2024 United States attorney general elections
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10 attorney general offices[a]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before 23 20
Seats up 5 5
     Democratic incumbent      Democratic incumbent retiring
     Republican incumbent      Republican incumbent retiring
     No election

The 2024 United States attorney general elections will be 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.[1]

These elections will take 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:

State PVI[2] Incumbent[3] Last
race 		Sabato
January 31,
2024[4]
Indiana R+11 Todd Rokita 58.3% R Lean R
Missouri R+10 Andrew Bailey 59.4% R Safe R
Montana R+11 Austin Knudsen 58.5% R Safe R
North Carolina R+3 Josh Stein
(retiring) 		50.1% D Tossup
Oregon D+6 Ellen Rosenblum
(retiring) 		56.0% D Safe D
Pennsylvania R+2 Michelle Henry
(retiring) 		50.9% D Tossup
Utah R+13 Sean Reyes
(retiring) 		60.6% R Safe R
Vermont D+16 Charity Clark 65.1% D Safe D
Washington D+8 Bob Ferguson
(retiring) 		56.4% D Safe D
West Virginia R+22 Patrick Morrisey
(retiring) 		63.8% R Safe R

Race summary

State Attorney
General 		Party First
elected 		Status Candidates
Indiana Todd Rokita Republican 2020 Incumbent running
Missouri Andrew Bailey Republican 2023[b] Incumbent running
Montana Austin Knudsen Republican 2020 Incumbent running
North Carolina Josh Stein Democratic 2016 Incumbent retiring to
run for governor[12]
Oregon Ellen Rosenblum Democratic 2012[c] Incumbent retiring[14]
Pennsylvania Michelle Henry Democratic 2023[d] Incumbent retiring[18]
Utah Sean Reyes Republican 2013[e] Incumbent retiring[26]
Vermont Charity Clark Democratic 2022 Incumbent eligible
  • TBD
Washington Bob Ferguson Democratic 2012 Incumbent retiring to
run for governor[28]
West Virginia Patrick Morrisey Republican 2012 Incumbent retiring to
run for governor[32]

Indiana

Main article: 2024 Indiana Attorney General election

Attorney General Todd Rokita was elected in 2020 with 58.3% of the vote.[36] He is running for re-election.[5]

Missouri

Main article: 2024 Missouri Attorney General election

Attorney General Andrew Bailey was appointed in 2023 after his predecessor, Eric Schmitt, resigned after being elected to the United States Senate. Bailey has stated that he plans to run for election to a full term.[7] Republican former assistant U.S. Attorney Will Scharf is running for the seat.[9]

Montana

Main article: 2024 Montana Attorney General election

Attorney General Austin Knudsen was elected in 2020 with 58.5% of the vote. He is running for re-election.[11] Democratic attorney Ben Alke is running against him.[10]

North Carolina

Main article: 2024 North Carolina Attorney General election

Attorney General Josh Stein was re-elected in 2020 with 50.1% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor.[12]

U.S. Representative Dan Bishop is the lone Republican candidate.[37] Democratic candidates include Durham County district attorney Satana Deberry,[38] lawyer and Marine Corps veteran Tim Dunn,[39] and U.S. Representative Jeff Jackson.[40]

Oregon

Main article: 2024 Oregon Attorney General election

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum was re-elected in 2020 with 56% of the vote. She is eligible to seek re-election, but stated in September 2023 that she will retire.[14] Democratic House Speaker Dan Rayfield is running for the office, as are Republicans International Justice Mission executive country director Will Lanthrop and Robert Neuman[17][15][16]

Pennsylvania

Main article: 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

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.[18]

Democratic candidates include former Philadelphia chief public defender Keir Bradford-Grey, former Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, former Bucks County solicitor Joe Khan, state representative Jared Solomon, and Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer.[19][20][21][22][23]

Republican candidates include York County District Attorney David Sunday and state representative Wendell Craig Williams.[24][25]

Utah

Main article: 2024 Utah Attorney General election

Attorney General Sean Reyes was re-elected in 2020 with 60.6% of the vote. He is eligible to seek re-election, and had previously stated in September 2023 that he will do so, but announced in December 2023 that he will not run.[26] Derek Brown, former chair of the Utah Republican Party, is running for the office.[41]

Vermont

Attorney General Charity Clark was elected in 2022 with 61.3% of the vote. She is eligible to seek re-election, but has not yet stated if she will do so.

Washington

Main article: 2024 Washington Attorney General election

Attorney General Bob Ferguson was re-elected in 2020 with 56.4% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor.[28]

Democrats former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Nicholas Brown and state senator Manka Dhingra are running for the position.[29][30]

The lone Republican candidate as of January 2024 is attorney and Pasco city councilman Pete Serrano.[31]

West Virginia

Main article: 2024 West Virginia Attorney General election

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was re-elected in 2020 with 63.8% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor.[32]

Republicans state senator and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Michael Stuart and Auditor JB McCuskey are running for the position.[35]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect attorneys general or territorial attorneys general.
  2. ^ Bailey took office after his predecessor, Eric Schmitt, resigned to take office as U.S. senator.
  3. ^ Rosenblum took office after her predecessor, John Kroger, resigned. She was subsequently elected in 2012.
  4. ^ Henry took office after her predecessor, Josh Shapiro, resigned.
  5. ^ Reyes took office after his predecessor, John Swallow, resigned. He was subsequently elected in 2014.

References

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  3. ^ Parentheses around an incumbent's name indicates that the incumbent is not running for re-election.
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  6. ^ Smith, Brandon (November 20, 2023). "Democrat Destiny Wells launches bid for Indiana attorney general". WFYI. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
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  31. ^ a b Cornfield, Jerry (6 January 2024). "The Republican who wants to be Washington's next attorney general". Washington State Standard.
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