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STATE level action AG stepping stone to governor, tough on crime, drugs, border     newest incanrnation of old FREE judge dude ranch orientations?  see LEC gmusee team blue and red:who built it?=oddly no sw or wiki<a href="https://qz.com/1204892/corporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws/">https://qz.com/1204892/corporate-donors-use-a-secret-online-network-to-work-with-republican-state-attorneys-on-policies-and-laws/</a>attorneys general in many US states are part of a secret online network that enables corporate donors to review and comment on public policies before they’re made, according to a <a href="https://maplight.org/story/gop-law-enforcement-chiefs-invited-donors-to-help-set-policy-via-secret-bulletin-board/" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">joint article</a> by The Intercept and <a href="https://maplight.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">Maplight</a>, a bipartisan group examining money’s influence on US politics.<div class="f46e3" style="margin-right: 90px; margin-left: 90px; max-width: 1600px;"><div class="61c55" style="position: relative; z-index: 100; max-width: 940px; margin: 50px auto 0px; display: flex; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="230bb" id="article-content" style="margin: auto; order: 2; width: 620px;">“The Briefing Room” is a file-sharing network and online bulletin board <a href="https://www.box.com/about-us" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">hosted by Box</a>, a Redwood City, California-based cloud-content website that claims 41 million users. The policy arm of the <a href="https://www.republicanags.com/about/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">Republican Attorneys General Association</a> (RAGA), which tries to get Republicans elected as state attorneys general, has been using the board to allow donors to review and comment on laws before they are passed, according to Intercept and Maplight’s investigation.A contribution of at least $25,000 gives donors “posting access” to the online board, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3098829-RAGA-New-Member-Packet-2016.html" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">RAGA membership documents show.</a>Democratic attorneys general <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2017-10-27/state-attorneys-general-lead-the-charge-against-president-donald-trump" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">have been in the news</a> in recent months for their blocking of Donald Trump’s travel ban and attempts to dismantle Obamacare subsidies, but Republican AGs have been the ones growing their influence in recent years. In 2014, Republicans took the majority of state AG seats for the first time in US history; they now hold 29 of them.State attorneys general offices are often where challenges to federal laws are initiated. Republican AGs have been “have been instrumental in unraveling policies enacted by the previous Administration,” RAGA’s <a href="https://www.republicanags.com/about/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">website claims</a>, including the Clean Power Plan and a rule that would have <a href="https://qz.com/1072054/dismantling-the-rules-that-protect-americans-a-guide-to-the-trump-administrations-destruction-from-within/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">boosted overtime pay</a> for over 4 million Americans.Policy documents posted to the Briefing Room include drafts of challenges to the overtime law, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4368011-RLDF-BR-AZ-2016-06-13.html" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">and arguments against</a> a rule that prohibited payday lenders from making loans to people who can’t pay them back. The rule has been <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/01/24/579961808/under-trump-appointee-consumer-protection-agency-seen-helping-payday-lenders" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">put on hold</a> by the Trump administration.State open-records laws generally require local lawmakers to disclose information about how public policy decisions are made. An attorney at the Campaign Legal Center, a DC-based nonprofit, told Intercept and Maplight that it looked like the bulletin board was being used to “evade their transparency requirements.”RAGA’s website has <a href="https://www.republicanags.com/ags/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">a list of its members</a>, with their social media contact information. Members of the public can <a href="https://www.nfoic.org/organizations" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s;">submit Freedom of Information Act</a> requests to their states for more information about how laws are made.<figure class="43d66 aligncenter _68dc3 _451d8" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin: 40px 0px 0px; clear: both; min-width: 270px; width: 620px; height: auto; float: none; max-width: none; transform: none; padding-bottom: 0px;"><div class="5fc35" style="line-height: 0; position: relative;"><div class="83471 _97ba0 visible" style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 348.563px;"><img src="https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=450&h=253&crop=1&strip=all&quality=75" srcset="https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=450&h=253&crop=1&strip=all&quality=75 450w, https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=900&h=506&crop=1&strip=all&quality=75 900w, https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=620&h=349&crop=1&strip=all&quality=75 620w, https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/us-states-with-raga-member-attorneys-general_mapbuilder.png?w=1240&h=698&crop=1&strip=all&quality=75 1240w" sizes="(min-width: 48em) 620px, 450px" alt="" class="" decoding="async" style="border-style: none; position: absolute; width: 620px; height: 348.563px; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; border-radius: 2px;" /></div></div></figure></div><aside class="81b22 06156" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); box-sizing: border-box; width: 320px; order: 1; padding-right: 100px; opacity: 1; transform: none; transition: opacity 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.01, 0.11, 0.24, 1.13) 0s, transform 0s ease 0s;"><div class="64d27" style="margin-bottom: 20px;" /><div class="efa8c" style="pointer-events: auto; position: sticky; top: calc(100vh - calc(var(--subscribe-bar-height, 0px) + 60px));" /></aside></div></div><footer class="4a48d" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 