--- title: John Oliver Drove His Viewers Away on 'Last Week Tonight' description: John Oliver wanted his viewers to spend two minutes researching candidates, so he came up with a clever way to do it canonical: https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-29T07:04:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:03:12.584Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: John Oliver Really Wants Viewers to Research AG Candidates og:description: He even wrapped up his show a little early to give them some time og:url: https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Oliver Really Wants Viewers to Research AG Candidates twitter:description: He even wrapped up his show a little early to give them some time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # John Oliver Drove Away Viewers to Give Them Time to Research Attorneys General Candidates > Sponsored content. 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A look at the top college football contenders, what’s at stake in the midterm elections, a look at voter security, and what you should know while planning for retirement._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 29, 2018 7:04 AM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 29, 2018 7:04 AM UTC Sunday night’s episode of _Last Week Tonight_ focused on state attorneys general, “and, yes, that is the correct plural and if you already knew that, I’m sorry high school was such a rough time for you,” John Oliver said. Thirty states will be electing their next attorneys general in November, and campaigns are particularly fierce this year. Some experts estimate that $100 million will be spent on AG races this year alone, far more than ever before. The increased interest is tied to the fact that while AGs have been primarily neutral in the past, over the last few years they have become significantly more partisan. They have even [split up their](http://time.com/5434396/tommy-orange-novels-conversations/) national organization to form partisan professional groups: the Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) and the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), which Oliver note sound like “twins from Dutch folklore that teach children about right and wrong.” And as AGs become more partisan, they have been teaming up to file suit against the federal government. Under the Obama Administration that meant suing to stop Medicaid expansion or [transgender](http://time.com/5431836/dna-transgender-history/) rights; under the Trump Administration,[ state AGs](http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4742678/bob-ferguson/) have helped stop the so-called travel ban and sued the [Trump Foundation](http://time.com/5416279/new-york-ag-trump-charitable-foundation-lawsuit/). With so many states electing AGs in November, Oliver believes it is really worth taking some time to research the various candidates, not only because many people leave the AG spot blank on their ballots, but because researching AG candidates turns up some interesting facts. For example, in Wisconsin, searching for “Brad Schimel $10,000 coins” reveals that he spent taxpayer money minting coins with his personal slogan “KAED” on them (according to Oliver, that stands for “Kicking Ass Every Day”). A search for “Leslie Rutledge Karaoke 2016“ turns up videos of the Arkansas AG singing a song about a sexy tractor. Oliver also recommends Googling “Bill Schuette 1989 video,” so you can watch the former AG and current Michigan gubernatorial candidate “creepily hitting on the woman behind the camera.” In an act of encouragement for voters to take just two short minutes to research the candidates, Oliver ended his show a little bit early so people could visit [Vote411.org](https://www.vote411.org/) to look up their local elections. To ensure that viewers turned off the television and did some research, as he had requested, Oliver did his best to intentionally drive viewers away by airing a cacophony of a bagpipe, accordion, theremin and children’s recorder players, all for a good cause. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/"},"headline":"John Oliver Drove Away Viewers to Give Them Time to Research Attorneys General Candidates","datePublished":"2018-10-29T07:04:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:03:12.584Z","description":"'Last Week Tonight' ended early this week, so there's no excuse not to do a little research","url":"https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/","keywords":["Television","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/","name":"John Oliver Drove Away Viewers to Give Them Time to Research Attorneys General Candidates"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"From Playoffs to Midterms: Let’s Break Down Everything You Need to Know This Week","description":"A look at the top college football contenders, what’s at stake in the midterm elections, a look at voter security, and what you should know while planning for retirement.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/TWz4B2Eb/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-10-24T20:42:38.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/TWz4B2Eb.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/","duration":"PT13M28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```