Voters in 30 states and the District of Columbia chose attorneys general (AG) yesterday, delivering the strongest Democratic down-ballot result in a generation. Assuming the current figures hold in Kansas:
On October 29, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the attorneys general (AGs) of Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Utah filed a lawsuit against Toast Inc. and several affiliated entities in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Los Angeles County and the City of San Francisco also joined on behalf of California. The complaint alleges that Toast, a restaurant-focused point-of-sale and fintech provider, imposed hidden and unauthorized fees, pushed unwanted add-ons, and made its services difficult to cancel.
Last Updated: November 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET
Thirty states and the District of Columbia held elections for attorney general (AG) in 2026. Below are the current results for all 31 races, including the states where new AGs have been elected. Please check back throughout the day for the latest updates on our Regulatory Oversight Blog as additional races are called and results are verified.
Troutman Pepper Locke is proud to sponsor the Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute’s (GICLI’s) 12th Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Ryan Strasser will moderate the “Litigating on Their Turf: Strategic Responses to State AG Enforcement” session, and Ghillaine Reid will be a panelist on the “Coordinating the Defense: Corporate and Outside Counsel in Government Investigations” session.
On October 23, 2026, a coalition of 10 state attorneys general (AG) filed a motion requesting that the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon reject an attempt by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to stay the states’ challenge to the OCC’s new interest-on-escrow preemption rules in State of Oregon et al. v. OCC et al.
In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, Ashley Taylor and Clayton Friedman, co-leaders of Troutman Pepper Locke’s State Attorneys General (AG) team, welcome Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) Executive Director Adam Piper for a wide-ranging look at the 2026 state AG races and the landscape heading into Election Day. Piper calls this the biggest AG election cycle in more than 30 years, with RAGA investing more directly in AG races than in the previous three years of political spend combined. He discusses the states drawing the most resources, including Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, and Minnesota. Piper also explains how AG candidates can outperform the top of the ticket when governor and Senate races stay close, but struggle when those races are not competitive.
With roughly 25% of AGs expected to be new, the conversation also turns to the caliber of candidates, shifting leadership, and what a possible lame-duck Trump administration could mean for RAGA’s 2027 priorities.
Pennsylvania and New York secured significant conditions on Colas Inc.’s acquisition of Suit-Kote Corp., two asphalt and road-maintenance companies, after the Justice Department ended its review. The states’ continued scrutiny illustrates how state attorneys general can pursue merger remedies when federal regulators step aside, but state or local competition concerns remain.
With the midterm elections approaching, congressional staff are already building target lists of industries and companies for the next wave of oversight. In this episode of Regulatory Oversight, host Stephen Piepgrass is joined by his colleague Jason Smith, a former Senate staffer with more than 12 years on Capitol Hill, and Troutman Strategies principal Lindsay Austin, to discuss how a shift in congressional leadership and committee dynamics could shape investigations in the months ahead.
On October 19, 2026, California Attorney General (AG) Rob Bonta announced a $6 million settlement with Chrome Holding Co., the successor to the genetic testing company 23andMe. The settlement resolves a lawsuit that California filed against the company in May 2026 arising from a 2023 data breach as well as California’s objections to 23andMe’s sale of consumers’ genetic data as part of the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. California’s settlement comes on the heels of a recent settlement with the 42 other state AGs who filed proofs of claim in the bankruptcy proceedings. (See our coverage of the July 2026 multistate settlement here.)
The state of Texas secured a $45 million settlement from Gilead Sciences Inc. over allegations that its patient-support programs improperly encouraged prescriptions for drugs covered by Medicaid. This case highlights both how patient-support services can draw scrutiny when they provide something of value to prescribers, even when no money changes hands, as well as the ongoing role of state attorneys general in health care enforcement.