created the office of attorney general for the state to be administered by an attorney general who shall be elected under IC 3-10-2-6 by the voters of the state...

Qualifications

Qualifications for the office of attorney general are set out in Title 4, Article 6, Chapter 1, Section 3 of the Indiana Code. To be eligible to serve in the office, an individual must be:^[4]

a resident of Indiana for at least two years prior to the election
licensed to practice law in Indiana for at least five years prior to the election

Elections

Indiana state government organizational chart

Indiana elects attorneys general in the presidential elections, that is, in leap years (e.g. 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028). The four-year term begins on the second Monday in January following the election.^[5]

2024

See also: Indiana Attorney General election, 2024

General election

The general election will occur on November 5, 2024.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Attorney General of Indiana

Destiny Scott Wells and Beth White are running in the Democratic convention for Attorney General of Indiana on July 15, 2024.

		Candidate
		Destiny Scott Wells (D)
		Beth White (D)

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Andrew Straw (D)

Republican convention

Republican convention for Attorney General of Indiana

Incumbent Todd Rokita is running in the Republican convention for Attorney General of Indiana on June 15, 2024.

		Candidate
		Todd Rokita (R)

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