2024 United States attorney general elections

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.^[1]

2024 United States attorney general elections

← 2023 November 5, 2024 2026 →
2025 (VA) →
10 attorney general offices[a]
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 23 20 Seats after 24 19 Seat change 1 1 Seats up 5 5
TBD results      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain      No election

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

State	PVI[2]	Incumbent[3]	Last race	Sabato July 25, 2024[4]
Indiana	R+11	Todd Rokita	58.3% R	Likely 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	Likely 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 renominated	▌Todd Rokita (Republican)[5] ▌Destiny Wells (Democratic)[6]
Missouri	Andrew Bailey	Republican	2023[b]	Incumbent renominated	▌Andrew Bailey (Republican)[7] ▌Elad Gross (Democratic)[7] ▌Ryan Munro (Libertarian)[7]
Montana	Austin Knudsen	Republican	2020	Incumbent renominated	▌Ben Alke (Democratic)[8] ▌Austin Knudsen (Republican)[8]
North Carolina	Josh Stein	Democratic	2016	Incumbent retiring to run for governor[9]	▌Dan Bishop (Republican)[10] ▌Jeff Jackson (Democratic)[10]
Oregon	Ellen Rosenblum	Democratic	2012[c]	Incumbent retiring[11]	▌Will Lathrop (Republican)[12] ▌Dan Rayfield (Democratic)[12]
Pennsylvania	Michelle Henry	Democratic	2023[d]	Incumbent retiring[13]	▌Rob Cowburn (Libertarian)[14] ▌Eugene DePasquale (Democratic)[15] ▌Eric Settle (Forward)[16] ▌Dave Sunday (Republican)[17]
Utah	Sean Reyes	Republican	2013[e]	Incumbent retiring[18]	▌Rudy Bautista (Democratic)[19] ▌Derek Brown (Republican)[19] ▌Andrew McCullough (Libertarian)[19] ▌Michelle Quist (United Utah)[19]
Vermont	Charity Clark	Democratic	2022	Incumbent renominated	▌Charity Clark (Democratic)[20] ▌Ture Nelson (Republican)[21] ▌ Kevin Gustafson (Green Mountain Peace and Justice)[22]
Washington	Bob Ferguson	Democratic	2012	Incumbent retiring to run for governor[23]	▌Nicholas Brown (Democratic)[24] ▌Pete Serrano (Republican)[25]
West Virginia	Patrick Morrisey	Republican	2012	Incumbent retiring to run for governor[26]	▌JB McCuskey (Republican)[27] ▌Teresa Toriseva (Democratic)[28]

Indiana

Main article: 2024 Indiana Attorney General election

Indiana Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Todd Rokita Destiny Wells Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Attorney General Todd Rokita Republican

Attorney General Todd Rokita was elected in 2020 with 58.3% of the vote.^[29] He is running for re-election.^[5]

Missouri

Main article: 2024 Missouri Attorney General election

Missouri Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Andrew Bailey Elad Gross Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Attorney General Andrew Bailey Republican

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.^[30]

Montana

Main article: 2024 Montana Attorney General election

Montana Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Austin Knudsen Ben Alke Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Attorney General Austin Knudsen Republican

Attorney General Austin Knudsen was elected in 2020 with 58.5% of the vote. He is running for re-election.^[31] Democratic attorney Ben Alke is running against him.^[32]

North Carolina

Main article: 2024 North Carolina Attorney General election

North Carolina Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Jeff Jackson Dan Bishop Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General Josh Stein Democratic

Attorney General Josh Stein was re-elected in 2020 with 50.1% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor.^[9]

U.S. Representative Dan Bishop is the lone Republican candidate.^[33]

U.S. Representative Jeff Jackson won the Democratic nomination defeating Durham County district attorney Satana Deberry and lawyer and Marine Corps veteran Tim Dunn.^[34][35][36]

Oregon

Main article: 2024 Oregon Attorney General election

Oregon Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Candidate Dan Rayfield Will Lathrop Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum Democratic

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.^[11] Democratic House Speaker Dan Rayfield is running for the office, as are Republicans International Justice Mission executive country director Will Lanthrop and Robert Neuman^[37][38][39]

Pennsylvania

Main article: 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election

Pennsylvania Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Eugene DePasquale Dave Sunday Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General Michelle Henry Democratic

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.^[13]

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.^{[40][15][41][42][43]}

York County District Attorney Dave Sunday won the Republican nomination defeating state representative Wendell Craig Williams.^[17][44]

Utah

Main article: 2024 Utah Attorney General election

Utah Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Derek Brown Rudy Bautista Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Attorney General Sean Reyes Republican

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 will do so, but announced in December 2023 that he will not run.^[18] Derek Brown, former chair of the Utah Republican Party, is running for the office.^[45]

Vermont

Main article: 2024 Vermont Attorney General election

Vermont Attorney General election

← 2022 2026 →

Nominee Charity Clark Ture Nelson Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General Charity Clark Democratic

Attorney General Charity Clark was elected in 2022 with 61.3% of the vote. She won the Democratic primary unopposed and she is facing Republican Berlin Town Administrator Ture Nelson.^[21]

Washington

Main article: 2024 Washington Attorney General election

Washington Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Nicholas Brown Pete Serrano Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General Bob Ferguson Democratic

Attorney General Bob Ferguson was re-elected in 2020 with 56.4% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor.^[23]

Democratic former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Nicholas Brown and Republican Pasco city councilman Pete Serrano have advanced to the general election.^[46]

West Virginia

Main article: 2024 West Virginia Attorney General election

West Virginia Attorney General election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee JB McCuskey Teresa Toriseva Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Republican

Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was re-elected in 2020 with 63.8% of the vote. He is retiring to run for governor.^[26]

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.^[47]

In the Democratic primary attorney Teresa Toriseva seated former mayor of South Charleston Richie Robb for the Democratic nomination.^[48]

See also

• 2024 United States elections

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.

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