The 2024 United States attorney general elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorneys general of ten U.S. states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020, while Vermont's attorney general was last elected in 2022.
These elections took place concurrently with the 2024 presidential election, elections to the Senate and House of Representatives, and various other state and local elections.
Partisan composition
Going into these elections, this class of attorneys general is made up of 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans. Democrats are defending one state won by Donald Trump in 2020 (North Carolina), while Republicans do not hold any states won by Joe Biden.
Election predictions
Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.
Most election predictors use:
- "tossup": no advantage
- "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
- "lean": slight advantage
- "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
- "safe": near-certain chance of victory
Race summary
Indiana
Attorney General Todd Rokita was elected in 2020 with 58.3% of the vote. He successfully ran for re-election defeating Democratic lawyer Destiny Wells.
Missouri
Attorney General Andrew Bailey was appointed in 2023 after his predecessor, Eric Schmitt, resigned after being elected to the United States Senate. He successfully ran for a full term, defeating Democratic civil rights attorney Elad Gross.
Montana
Attorney General Austin Knudsen was elected in 2020 with 58.5% of the vote. He successfully ran for re-election defeating Democratic attorney Ben Alke.
North Carolina
Attorney General Josh Stein was re-elected in 2020 with 50.1% of the vote. He retired to run for governor.
U.S. Representative Dan Bishop was the lone Republican candidate.
U.S. Representative Jeff Jackson won the Democratic nomination defeating Durham County district attorney Satana Deberry and lawyer and Marine Corps veteran Tim Dunn.
in the general election Jeff Jackon defeated Dan Bishop with 51.43% of the vote.
Oregon
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum was re-elected in 2020 with 56% of the vote. She was eligible to seek re-election, but stated in September 2023 that she would retire. Democratic House Speaker Dan Rayfield defeated International Justice Mission executive country director Will Lanthrop in the general election.
Pennsylvania
Attorney General Josh Shapiro resigned after being elected governor. Deputy attorney general Michelle Henry was appointed as the new attorney general and she was confirmed by the state senate. She is not running for a full term.
Former Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale won the Democratic nomination defeating former Philadelphia chief public defender Keir Bradford-Grey, former Bucks County solicitor Joe Khan, state representative Jared Solomon, and Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer.
York County District Attorney Dave Sunday won the Republican nomination defeating state representative Wendell Craig Williams.
Republican nominee Dave Sunday defeated Eugene DePasquale with 50.81% of the vote, flipping the office to Republicans control.
Utah
Attorney General Sean Reyes was re-elected in 2020 with 60.6% of the vote. He was eligible to seek re-election, and had previously stated in September 2023 that he would do so, but announced in December 2023 that he would not run.
Former chair of the Utah Republican Party, Derek Brown, defeated Democratic defense attorney Rudy Bautista with 57.84% of the vote.
Vermont
Attorney General Charity Clark was elected in 2022 with 61.3% of the vote. She won the Democratic primary unopposed and in the general election defeated Republican Berlin Town Administrator Ture Nelson with 57.82% of the vote.
Washington
Attorney General Bob Ferguson was re-elected in 2020 with 56.4% of the vote. He retired to run for governor.
Democratic former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Nick Brown defeated Republican Pasco city councilman Pete Serrano have in the general election with 55.58% of the vote.
West Virginia
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was re-elected in 2020 with 63.8% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor.
Republican State Auditor JB McCuskey defeated state senator and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Michael Stuart for the Republican nomination.
In the Democratic primary attorney Teresa Toriseva seated former mayor of South Charleston Richie Robb for the Democratic nomination.
In the general election, JB McCuskey defeated Teresa Toriseva with 70.02% of the vote.
See also
- 2024 United States elections
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