2024 Missouri Attorney General election

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2024 Missouri Attorney General election
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Nominee Andrew Bailey Elad Gross
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,726,8601,094,734
Percentage59.8%37.9%
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County results
[ citation needed ]
Bailey:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Gross:     50–60%     70–80%
Attorney General before election

Andrew Bailey
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Andrew Bailey
Republican

The 2024 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the state of Missouri. 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 Missouri. Primary elections took place on August 6, 2024. [1] Incumbent Andrew Bailey won the Republican nomination, while Elad Gross won the Democratic nomination.

Contents

In the general election, Bailey won about 60 percent of the vote, defeating Gross. [2] This marked Bailey's first election to a full term in office, as he was previously appointed in 2022 by Missouri governor Mike Parson to succeed outgoing Attorney General Eric Schmitt upon Schmitt's election to the U.S. Senate.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Andrew Bailey

Executive Branch Officials

U.S. Senators

Statewide officials

Organizations

Will Scharf

Executive Branch Officials

Statewide officials

Individuals

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Andrew
Bailey		Will
Scharf		Undecided
Battleground Connect [14] [A] July 30–31, 2024896 (LV)± 3.1%41%30%29%
co/efficient (R) [15] [B] July 10–11, 2024909 (LV)± 3.25%34%13%53%
Public Opinion Strategies [16] [C] June 20–24, 2024500 (V)± 4.38%52%19%39%
Remington Research (R) [17] [A] June 19–20, 2024701 (LV)± 3.6%27%23%50%
WPA Intelligence [18] [D] June 2–4, 2024502 (LV)± 4.4%35%17%48%
Remington Research (R) [19] [A] February 14–15, 2024706 (LV)± 3.6%24%18%58%
Remington Research (R) [20] [A] January 17–18, 2024806 (LV)± 3.3%24%17%59%
Remington Research (R) [21] [A] September 27–28, 2023714 (LV)± 3.4%26%15%59%
Remington Research (R) [22] [A] July 5–7, 2023706 (LV)± 3.4%25%14%61%
Remington Research (R) [23] [A] April 11–12, 2023778 (LV)± 3.4%24%14%62%

Results

Republican primary results by county Andrew Bailey 2024 primary performance map.jpg
Republican primary results by county
Republican primary results [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Andrew Bailey (incumbent) 413,465 63.0
Republican Will Scharf242,68037.0
Total votes656,145 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Elad Gross, civil rights attorney, former assistant attorney general, and candidate for attorney general in 2020 [25]

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Elad Gross

Newspapers

Results

Democratic primary results [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elad Gross 343,934 100.00%
Total votes343,934 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Ryan Munro, attorney [29]

Results

Libertarian primary results [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Ryan Munro 2,401 100.00%
Total votes2,401 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [30] Safe RJuly 25, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Andrew
Bailey (R)		Elad
Gross (D)		OtherUndecided
ActiVote [31] October 8–27, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%57%43%––
ActiVote [32] September 6 – October 13, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%60%40%––
Remington Research Group [33] [A] October 2–3, 2024753 (LV)± 3.2%51%42%1% [b] 6%
YouGov/Saint Louis University [34] August 8–16, 2024450 (LV)± 5.40%51%38%1%9%
Remington Research Group [35] [A] March 6–8, 2024713 (LV)± 3.9%50%35%–15%

Results

2024 Missouri Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Andrew Bailey (incumbent) 1,726,860 59.8% +0.42%
Democratic Elad Gross1,094,73437.9%+0.04%
Libertarian Ryan Munro66,3552.3%−0.45%
Total votes2,887,949 100.0%

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Munro (L) with 2%

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Poll sponsored by the Missouri Scout
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Bailey's campaign
  3. ↑ Poll sponsored by Liberty and Justice PAC, which supports Bailey
  4. ↑ Poll sponsored by Club for Growth, which supports Scharf

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      21. ↑ Remington Research (R)
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