940px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div class="78722 e970b" style="margin: 30px 0px 20px auto; width: 620px;"><div class="cb332" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 30px; line-height: 1.3;"><a class="" href="https://qz.com/re/republican/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: lowercase;">republican</a>, <a class="" href="https://qz.com/re/attorney-general/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: lowercase;">attorney general</a>, <a class="" href="https://qz.com/re/foia/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: lowercase;">foia</a>, <a class="" href="https://qz.com/re/cfpb/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: lowercase;">cfpb</a>, <a class="" href="https://qz.com/re/freedom-of-information-act/" style="background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; transition: opacity 0.3s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: lowercase;">freedom of information act</a></div></div></footer><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association">https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association</a>...Bolstering states' rights and reducing the power of the federal government is one of RAGA's main principles. In a video released by the organization, several members explained RAGA's stance on this, its anchor issue. The video featured <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Florida Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Pam_Bondi" title="Pam Bondi" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Pam Bondi</a>, who said, "We are experiencing an overreach by the federal government that has never been seen before." <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Sam_Olens" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Olens" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Sam Olens</a> followed with, "That's not American; that's not the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/U.S.Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Constitution</a>." <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kansas_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Kansas Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Derek_Schmidt" title="Derek Schmidt" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Derek Schmidt</a> claimed, "A strong state federal system really is one of the great guarantors of liberty." Schmidt concluded by saying, "RAGA is about giving us the forum so that Republican AGs who are of like mind have the ability to stand up together and say to <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">Washington</a>, 'enough.'"<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-States-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a>As of May 12, 2015, RAGA listed the following as some chief actions and achievements of the organization and Republican attorneys general:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-about-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a><div class="scrollable-table-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-x: auto; width: 1097px; max-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table style="box-sizing: border-box; border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent; max-width: 100%; float: none !important; border: none;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td width="20" valign="top" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px 3px;">“</td><td valign="top" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican attorneys general scored a major victory against Obamacare that allowed states to choose whether or not to participate in Medicaid expansion. They also have pending suits challenging the ability of the IRS to enforce certain provisions and assess penalties in the 34 states without state health exchanges.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">They have sued the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/U.S.Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none;">EPA [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]</a> over its egregious proposal to unreasonably pick and choose sources of energy and, in a separate suit, are fighting the EPA’s attempt to vastly expand control over “waters of the U.S.”</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican attorneys general have challenged the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Arizona won a successful challenge against the National Labor Relations Board which challenged the state’s constitutional amendment guaranteeing worker’s rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union. This case set valuable precedent that will allow these issues to be resolved at the state, not federal, level.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican AGs played a pivotal role in defeating the NLRB's politically motivated attempt to disallow Boeing's business expansion in South Carolina.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican AGs have called for tougher laws to prevent patent trolls from stifling American innovation.<span id="cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_7-0" class="reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[7]</a></li></ul></td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;">”</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td colspan="3" class="cquotecite" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; padding-right: 43.875px;"><cite style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; overflow-wrap: break-word; float: right;">—RAGA<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-about-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a></cite></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 10px; border-left: 5px solid rgb(50, 56, 61); padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">See also</h2><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_State_Leadership_Committee" title="Republican State Leadership Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican State Leadership Committee</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/National_Association_of_Attorneys_General" title="National Association of Attorneys General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">National Association of Attorneys General</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_Attorneys_General_Association" title="Democratic Attorneys General Association" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Democratic Attorneys General Association</a></li><li /></ul>off bs
