2018 Alabama Attorney General election

The 2018 Alabama Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of Alabama. Incumbent attorney general Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Former Governor Robert J. Bentley defeated the Democratic candidate, Joseph Siegelman, the son of the former Governor Don Siegelman.

Democratic primary
Attorney Joseph Siegelman, son of former governor Don Siegelman, is the nominee of the Democratic Party.

Chris Christie ran for attorney general on the Democratic ballot. Christie has been a trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings for 30 years.


 * Chris Christie, trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
 * Joseph Siegelman, son of former governor Don Siegelman

Republican primary
Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.

Incumbent Republican attorney general Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Governor Bentley in February 2017 after appointing Attorney General Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate, ran for a first full term.

Former chief deputy attorney general Alice Martin sought the Republican nomination.


 * Chess Bedsole, chairman of Donald Trump's Alabama campaign
 * Troy King, former Alabama Attorney General
 * Steve Marshall, incumbent
 * Alice Martin, Deputy Attorney General of Alabama and former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama