American Bridge 21st Century is releasing public research targeting Republican attorney general candidates in Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, and Wisconsin — states where attorneys general will play a key role in election disputes, voting rights battles, and legal fights heading into the 2028 presidential election.

These Republican candidates have promoted voter fraud conspiracies, supported efforts to overturn the 2020 election, backed abortion bans that could criminalize doctors and providers, or have publicly signaled they intend to use the office to advance Donald Trump’s political agenda. 

“Trump and his allies have spent years attacking elections, undermining democracy, and vilifying the officials and institutions that refused to help overturn the 2020 election,” said Tiffiany Vaughn, spokesperson for American Bridge 21st Century. “Now, some of the same MAGA loyalists who pushed election conspiracies and attacks on voting rights are running for attorney general in states that will be at the center of the next presidential election — American Bridge is putting their records, rhetoric, and agendas under a microscope. Attorneys general are supposed to uphold the law and protect the public — not serve as Trump’s personal legal defense team.”

Initial targets include:

  • Brian Strickland (Georgia) — Supported Georgia’s 2021 voter suppression law, backed the state’s six-week abortion ban, and supported restrictions critics warned would undermine protest rights and voting access.
  • Kris Kobach (Kansas) — Helped strategize efforts to overturn the 2020 election, promoted voter fraud conspiracies, and supported handing over SNAP recipient data to the Trump administration.
  • Warren Petersen (Arizona) — Amplified election conspiracy theories tied to the Maricopa “audit,” supported Arizona’s 1864 near-total abortion ban, and backed Trump’s health care cuts that are projected to impact hundreds of thousands of Arizonans.
  • Doug Lloyd (Michigan) — Said he was willing to prosecute abortion providers after Roe v. Wade was overturned and pushed for broader voter fraud investigations and prosecutorial authority.
  • Ron Schutz (Minnesota) — Promoted voter fraud conspiracies and supported aggressive anti-fraud enforcement tied to federal immigration raids that resulted in the deaths of two Minnesotans.
  • Adriana Guzmán Fralick (Nevada) — Backed new voting restrictions and said one of her first priorities as attorney general would be to “stop suing our president.”
  • Eric Toney (Wisconsin) — Pledged to enforce Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban and promoted aggressive voter fraud prosecutions, which experts warned could discourage voting.

The effort comes as courts continue to shift more authority over elections and civil rights disputes to the states, increasing the influence attorneys general hold over future legal and political battles.

For more than a decade, American Bridge has helped shape national political fights by holding Republican candidates accountable in presidential, congressional, statewide, local, and battleground races.

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