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State AGs Used to Play Nice in Elections. Not Anymore.

Governing: State attorneys general have operated in an increasingly partisan manner in recent years -- both in terms of how they campaign and what cases they pursue.

State AGs have a long history of working together in a bipartisan fashion -- pursuing consumer cases, for example, that affect people across state lines. That still happens. But now, incumbent AGs are targeting their peers in other states in a way they've never done before.

The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) and the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) had a handshake agreement that they wouldn't target seats held by incumbents from the other party. The Republicans voted to end that policy in March.

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