Arkansas Attorney General

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The Arkansas Attorney General is an executive position and constitutional officer within the Arkansas government. The Attorney General is chief law enforcement and legal officer and lawyer for Arkansas. The position has a candidate of a particular party (Republican or the Democratic) who is elected every four years e.g. 2006, 2002 along with the Governor.

The current Attorney General is Democrat Dustin McDaniel, who was elected on November 7, 2006 and sworn in as the 55th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 9, 2007. The most well-known Arkansas Attorney General is Bill Clinton, who was elected to the position in 1976 and served until he was elected governor in 1978.