2024 United States attorney general elections

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]

2024 United States attorney general elections
November 5, 2024
10 attorney general offices[lower-alpha 1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats up 5 5

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.

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
State PVI[2] Incumbent[3] Last
race		 Sabato
June 12,
2020[4]
Indiana R+11 Todd Rokita 58.3% R Safe 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 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[lower-alpha 2] Incumbent running
Montana Austin Knudsen Republican 2020 Incumbent eligible
  • ▌Ben Alke (Democratic)[10]
North Carolina Josh Stein Democratic 2016 Incumbent retiring to run for
governor of North Carolina[11]
Oregon Ellen Rosenblum Democratic 2012[lower-alpha 3] Incumbent retiring[16]
Pennsylvania Michelle Henry Democratic 2023[lower-alpha 4] Incumbent retiring[19]
Utah Sean Reyes Republican 2013[lower-alpha 5] Incumbent eligible
  • TBD
Vermont Charity Clark Democratic 2022 Incumbent eligible
  • TBD
Washington Bob Ferguson Democratic 2012 Incumbent retiring to run for
governor of Washington[25]
West Virginia Patrick Morrisey Republican 2012 Incumbent retiring to run for
governor of West Virginia[28]

Indiana

Attorney General Todd Rokita was elected in 2020 with 58.3% of the vote.[32] 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.[6] Republican former assistant U.S. Attorney Will Scharf is running for the seat.[8]

Montana

Attorney General Austin Knudsen was elected in 2020 with 58.5% of the vote. He is eligible to seek re-election, but has not stated whether he will do so. 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.[11]

U.S. Representative Dan Bishop is the lone Republican candidate thus far.[12] Democratic candidate include lawyer and Marine Corps veteran Tim Dunn, lawyer and U.S. Navy Reserve veteran Charles Ingram, and U.S. Representative Jeff Jackson.[13][14][15]

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.[16] Democratic House Speaker Dan Rayfield is running for the office, as is Republican International Justice Mission executive country director Will Lanthrop.[18][17]

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.[19]

Democratic candidates include former Philadelphia chief public defender Keir Bradford-Grey, former Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and former Bucks County solicitor Joe Khan.[20][21][22]

York County district attorney David Sunday is the sole Republican candidate thus far.[24]

Utah

Attorney General Sean Reyes was re-elected in 2020 with 60.6% of the vote. He is eligible to seek re-election, and stated in September 2023 that he will do so.

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.[25]

Democratic former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Nicholas Brown and state senator Manka Dhingra are running for the position.[26][27]

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.[28]

Republican state senator and majority whip Ryan Weld announced his candidacy for the office in April 2023,[31] state senator and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Michael Stuart joined him in May, and Auditor JB McCuskey joined them both in July.[30]

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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  2. "2016 State PVI Changes – Decision Desk HQ". decisiondeskhq.com. December 15, 2017. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. Parentheses around an incumbent's name indicates that the incumbent is not running for re-election.
  4. "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections". The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on 2020-06-26. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  5. Smith, Brandon (22 February 2023). "Rokita announces he's running for re-election in 2024". WFIU.
  6. Ruch, Amber (November 22, 2022). "Gov. Parson names Andrew Bailey as Missouri's new attorney general". KFVS-TV. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  7. Keller, Rudi (March 10, 2023). "Democratic candidates jump into race for Missouri Attorney General". The Missouri Independent. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  8. Holleman, Joe (1 February 2023). "Will Scharf announces GOP bid for Missouri attorney general". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  9. "Missouri Rep. Sarah Unsicker on 'The Record'". KSDK. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023. 5 On Your Side political editor Mark Maxwell is joined by Missouri representative and candidate for attorney general Sarah Unsicker on 'The Record.'
  10. Kimbel-Sannit, Arren (2 October 2023). "Bozeman attorney Ben Alke launches campaign for state attorney general". Montana Free Press. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
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  12. Battaglia, Danielle (August 3, 2023). "Republican Rep. Dan Bishop announces plans to run for attorney general in NC". The Charlotte Observer.
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  19. Delano, Jon (February 15, 2023). "Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry bring local roots to her new job". CBS News. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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  24. Ulrich, Steve (10 July 2023). "Sunday Announces Candidacy For Attorney General". PoliticsPA. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  25. "Washington AG Bob Ferguson Announces Campaign for Governor". US News. May 2, 2023.
  26. Cornfield, Jerry (12 July 2023). "A second Democrat enters race for state attorney general". Washington State Standard.
  27. Cornfield, Jerry (9 May 2023). "The race begins for Washington attorney general". Washington State Standard. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  28. "AG Morrisey announces 2024 run for Governor". WDTV. April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  29. McElhinny, Brad (24 July 2023). "McCuskey pivots to attorney general's race, and Weld and Stuart say they won't back down". West Virginia MetroNews. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  30. Adams, Steven (4 May 2023). "State Sen. Stuart joins race for W.Va. Attorney General". The Inter-Mountain. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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