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Minnesota Attorney General

Current State AG
Keith Ellison (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2019

Keith Ellison was elected as attorney general in 2018 and reelected in 2022. Prior to being elected, AG Ellison served in the U.S. House of Representatives, including 12 years on the House Financial Services Committee. Before being elected to Congress, AG Ellison served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and worked in private practice specializing in civil rights law and criminal defense, including five years as executive director of the Legal Rights Center.

Keith Ellison was elected as attorney general in 2018 and reelected in 2022. Prior to being elected, AG Ellison served in the U.S. House of Representatives, including 12 years on the House Financial Services Committee. Before being elected to Congress, AG Ellison served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and worked in private practice specializing in civil rights law and criminal defense, including five years as executive director of the Legal Rights Center.

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The AG is an elected position in Minnesota.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Minnesota Attorney General News & Insights

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Democratic AGs Sue Over Access to Clean-Energy Funds

A group of four Democratic AGs sued the EPA and Citibank, N.A., as a financial agent for the federal government, alleging that they wrongfully denied the states access to funds appropriated by Congress for clean-energy projects in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act, the separation of powers, the Spending Clause, and the Tenth Amendment, among…

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Minnesota’s Win Turns Up the Heat in Climate Change Litigation

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has obtained an order denying in large part motions to dismiss filed by defendants ExxonMobil Corp., the American Petroleum Institute, Koch Industries, Inc., Flint Hills Resources LP, and Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend (collectively “Defendants”) in the state’s climate change-related litigation. The complaint alleges that Defendants hid expert warnings about the…

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