 | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Herring: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
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.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
John Adams |
Rob Bell |
Chuck Smith |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Opinion Strategies Archived 2016-09-30 at the Wayback Machine | September 18–21, 2016 | 800 | ± 3.46% | 11% | 16% | 3% | 69% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Mark Herring (D) |
John Adams (R) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change Research | November 2–5, 2017 | 3,648 | ± 1.6% | 51% | 45% | — | 4% |
| The Polling Company (R) | November 2–5, 2017 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 44% | 45% | — | 9% |
| Christopher Newport University Archived 2017-11-06 at the Wayback Machine | October 29 – November 4, 2017 | 839 | ± 3.5% | 49% | 45% | — | 6% |
| Gravis Marketing | October 30 – November 3, 2017 | 1,143 | ± 2.9% | 48% | 42% | — | 10% |
| The Polling Company (R) | October 30 – November 2, 2017 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 42% | 43% | — | 12% |
| Roanoke College | October 29 – November 2, 2017 | 781 | ± 3.5% | 46% | 46% | — | 8% |
| Suffolk University Archived 2018-11-15 at the Wayback Machine | October 30 – November 1, 2017 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 44% | 42% | — | 13% |
| Washington Post/Schar School Archived October 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine | October 26–29, 2017 | 921 | ± 4.0% | 51% | 43% | — | 5% |
| The Polling Company (R) | October 23–26, 2017 | 800 | ± 3.5% | 43% | 43% | — | 11% |
| Christopher Newport University Archived 2017-10-27 at the Wayback Machine | October 20–25, 2017 | 812 | ± 3.8% | 49% | 44% | — | 7% |
| Roanoke College | October 8–13, 2017 | 607 | ± 4.0% | 47% | 42% | — | 10% |
| Christopher Newport University Archived 2017-10-09 at the Wayback Machine | October 2–6, 2017 | 928 | ± 4.3% | 51% | 40% | — | 9% |
| Washington Post/Schar School Poll Archived 2020-11-16 at the Wayback Machine | September 28 – October 2, 2017 | 720 LV | ± 4.5% | 52% | 41% | — | 5% |
| 1,000 RV | ± 3.5% | 50% | 39% | — | 6% | ||
| Public Policy Polling Archived 2020-11-12 at the Wayback Machine | September 21–23, 2017 | 849 | ± 3.8% | 46% | 38% | — | 16% |
| Christopher Newport University Archived 2017-09-25 at the Wayback Machine | September 12–22, 2017 | 776 | ± 3.7% | 47% | 42% | — | 11% |
| Suffolk University Archived 2017-09-27 at the Wayback Machine | September 13–17, 2017 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 39% | 37% | — | 23% |
| Mason-Dixon | September 10–15, 2017 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 45% | 36% | — | 19% |
| University of Mary Washington | September 5–12, 2017 | 562 LV | ± 5.2% | 47% | 40% | — | 10% |
| 867 RV | ± 4.1% | 47% | 38% | — | 12% | ||
| Virginia Commonwealth University Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine | July 17–25, 2017 | 538 LV | ± 5.1% | 45% | 39% | — | 15% |
| 707 RV | ± 4.5% | 43% | 36% | — | 17% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mark Herring (incumbent) | 1,385,389 | 53.34% | +3.43% | |
| Republican | John Adams | 1,209,339 | 46.56% | −3.31% | |
| Write-in | 2,486 | 0.10% | -0.12% | ||
| Total votes | 2,597,214 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Democratic hold | |||||
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
|
| |
|---|---|
| U.S. Senate |
|
| U.S. House |
|
| Governors |
|
| Attorneys general |
|
| State legislatures |
|
| Mayors |
|
| Local |
|
| Statewide |
|
| Territories |
|
