Longest-Ever Serving State Attorney General Defeated in Iowa (2)

Iowa Democrat Tom Miller, the longest-ever serving state attorney general who took on everyone from Big Tobacco to Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google, was defeated by a Republican challenger who has pledged to sue the Biden administration.

Miller conceded a close race Tuesday to Brenna Bird, a candidate endorsed by Donald Trump who has served as the elected Guthrie County attorney since 2018. Bird previously was a counsel to former Gov. Terry Branstad (R).

Miller’s high-profile role in multistate litigation gave his office unusual influence. “He became a very significant national legal figure,” said James Tierney, a Harvard ...