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October 29, 2026Partners Martha Stolley and Diana Cortes were quoted by MinnPost in an article about the growing significance of state attorney general elections and how changes in leadership can reshape enforcement priorities, litigation strategies, and participation in multistate legal challenges.
“State AG elections have become increasingly consequential,” Martha noted, “particularly as attorneys general have assumed a more prominent role in shaping enforcement priorities and influencing national regulatory policy.”
Diana explained how a change in party control of an attorney general’s office could affect ongoing litigation and enforcement activity. “Ultimately, a change in an AG office’s partisan control could result in that state joining or withdrawing from a multistate litigation coalition, influence which investigations and lawsuits that state pursues, and significantly shift enforcement priorities,” she said.