<a href="https://www.republicanags.com/">https://www.republicanags.com/</a> i count 27, one gone?STEVE MARSHALLALABAMAMARK BRNOVICHARIZONALESLIE RUTLEDGEARKANSASCYNTHIA COFFMANCOLORADOPAM BONDIFLORIDACHRISTOPHER M. CARRGEORGIALAWRENCE WASDENIDAHOCURTIS HILLINDIANADEREK SCHMIDTKANSASJEFF LANDRYLOUISIANABILL SCHUETTEMICHIGANJOSHUA HAWLEYMISSOURITIM FOXMONTANADOUG PETERSONNEBRASKAADAM LAXALTNEVADAGORDON J. MACDONALDNEW HAMPSHIREWAYNE STENEHJEMNORTH DAKOTAMIKE DEWINEOHIOMIKE HUNTEROKLAHOMAALAN WILSONSOUTH CAROLINAMARTY J. JACKLEYSOUTH DAKOTAHERBERT SLATERYTENNESSEEKEN PAXTONTEXASSEAN REYESUTAHPATRICK MORRISEYWEST VIRGINIABRAD SCHIMELWISCONSIN<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association">https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association</a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) states that it "is the only national organization whose mission is electing <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Republicans</a> to the Office of <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Attorney General</a>." The organization focuses on:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-about-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">recruiting candidates</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">offering research and financial backing</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">developing campaigns</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">"In doing so, the RAGA is improving the talent base from which many future <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Governors</a> and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/U.S.Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">U.S. Senators</a> will be drawn," according to the group's website.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-about-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" font-size="font-size" border-left="border-left" solid="solid" padding="padding" background-color="background-color">Background</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">RAGA was originally formed in 1999. In 2002, the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_State_Leadership_Committee" title="Republican State Leadership Committee" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Republican State Leadership Committee</a> (RSLC) was formed, of which RAGA operated as a branch. In January 2014, plans to establish RAGA as its own independent entity were announced and executed.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[2]</a><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-video-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">When RAGA was formed in 1999, there were 12 Republican attorneys general. At the end of 2014, there were 27 Republican attorneys general.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-video-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" font-size="font-size" border-left="border-left" solid="solid" padding="padding" background-color="background-color">Leadership</h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" font-size="font-size" padding-left="padding-left" background-color="background-color">Executive committee</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Florida Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Pam_Bondi" title="Pam Bondi" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Pam Bondi</a> was the chairman of the RAGA executive committee in 2014-2015. <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Michigan Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Michigan Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Schuette" title="Bill Schuette" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Bill Schuette</a> was elected to serve as the chairman in 2015-2016, and <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Alabama_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Alabama Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Luther_Strange" title="Luther Strange" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Luther Strange</a> was chosen as the 2016-2017 chairman.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-EC-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a><table width="80%" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); max-width: 100%;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="thumb tright" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: right; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em; width: auto; background-color: transparent;"><div class="thumbinner" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-width: 100px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 3px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); text-align: center; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; width: 122px;">
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<div class="thumbcaption" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><div class="magnify" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/File:Luther_Strange.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaa8aaaalcaaaaacfliiaaaaaanrstlma="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA8AAAALCAAAAACFLIiAAAAAAnRSTlMA" uriruaaaacykthrad="uRIrUAAAACYktHRAD" h4="h4" mvwaaaalwsflzaaak8aaacvabqqw0maaaaad0su1fb9ueahirefdlpysaaabpsurbvajxy="MvwAAAAlwSFlzAAAK8AAACvABQqw0mAAAAAd0SU1FB9UEAhIREfdlPYsAAABPSURBVAjXY" j="j" vxdwjahir26zagxze8h8a="vXDwjAHIr26ZAgXZe8H8a" hoicw="hoIcw" nevdvl9="nevdVL9" dupvzqyzfpuezu8bmzlxgkexnd8hau6hqv="DuPvzQYZFPUezu8BMZLXgkExnD8HAu6hqv" n="n" hzvjd4duudaklchd3fj6apaaaaaelftksuqmcc="HZVjD4DuUDAKlChD3fj6aPAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" color="color" rgb="rgb" text-decoration-line="text-decoration-line" none="none" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" xmlns:data="data" /></div><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Luther_Strange" title="Luther Strange" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Luther Strange</a></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">As of 2015, the other executive committee members were:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-EC-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[4]</a><div class="mobile-columns" style="box-sizing: border-box;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" column-count="column-count"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Sam_Olens" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Olens" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Sam Olens</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/South_Carolina_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">South