Attorney General — Rhode Island
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What this office is
The Attorney General of Rhode Island is the state’s lawyer. One office. The whole state. One of the five general officers. The term is four years. The next regular election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Confirm the clock, and the Attorney General of record, on official Rhode Island sites. This office has a two consecutive term cap — that is a clock fact, not a crown.
This is not the Governor. The Governor file lives at Governor of Rhode Island. This is not a United States Attorney. This is not a town solicitor. Rhode Island has no elected county sheriffs. In this state the Attorney General also prosecutes felonies for the whole map — that is Rhode Island’s clock, not every state’s.
Providence is the capital. Providence is also the largest city. Providence is still not the whole state. Five counties and the Bay towns, South County, Newport, the mill valleys, and Block Island hire the same Attorney General.
This page is Side One. For this cycle, use the election twin.
Confirm the Attorney General of record on riag.ri.gov.
How the job fits this community
The inbox is a state inbox: a capital felony file that is not a Boston story, a working-water consumer file, a mill-valley public-integrity file, a South County town that never makes a national broadcast, and a nor’easter night that is not a tourist weekend.
Staff who only know Providence as the whole state are not doing the job. Massachusetts is a different state. Connecticut is a different state. The Bay towns remain Rhode Island.
What the job entails
- Represent the state. Not a legislator. Not the Governor.
- Opinions where Rhode Island law actually gives them.
- Felony prosecution and civil matters the constitution and statutes actually assign — including the statewide felony docket this office actually carries.
- Consumer and public-integrity files that are state files.
- Two homes. Providence for the job. The rest of the state for the people who hired the office.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- State: Rhode Island · Office: Attorney General
- Next regular election: 3 November 2026
- Always verify on riag.ri.gov
What this is not
- Not the Governor. Not a U.S. Attorney. Not a town solicitor. Not a sheriff.
- Not a United States Senator (Class II is on 2026; Class I next 2030). Rhode Island has no Class III.
- Not the Mayor of Providence. Not the Mayor of Newport. Not the Mayor of Westerly.
- Not a campaign flyer.
Official doors
- Office of the Attorney General
- Rhode Island Department of State — Elections
- Office of the Attorney General of Rhode Island