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On September 13, 2018, Teachout lost the Democratic primary for Attorney General to [[Letitia James]], receiving 31% of the vote to James's 40.6%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/nyregion/letitia-james-attorney-general.html|title=Letitia James Makes History by Winning Attorney General Primary in New York|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
=== 2022
On October 29, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her candidacy for governor in 2022. Teachout had previously announced that if James ran for governor, she would run again for Attorney General in the Democratic primary.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reisman|first=Nick|date=2 October 2021|title=Teachout plans AG campaign if James runs for governor|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2021/10/02/teachout-plans-ag-campaign-if-james-runs-for-governor|url-status=live|website=Spectrum News 1}}</ref> On November 15, Teachout announced her candidacy on her Twitter account and at a press conference in Downtown [[Brooklyn]]. Her campaign was supported by [[Minnesota]] Attorney General [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Harvard Law School]] Professor [[Lawrence Lessig]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bergin|first=Brigid|date=15 November 2021|title=Teachout Launches State AG Bid Centering Women's Health And Progressive Support|url=https://gothamist.com/news/teachout-launches-state-ag-bid-centering-womens-health-and-progressive-support|url-status=live|website=Gothamist}}</ref> James ended her campaign for governor, and decided to run for reelection for New York Attorney General; on December 12 Teachout suspended her campaign for attorney general and endorsed James.
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