Carolina Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Alan_Wilson" title="Alan Wilson" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Alan Wilson</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Montana_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Montana Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tim_Fox" title="Tim Fox" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Tim Fox</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Oklahoma_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Oklahoma Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Pruitt" title="Scott Pruitt" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Scott Pruitt</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">West Virginia Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Morrisey" title="Patrick Morrisey" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Patrick Morrisey</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Utah_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Utah Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Utah Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Sean_Reyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Reyes" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Sean Reyes [vid]
</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" font-size="font-size" border-left="border-left" solid="solid" padding="padding" background-color="background-color">Finance</h2><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" font-size="font-size" padding-left="padding-left" background-color="background-color">Contributions</h3><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" padding-left="padding-left" background-color="background-color" font-size="font-size" important="important">2014 cycle</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">In the 2014, two-year election cycle, $27,372,269 was provided to the Republican Attorneys General Association, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Of this, at least $16 million was raised in 2014.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-Open-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" padding-left="padding-left" background-color="background-color" font-size="font-size" important="important">Past funding</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">The contributions made to RAGA in 2014 amounted to nearly four times the $4.5 million raised in 2010 and dwarfed the $470,000 raised by the organization in 2002.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-video-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[3]</a><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" font-size="font-size" padding-left="padding-left" background-color="background-color">Expenditures</h3><div class="floatright" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: right; float: right; position: relative; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em 0.5em; border: 0px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association" title="Republican Attorneys General Association" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="RAGAExpend.Chart.Final.png" src="https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/thumb/5/5d/RAGAExpend.Chart.Final.png/350px-RAGAExpend.Chart.Final.png?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJYSMGSWZEGREQP4Q&Expires=1531170634&Signature=N3FYRLCCnTECdc03QFE4LFPyTUQ%3D" width="350" height="230" srcset="https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/5/5d/RAGAExpend.Chart.Final.png 1.5x" data-file-width="433" data-file-height="285" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;" /></a></div><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin-top="margin-top" px="px" margin-bottom="margin-bottom" padding-left="padding-left" background-color="background-color" font-size="font-size" important="important">2014 cycle</h4><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">According to Center for Responsive Politics data for the 2014 election cycle, the first cycle since 2002 in which RAGA operated as a separate entity, the organization spent $24,271,469. Of this total, about:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-Open-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">$10.5 million was spent on media, including ads, broadcasting, consultation and other media-related expenditures;</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">$3.8 million was spent on administrative costs;</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">$3.5 million was directly contributed to other organizations or <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/PAC" class="mw-redirect" title="PAC" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">PACs</a>; and</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">$2.1 million was spent on salaries;</li></ul><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">The remaining $4,371,469 was put towards other expenses, which included such categories as fundraising, research costs, campaign expenses, events, infrastructure and office supply expenditures.<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-Open-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[5]</a><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">This information was compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics according to data released by the Internal Revenue Service on January 27, 2015<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">--<table border="1" class="wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter" width="70%" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-spacing: 0px; background: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin: 1em 1em 1em 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); max-width: 100%;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">South Carolina</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Alan_Wilson(South_Carolina)" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Alan Wilson</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2011</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Nevada</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Adam_Paul_Laxalt" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Adam Laxalt</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of South Dakota</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Marty_J.Jackley" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Marty