2020 United States attorney general elections

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2020 United States attorney general elections
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  2019 November 3, 2020 2022  
2021 (VA)  

10 attorney general offices
10 states [a]
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before2221
Seats after2221
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote13,870,574 [1] 13,082,140
Percentage50.66%47.78%
Seats up55
Seats won55

2020 United States attorney general elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election

The 2020 United States attorney general elections were held on November 3, 2020, in 10 states. The previous attorney general elections for this group of states took place in 2016, except in Vermont where attorneys general only serve two-year terms and elected their current attorney general in 2018. Nine state attorneys general ran for reelection and eight won, while Republican Tim Fox of Montana could not run again due to term limits and Republican Curtis Hill of Indiana was eliminated in the Republican convention. [2]

Contents

The elections took place concurrently with the 2020 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections.

No attorneys general offices changed party control in 2020. [3]

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 [4] Incumbent [5] Last
race
Cook
June 12,
2020
[6]
Result
Indiana R+9 Curtis Hill
(lost re-nomination)
61.9% R TossupRokita
(58.3%)
Missouri R+9 Eric Schmitt 58.5% R Safe RSchmitt
(59.5%)
Montana R+11 Tim Fox
(term-limited)
67.7% R TossupKnudsen
(58.5%)
North Carolina R+3 Josh Stein 50.3% D Lean DStein
(50.1%)
Oregon D+5 Ellen Rosenblum 55.2% D Solid DRosenblum
(56.0%)
Pennsylvania EVEN Josh Shapiro 51.4% D Likely DShapiro
(50.9%)
Utah R+20 Sean Reyes 65.4% R Solid RReyes
(60.6%)
Vermont D+15 T. J. Donovan 66.6% D Solid DDonovan
(63.1%)
Washington D+7 Bob Ferguson 66.9% D Solid DFerguson
(56.4%)
West Virginia R+19 Patrick Morrisey 51.6% R Lean RMorrisey
(63.8%)

Statistics

Race summary

StateAttorney
General
PartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
Indiana Curtis Hill Republican 2016 Incumbent lost renomination.
New attorney general elected.
Republican hold.
Missouri Eric Schmitt Republican2019 [b] Incumbent elected to full term.
  • Green check.svgY Eric Schmitt (Republican) 59.4%
  • Richard Finneran (Democratic) 37.9%
  • Kevin Babcock (Libertarian) 2.7%
Montana Tim Fox Republican2012Incumbent term-limited.
New attorney general elected.
Republican hold.
North Carolina Josh Stein Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Josh Stein (Democratic) 50.1%
  • Jim O'Neill (Republican) 49.9%
Oregon Ellen Rosenblum Democratic2012 [c] Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Ellen Rosenblum (Democratic) 56.0%
  • Michael Cross (Republican) 41.3%
  • Lars Hedbor (Libertarian) 2.3%
Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Josh Shapiro (Democratic) 50.8%
  • Heather Heidelbaugh (Republican) 46.3%
  • Daniel Wassmer (Libertarian) 1.8%
  • Richard Weiss (Green) 1.0%
Utah Sean Reyes Republican2012Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Sean Reyes (Republican) 60.6%
  • Greg Skordas (Democratic) 33.7%
  • Rudy Bautista (Libertarian) 5.7%
Vermont T. J. Donovan Democratic 2016 Incumbent re-elected.
Washington Bob Ferguson Democratic 2012 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green check.svgY Bob Ferguson (Democratic) 56.4%
  • Matt Larkin (Republican) 43.5%
West Virginia Patrick Morrisey Republican 2012 Incumbent re-elected.

Closest races

States where the margin of victory was under 1%

  1. North Carolina, 0.26%

States where the margin of victory was between 1% and 5%:

  1. Pennsylvania, 4.52%

Blue denotes races won by Democrats.

Indiana

2020 Indiana Attorney General election
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Candidate Todd Rokita Jonathan Weinzapfel
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,717,9241,226,938
Percentage58.3%41.7%

2020 Indiana Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results

Rokita:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Weinzapfel:     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Curtis Hill
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Todd Rokita
Republican

The 2020 Indiana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Democratic primary convention was scheduled for June 13, 2020. The Republican primary convention was scheduled with a live stream on June 18, 2020, followed by mail-in voting between June 22 and July 9.

Incumbent Attorney General Curtis Hill ran for re-election, but was defeated at the Republican nominating convention by former U.S. Representative Todd Rokita, who eventually won after three rounds of votes. Jonathan Weinzapfel, former mayor of Evansville, narrowly won the Democratic nomination at the party's nominating convention.

