2024 Indiana Attorney General election

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2024 Indiana Attorney General election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
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Nominee Todd Rokita Destiny Wells
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,679,6301,170,918
Percentage58.9%41.1%

2024 Indiana Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
[ citation needed ]
Rokita:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Wells:     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Todd Rokita
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Todd Rokita
Republican

The 2024 Indiana Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the state of Indiana. It coincided with the concurrent presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of Indiana.

Contents

Incumbent attorney general Todd Rokita is running for a second term. The Republican Convention took place on June 15. The Democratic Convention took place on July 13.

Republican convention

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Destiny Wells, lawyer, former assistant attorney general, and nominee for secretary of state in 2022 [2]

Eliminated at convention

Results

Democratic convention results [4]
CandidateRound 1
Votes %
Destiny Wells1,05768.99
Beth White47531.00
Total ballots1,532100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Likely RJuly 25, 2024

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Todd Rokita (R)$2,618,207$582,391$2,035,816
Destiny Wells (D)$838,443$290,118$548,325
Source: Indiana Secretary of State [6] [7]

Debate

2024 Indiana Attorney General election debate
No.DateHostModeratorLinkParticipants
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Non-invitee  I Invitee  W  Withdrawn
RokitaWells
1October 2, 2024 FOX 59/CBS 4 Dan Spehler Video PP

Endorsements

Todd Rokita

Executive branch officials

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

Organizations

Destiny Wells

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Todd
Rokita (R)
Destiny
Wells (D)
Undecided
ActiVote [13] October 5–28, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%55%45%
ActiVote [14] September 3 – October 5, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%53%47%
ARW Strategies [15] [A] September 23–25, 2024600 (LV)51%36%13%
Emerson College [16] [B] September 12–13, 20241,000 (LV)± 3%49%35%16%
Lake Research Partners (D) [17] [C] August 26 – September 2, 2024600 (LV)± 4%44%41%15%

Results

2024 Indiana Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Todd Rokita (incumbent) 1,679,630 58.9%
Democratic Destiny Wells1,170,91841.1%
Total votes2,850,548 100%

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. Poll sponsored by IndyPolitics.org
  2. Poll sponsored by The Hill
  3. Poll sponsored by Wells's campaign

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  14. ActiVote
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Official campaign websites