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Jennifer Davenport
Official portrait, 2026
63rd Attorney General of New Jersey
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2026[a]
GovernorMikie Sherrill
Preceded byMatthew Platkin
Personal details
Born1974 or 1975 (age 50–51)
PartyDemocratic
Children2
EducationDeSales University (BA)
Seton Hall University (JD)

Jennifer Davenport (born 1974/1975)[1] is an American attorney who has served as the Attorney General of New Jersey since 2026.[2][3]

Background

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A native of Cape May County, New Jersey, Davenport attended DeSales University as an undergraduate and earned her Juris Doctor degree from the Seton Hall University School of Law.[2][1] She was a law clerk for Judge John Winslow Bissell of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.[1]

Career

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Davenport was an associate at Latham & Watkins and Squire Patton Boggs.[1] She then worked as a prosecutor, including as an assistant United States attorney, as New Jersey division counsel in the Drug Enforcement Administration, and as First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey.[2][1] She then returned to private practice, becoming deputy general counsel for the Public Service Enterprise Group in 2022.[1]

New Jersey Attorney General

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On December 14, 2025, Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill nominated Davenport to be New Jersey Attorney General.[1] She served in an acting capacity from Sherrill's inauguration on January 20, 2026, to February 24, 2026, when she was unanimously confirmed to the post by the New Jersey Senate.[2][4]

Davenport has played a role defending the state's arrests of protesters during the 2026 Delaney Hall protests.[5][6][7][8]

Personal life

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As of 2026, Davenport lives in Monmouth County, New Jersey. She has two daughters.[2]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Acting: January 20 – February 24, 2026

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wildstein, David (December 14, 2025). "Jennifer Davenport is Sherrill's pick for attorney general". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Meet Attorney General Davenport". njoag.com. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
  3. ↑ "N.J. Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill taps Jennifer Davenport as next attorney general". Cbsnews.com. December 15, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
  4. ↑ "New Jersey AG Is Unanimously Confirmed as Enforcement Agenda Takes Shape". Regulatory Oversight. Troutman Pepper Locke. February 24, 2026. Retrieved April 2, 2026.
  5. ↑ Moore, Amanda (June 9, 2026). "Inside the Anti-ICE Protests at Delaney Hall". The Nation. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ Goldman, Jeff (June 2, 2026). "61 were arrested during Sunday protests outside Delaney Hall". NJ.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  7. ↑ "New Jersey Sues Delaney Hall Operator After It Refuses Full Access to Health Inspectors" (Press release). Office of Governor Mikie Sherrill. June 2, 2026. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  8. ↑ Nieto-Munoz, Sophie (June 2, 2026). "NJ sues Newark migrant jail owners over blocked health inspections". New Jersey Monitor. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
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