Daniel Jay Cameron (born November 22, 1985) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 51st attorney general of Kentucky from 2020 to 2024. [1] . A member of the Republican Party, Cameron was the first African American and the …

He is the first black American elected to a standalone statewide office in Kentucky’s history and the first Republican to hold the office of Attorney General since 1948. Daniel was also the Republican nominee for governor of Kentucky in 2023.

Jan 3, 2024 · Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has been hired as CEO of the 1792 Exchange, a conservative group pushing back against what it sees as “woke ideology” in the corporate sector.

Feb 21, 2025 · Daniel Cameron is a former one-term Kentucky attorney general and 2023 Republican nominee for governor after emerging on top in a 12-way primary. Cameron is the first Black person to be...

Feb 20, 2025 · Daniel Cameron, Kentucky's former attorney general, wasted no time announcing he plans to run for Sen. Mitch McConnell's seat after McConnell retires.

Feb 20, 2025 · Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced on X Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate shortly after Sen. Mitch McConnell said he would not seek reelection in 2026.

Feb 20, 2025 · Cameron, the former Republican state attorney general who most recently lost against Gov. Andy Beshear in the 2023 governor’s race, announced Thursday afternoon he will run to represent Kentucky...

Feb 21, 2025 · Daniel Cameron is no stranger to Kentucky politics and is now seeking a larger stage in Washington, D.C. Just minutes after Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he would not run for...

Daniel Jay Cameron is the 51st Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He is the first African American independently elected to statewide office in Kentucky's history. Attorney General Cameron leads approximately 200 employees in seven offices across the state.

Jan 3, 2024 · Cameron’s four-year term as Kentucky’s attorney general ended Monday when his successor, former federal prosecutor Russell Coleman, also a Republican, was sworn in. Cameron broke barriers as Kentucky’s first Black attorney general and the state’s first major-party Black nominee for governor.