In the general election, Rokita defeated Weinzapfel by approximately 500,000 votes, a margin of more than 16 percentage points. Due to a smaller third-party vote, both Rokita and Weinzapfel received a larger percentage of the vote than their party's candidates in the state's presidential and gubernatorial elections. Rokita carried Tippecanoe County, which voted for Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential race, while Weinzapfel carried his home of Vanderburgh County, which voted for Republicans Donald Trump and Eric Holcomb in the presidential and gubernatorial races.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention results [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jonathan Weinzapfel 1,057 51.2%
Democratic Karen Tallian 1,00948.8%
Total votes2,066 100.0%

Republican convention

Republican convention results
CandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3
Votes %TransferVotes %TransferVotes %
Todd Rokita 47927.37+12260134.66+27287352.15
Curtis Hill (inc.)65537.43+4670140.43+10080147.85
Nate Harter32718.69+10543224.91Eliminated
John Westercamp28916.51Eliminated
Active ballots1,750100.001,734100.001,674100.00
Exhausted ballots70.40+16231.31+60834.72
Total ballots1,757100.001,757100.001,757100.00

General election

2020 Indiana Attorney General election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Todd Rokita 1,722,007 58.34 Decrease2.svg 3.97
Democratic Jonathan Weinzapfel 1,229,64441.66Increase2.svg 3.97
Total votes2,951,651 100.00
Republican hold

Missouri

2020 Missouri Attorney General election
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  2016 November 3, 2020 2024  
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Nominee Eric Schmitt Richard Finneran
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,745,3531,108,944
Percentage59.46%37.78%

Missouri Attorney General Election Results by County, 2020.svg
County results
Schmitt:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Finneran:     50–60%     70–80%

Attorney General before election

Eric Schmitt
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Eric Schmitt
Republican

The 2020 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the attorney general of Missouri. It was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, along with elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt was elected to a full term, defeating Democrat Rich Finneran. He was appointed by Governor Mike Parson after Josh Hawley was elected to the U.S Senate in 2018. [9]

Republican primary

Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eric Schmitt (incumbent) 602,577 100.0
Total votes602,577 100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Finneran 272,516 55.39%
Democratic Elad Gross219,46244.61%
Total votes491,978 100.0%

General election

Missouri Attorney General election, 2020 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Eric Schmitt (incumbent) 1,752,792 59.38% +0.88%
Democratic Rich Finneran1,117,71337.87%–3.63%
Libertarian Kevin C. Babock81,1002.75%N/A
Total votes2,951,605 100.00%
Republican hold

Montana

2020 Montana Attorney General election
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Nominee Austin Knudsen Raph Graybill
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote348,322247,025
Percentage58.5%41.5%

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County results
Knudsen:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90-100%
Graybill:     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Tim Fox
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Austin Knudsen
Republican

The 2020 Montana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the attorney general of the U.S. state of Montana. Incumbent Republican Montana Attorney General Tim Fox was re-elected in 2016 with 67.7% of the vote. Fox was term-limited and was ineligible to run for re-election. Fox decided to run for the Governor of Montana election, losing the nomination to Greg Gianforte. [12] Republican Austin Knudsen defeated Republican Jon Bennion in the primary and defeated Democrat Raph Graybill in the general election by over 14 points.

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Austin Knudsen 116,113 59.8%
Republican Jon Bennion78,16140.2%
Total votes194,274 100.0

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Raph Graybill 79,772 57.1%
Democratic Kimberly Dudik 59,96342.9%
Total votes139,735 100.0%

General election

Montana Attorney General election, 2020 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Austin Knudsen 348,322 58.51%
Democratic Raph Graybill 247,02541.49%
Total votes595,347 100.00%
Republican hold

North Carolina

2020 North Carolina Attorney General election
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  2016 November 3, 20202024 
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Nominee Josh Stein Jim O'Neill
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,713,4002,699,778
Percentage50.13%49.87%

North Carolina Attorney General election results by county, 2020.svg
County results
Stein:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80–90%
O'Neill:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Attorney General before election

Josh Stein
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Josh Stein
Democratic

The 2020 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the attorney general of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Party primary elections were held on March 3, 2020.