J. Jackley</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2009</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Michigan</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Bill_Schuette" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">William Duncan "Bill" Schuette</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2011</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Montana</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Tim_Fox(Montana)" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Tim Fox</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2013</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Wyoming</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Peter_Michael" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Peter Michael</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2013</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Wisconsin</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Brad_Schimel" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Brad Schimel</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Indiana</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Curtis_Hill" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Curtis Hill</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Oklahoma</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_Hunter(Oklahoma)" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Mike Hunter</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Texas</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ken_Paxton" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Ken Paxton</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Colorado</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Cynthia_Coffman" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Cynthia Coffman</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Louisiana</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jeff_Landry" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Jeff Landry</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2016</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Arkansas</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Leslie_Rutledge" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Leslie Rutledge</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Tennessee</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Herbert_H.Slatery" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Herbert H. Slatery</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2014</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Arizona</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Brnovich" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Mark Brnovich</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2015</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Utah</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Sean_D.Reyes" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Sean D. Reyes</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Missouri</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Josh_Hawley" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Josh Hawley</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of West Virginia</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Patrick_Morrisey" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Patrick Morrisey</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2013</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Kansas</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Derek_Schmidt" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Derek Schmidt</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2011</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Nebraska Attorney General</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Doug_Peterson" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Doug Peterson</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Georgia</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Chris_Carr(Georgia)" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Chris Carr</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Alabama</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Marshall" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Steve Marshall</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2017</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Ohio</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Mike_DeWine" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Richard Michael DeWine</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2011</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of New Hampshire</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Gordon_MacDonald" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Gordon MacDonald</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;" /><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Idaho</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Lawrence_Wasden" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Lawrence Wasden</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2003</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of North Dakota</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Wayne_Stenehjem" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Wayne Stenehjem</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2001</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican Party</td></tr><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Attorney General of Florida</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Pam_Bondi" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Pam Bondi</a></td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">2011</td><td style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em;">Republican</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">--<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb">issuesBolstering states' rights and reducing the power of the federal government is one of RAGA's main principles. In a video released by the organization, several members explained RAGA's stance on this, its anchor issue. The video featured <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Florida_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Florida Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Pam_Bondi" title="Pam Bondi" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Pam Bondi</a>, who said, "We are experiencing an overreach by the federal government that has never been seen before." <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgia Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Georgia Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Sam_Olens" class="mw-redirect" title="Sam Olens" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Sam Olens</a> followed with, "That's not American; that's not the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/U.S.Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Constitution</a>." <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kansas_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas Attorney General" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Kansas Attorney General</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Derek_Schmidt" title="Derek Schmidt" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Derek Schmidt</a> claimed, "A strong state federal system really is one of the great guarantors of liberty." Schmidt concluded by saying, "RAGA is about giving us the forum so that Republican AGs who are of like mind have the ability to stand up together and say to <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">Washington</a>, 'enough.'"<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-States-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[6]</a>As of May 12, 2015, RAGA listed the following as some chief actions and achievements of the organization and Republican attorneys general:<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_note-about-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">[1]</a><div class="scrollable-table-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-x: auto; width: 1097px; max-width: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><table style="box-sizing: border-box; border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent; max-width: 100%; float: none !important; border: none;"><tbody style="box-sizing: border-box;"><tr style="box-sizing: border-box;"><td width="20" valign="top" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px 3px;">“</td><td valign="top" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: none; padding: 4px 10px;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican attorneys general scored a major victory against Obamacare that allowed states to choose whether or not to participate in Medicaid expansion. They also have pending suits challenging the ability of the IRS to enforce certain provisions and assess penalties in the 34 states without state health exchanges.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">They have sued the <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/U.S.Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">EPA [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]</a> over its egregious proposal to unreasonably pick and choose sources of energy and, in a separate suit, are fighting the EPA’s attempt to vastly expand control over “waters of the U.S.”</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican attorneys general have challenged the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Arizona won a successful challenge against the National Labor Relations Board which challenged the state’s constitutional amendment guaranteeing worker’s rights to vote by secret ballot on whether to join a union. This case set valuable precedent that will allow these issues to be resolved at the state, not federal, level.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican AGs played a pivotal role in defeating the NLRB's politically motivated attempt to disallow Boeing's business expansion in South Carolina.</li></ul><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.6em 1.6em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Republican AGs have called for tougher laws to prevent patent trolls from stifling American innovation.</li></ul><div>---</div><div>notes src</div><div><ol class="references" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 3.2em; padding: 0px;" libre="Libre" franklin="Franklin" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif"><li id="cite_note-about-1" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> <a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.republicanags.com/about" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data">Republican Attorneys General Association, "About," December 20, 2013</a></li><li id="cite_note-2" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_ref-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up↑</a> <a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/republican-state-leadership-committee-split-102443.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaavkleqvr4xn3pgqkamqhduxfqtu7kttkpd5ra8ainfartq2irxfwt2qedafttj2fspioe1ecoleuowwjgzyab="AAAAVklEQVR4Xn3PgQkAMQhDUXfqTu7kTtkpd5RA8AInfArtQ2iRXFWT2QedAfttj2FsPIOE1eCOlEuoWWjgzYaB" ikegorxxhqb="IkeGOrxXhqB" ua9bfcm0lazuh="uA9Bfcm0lAZuh" yiead="YIeAD" caqsz4kcmuaaaaasuvork5cyii=") right center no-repeat; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration-line: none; padding-right: 13px;" xmlns:data="data">Politico, "Republican State Leadership Committee splits apart," January 21, 2014</a></li><li id="cite_note-video-3" style="box-sizing: border-box;">↑ <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_ref-video_3-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:3.0</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_ref-video_3-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">3.1</a> <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_ref-video_3-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none;">3.2</a> <a target="blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM49t1M45Es" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: url(" data:image="data:image" png="png" base64="base64" ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaaaoaaaakcayaaacnms="iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs" aaaaduleqvqyv2p4="AAAAdUlEQVQYV2P4" awxv3lthf0dxkxyd="Awxv3LThf0dXKxyD" da5deug="DA5DEUg" twrv2aawtfcibojyjrhctgtrmcgebhpl2="tWrV2AaWTFcIboJyJrhCtGtRMcgebhpL2" v="v" lvn="Lvn" x="x" irjifn8v="IRjIfn8v" p="P" t055gxzgkpzac8y="t055gxZgKPzaC8Y" nmyqvlpnm8f="nMYQVLpnM8f" zo3aqkfzyool="zo3AqKfzyOOL" h="h" sh="sh" c9sbusiyvaerdjwjk4e="c9sBUSIyvAeRdJWjk4E" aaaaaelftksuqmcc="AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" color="color" rgb="rgb" text-decoration-line="text-decoration-line" none="none" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns:data="data">Youtube.com: RAGA Political, "RAGA: THEN & NOW," November 16, 2014</a></li><li id="cite_note-EC-4" style="box-sizing: border-box;">↑ <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Republican_Attorneys_General_Association#cite_ref-EC_4-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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