Mark Herring Democratic Mark Herring Democratic The 2017 Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 7, 2017.

The incumbent attorney general, Democrat Mark Herring, was expected to run for governor, but announced he would run for re-election instead.

[1] As only Herring and Republican John Adams qualified for their respective party primaries, the two automatically became their parties' nominees.

In the general election, Herring defeated Adams to win a second term as Attorney General of Virginia.

Federal Officials National Figures State Officials Local Officials Sheriffs Individuals Organizations Newspapers Federal Officials State officials Sheriffs Organizations Newspapers Herring won 5 of 11 congressional districts, including one that was represented by a Republican.