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, first elected in 2016, ran for re-election against Republican Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O'Neill. [14] With a narrow margin separating Stein and O'Neill, the Associated Press was finally able to call Stein the winner on Nov. 17, 2020 (two weeks after Election Day). [15]

Republican primary

Republican primary results [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim O'Neill 338,567 46.55%
Republican Sam Hayes226,45331.14%
Republican Christine Mumma162,30122.31%
Total votes727,321 100.00%

Democratic primary

This primary was canceled because Attorney General Josh Stein was uncontested. [17]

General election

North Carolina Attorney General election, 2020 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Josh Stein (incumbent) 2,713,400 50.13% −0.14%
Republican Jim O'Neill2,699,77849.87%+0.14%
Total votes5,413,178 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Oregon

2020 Oregon Attorney General election
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Candidate Ellen Rosenblum Michael Cross
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,264,716934,357
Percentage56.0%41.3%

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County results
Rosenblum:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Cross:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Attorney General before election

Ellen Rosenblum
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Ellen Rosenblum
Democratic

The 2020 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the attorney general of Oregon. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former Governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012 to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger, who resigned from office. [19] She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. This office is not subject to term limits, and Rosenblum won a third full term, defeating Republican activist Michael Cross who led an unsuccessful 2019 attempt to recall Governor Kate Brown.

Republican primary

Republican primary results [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cross 279,909 96.71%
Republican Write-ins9,5373.29%
Total votes289,446 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) 483,273 99.04%
Democratic Write-ins4,6610.96%
Total votes487,934 100.0%

General election

2020 Oregon Attorney General election [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) 1,264,716 55.97% +0.79%
Republican Michael Cross934,35741.35%−0.04%
Libertarian Lars Hedbor52,0872.30%−0.88%
Write-in 8,4900.38%+0.08%
Total votes2,259,650 100.0%
Democratic hold

Pennsylvania

2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election
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Nominee Josh Shapiro Heather Heidelbaugh
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote3,461,2153,153,677
Percentage50.9%46.3%

2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Shapiro:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%
Heidelbaugh:      50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%

Attorney General before election

Josh Shapiro
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Josh Shapiro
Democratic

The 2020 Pennsylvania Attorney General was held on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States including Pennsylvania, the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020. [22] Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro defeated Republican Heather Heidelbaugh to win a second term.

Republican primary

Republican primary results [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Heather Heidelbaugh 1,055,168 100.0%
Total votes1,055,168 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Shapiro (incumbent) 1,429,414 100.0%
Total votes1,429,414 100.0%

General election

Pennsylvania Attorney General election, 2020 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Josh Shapiro (incumbent) 3,461,215 50.85% −0.56%
Republican Heather Heidelbaugh3,153,67746.33%−2.28%
Libertarian Daniel Wassmer120,4781.77%N/A
Green Richard Weiss71,0691.04%N/A
Total votes6,806,439 100.0%
Democratic hold

Utah

2020 Utah Attorney General election
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Dem
LP
Nominee Sean Reyes Greg SkordasRudy Bautista
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote878,853489,49982,444
Percentage60.58%33.74%5.68%

2020 Utah Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Reyes:     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Skordas:     40-50%     50-60%

Attorney General before election

Sean Reyes
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Sean Reyes
Republican

The 2020 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along with several federal and state elections.

Incumbent Attorney General Sean Reyes was re-elected to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Greg Skordas and Libertarian nominee Rudy Bautista.

Republican primary

Republican primary results [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean Reyes (incumbent) 275,212 54.04%
Republican David O. Leavitt234,03645.96%
Total votes509,248 100%

Democratic convention

Greg Skordas ran unopposed for the nomination.

Libertarian convention

Defense attorney Rudy Bautista won the nomination.

General election

2020 Utah Attorney General election [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean Reyes (incumbent) 878,853 60.58%
Democratic Greg Skordas489,50033.74%
Libertarian Rudy Bautista82,4445.68%
Total votes1,450,797 100.00%
Republican hold

Vermont

2020 Vermont Attorney General election
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  2018 November 3, 2020 2022  
  T.J. Donovan.jpg H. Brooke Paige.jpg
Nominee T. J. Donovan H. Brooke Paige
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote234,08194,892
Percentage63.10%25.58%

2020 Vermont attorney general election results map by county.svg
County results
Donovan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Attorney General before election

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

The 2020 Vermont Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along with several federal and state elections.

