Changes in Washington have brought a flood of multistate lawsuits by state attorneys general and more attention to the fifty leaders who serve as the chief law enforcement official of their states. A new series of reports from the HB Strategies 50 State Team, AG Power Play: The Contenders, profiles the incumbents and candidates of the 30 state attorneys general races in the 2025-2026 election cycle.

HB Strategies CEO Andy Blunt kicked off the series with an introductory report analyzing a 35-year trend line in State Attorney General action and setting the framework for the 50 State team’s forecasting the political future of the 30 office holders.

Andy noted, “There is an ongoing constitutional tug-of-war between the Executive and Judicial branches, spurred by State Attorney General action that has already impacted over $10 billion in federal spending, altered the scope and interpretation of past Supreme Court rulings, and reshaped administrative actions.”

The HB Strategies 50 State team will profile five contenders in six editions with the first in our series analyzing Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, and Colorado. Each edition examines the past and present political dynamics of each race; identifies whether the incumbent will run, term-limited, or eying the Governor’s mansion; and checks out the challengers.

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The 50 STATE team acts as an advocacy hub to help clients accomplish their national objectives. 50 STATE provides clients the ability to manage their nationwide objectives in an organized and effective way to produce winning results as well as cover areas of an existing team to strengthen the client’s presence in key areas across the country. The team is immediately embedded into a client’s existing organization with one task in mind, helping the existing team to better define and accomplish their objectives. The team’s ability to seamlessly integrate into an existing organizational structure distinguishes it from others and is essential to its track record of success.

ABOUT HB STRATEGIES

HB Strategies CEO Andy Blunt and HB Strategies COO Gregg Hartley co-founded the firm in 2018 and today HB Strategies has thirteen offices nationwide. The firm has one of the largest networks of state lobbyists in the country with capital offices in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin. The firm’s Federal Government Affairs group ranks as one of Washington’s top-performing lobbying firms. Its Public Affairs practice is based in St. Louis. And U.S. Senator Roy Blunt chairs the firm’s Leadership Strategies Advisory Services group in Washington – a specialized executive team that provides a comprehensive whole-of-government advisory service that is tailored to the needs of a specific organization.