<P> The 2018 New York Attorney General election will take place on November 6, 2018 . The New York primary election for state and local candidates took place on September 13, 2018 . </P> <P> Former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned on May 8, 2018 after allegations of domestic abuse and withdrew from his then - ongoing reelection campaign . Incumbent Attorney General Barbara Underwood was chosen by the Legislature to complete his unexpired term, but opted not to seek election to a full term . </P> <P> On September 13, 2018, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James won the Democratic nomination for Attorney General, defeating Leecia Eve, former senior policy advisor to U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton; Sean Patrick Maloney, U.S. Representative for New York's 18th congressional district; and Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham University School of Law . The Republican Party has nominated Manhattan bankruptcy attorney Keith Wofford . </P> <P> Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat, was first elected to the office of Attorney General in 2010, winning reelection in 2014 . He was in the midst of campaigning for a third term in office when on May 7, 2018, The New Yorker revealed allegations that he had physically abused several women he had dated during his tenure in office . Schneiderman resigned hours after the story was released, with the resignation taking effect at the end of the business day May 8; he concurrently ended his bid for reelection . </P>

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