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General T. J. Donovan won re-election in a landslide over Republican H. Brooke Paige.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic T.J. Donovan (incumbent) 94,198 99.1
Democratic Other 885 0.9
Total votes95,083 100.0

Republican primary

Republican primary results [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican H. Brooke Paige 21,572 49.4%
Republican Emily Peyton20,37646.7%
Republican Other1,7073.9%
Total votes43,655 100.0%

Progressive primary

Progressive primary results [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Cris Ericson 409 59.1%
Progressive Other28340.9%
Total votes692 100.0%

General election

2020 Vermont Attorney General election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic T.J. Donovan (incumbent) 234,081 63.10%
Republican H. Brooke Paige 94,89225.58%
Progressive Chris Ericson15,8464.27%
Total votes344,819 100.00%
Democratic hold

Washington

2020 Washington Attorney General election
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Nominee Bob Ferguson Matt Larkin
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,226,4181,714,927
Percentage56.43%43.47%

Washington (state) Attorney General election, 2020.svg
County results
Ferguson:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Larkin:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Attorney General before election

Bob Ferguson
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Bob Ferguson
Democratic

The 2020 Washington Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along with several federal and state elections.

Incumbent Attorney General Bob Ferguson ran for re-election. He finished first in the open primary, receiving 56% of the vote, and then defeated primary runner-up Republican Matt Larkin in the general election.

Results

2020 Washington Attorney General election [29] [30]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Ferguson (incumbent)1,356,22555.8
Republican Matt Larkin575,47023.7
Republican Brett Rogers296,84312.2
Republican Mike Vaska199,8268.2
Write-in 2,3720.1
Total votes2,430,736 100.0
General election
Democratic Bob Ferguson (incumbent) 2,226,418 56.43
Republican Matt Larkin1,714,92743.47
Write-in 3,9680.1
Total votes3,945,313 100
Democratic hold

West Virginia

2020 West Virginia Attorney General election
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Nominee Patrick Morrisey Sam Petsonk
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote487,250276,798
Percentage63.77%36.23%

West Virginia Attorney General, 2020.svg
County results
Morrisey:      50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Petsonk:      50–60%

Attorney General before election

Patrick Morrisey
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Patrick Morrisey
Republican

The 2020 West Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along with several federal and state elections.

Republican incumbent Patrick Morrisey ran for re-election after being re-elected with 51.6% of the vote in 2016. He was unopposed in the Republican primary and faced Democrat Sam Petsonk on election day. He defeated Petsonk in a landslide.

Republican primary

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Patrick Morrisey (incumbent) 175,837 100.0%
Total votes175,837 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Petsonk 86,849 50.04%
Democratic Isaac Sponaugle 86,70449.96%
Total votes173,553 100.0%

General election

General election results [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Patrick Morrisey (incumbent) 487,250 63.77%
Democratic Sam Petsonk276,79836.23%
Total votes764,048 100.0%

See also

Notes

  1. Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect attorneys general or territorial attorneys general.
  2. Schmitt took office after his predecessor (Josh Hawley) resigned.
  3. Rosenblum took office after her predecessor (John Kroger) resigned. She was subsequently elected in the 2012 Oregon Attorney General election.

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The 2020 North Carolina election for Attorney General was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of North Carolina, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 North Carolina Council of State elections</span>

The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2020 were held on November 3, 2020, to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. These elections coincided with the presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the Senate and elections to the North Carolina General Assembly and top state courts. Primary elections were held on March 3, 2020, for offices for which more than one candidate filed per party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Oregon Attorney General election</span>

The 2020 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of Oregon. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former Governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012, to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger, who resigned from office. She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. This office is not subject to term limits, and Rosenblum won a third full term, defeating Republican activist Michael Cross who led an unsuccessful 2019 attempt to recall Governor Kate Brown.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Indiana Attorney General election</span>

The 2020 Indiana Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Democratic primary convention was scheduled for June 13, 2020. The Republican primary convention was scheduled with a live stream on June 18, 2020, followed by mail-in voting between June 22 and July 9.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 United States attorney general elections</span>

The 2016 United States attorney general elections were held on November 8, 2016, in 10 states. The previous attorney general elections for eight of the 10 states took place in 2012. The last attorney general elections for Utah and Vermont took place in 2014, as Utah held a special election due to the resignation of John Swallow, while the attorney general of Vermont serves two-year terms. The elections took place concurrently with the 2016 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives and Senate, and numerous state and local elections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 United States gubernatorial elections</span>

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2024, in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections, the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico held elections for their governors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 North Carolina Council of State elections</span>

The North Carolina Council of State elections of 2024 were held on November 5, 2024, to select the ten officers of the North Carolina Council of State. These elections coincided with the presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the North Carolina General Assembly and top state courts. Primary elections took place on March 5, 2024, for offices for which more than one candidate filed per party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 United States attorney general elections</span>

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.

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