2024 Oregon Attorney General election

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2024 Oregon Attorney General election
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Candidate Dan Rayfield Will Lathrop
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,156,489967,964
Percentage54.37%45.51%
2024 Oregon attorney general election results map by county.svg
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Rayfield:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Lathrop:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes
Attorney General before election

Ellen Rosenblum
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Dan Rayfield
Democratic

The 2024 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, 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. [1] She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. This office is not subject to term limits. [2] In September 2023, Rosenblum announced that she would not seek re-election to a fourth term. [3]

Contents

Primary elections took place May 21, 2024. [4] Democratic nominee Dan Rayfield won the general election on November 5, 2024. [5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Results

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Results by county
  Rayfield
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Rayfield 318,31375.71%
Democratic Shaina Pomerantz102,14624.29%
Total votes420,459 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Michael Cross, businessman, candidate for attorney general in 2020, and candidate for governor in 2022 [7]

Endorsements

Will Lathrop
Newspapers

Results

Results by county Lathrop 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Oregon Attorney General Republican Primary, 2024.svg
Results by county
  Lathrop
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Will Lathrop190,99564.57%
Republican Michael Cross104,81335.43%
Total votes295,808 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [17] Likely DNovember 1, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

Dan Rayfield (D)
Organizations

Political parties

Newspapers

Debates

2024 Oregon Attorney General election debate
No.DateHostModeratorsLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
RayfieldLathrop
1October 16, 2024 KOIN 6 Ken Boddie [22] [23] PP


Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Dan
Rayfield
Democratic		Will
Lathrop
Republican		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [24] [A] October 16–17, 2024716 (LV)± 3.7%46%41%13%

Results

2024 Oregon Attorney General election [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dan Rayfield 1,156,489 54.37% –1.60%
Republican Will Lathrop967,96445.51%+4.16%
Write-in 2,6120.12%–0.26%
Total votes2,127,065 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped form Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Rayfield won 5 of 6 congressional districts. [26]

DistrictRayfieldLathropRepresentative
1st 65%35% Suzanne Bonamici
2nd 34%66% Cliff Bentz
3rd 71%29% Earl Blumenauer (118th Congress)
Maxine Dexter (119th Congress)
4th 54%46% Val Hoyle
5th 51%49% Lori Chavez-DeRemer (118th Congress)
Janelle Bynum (119th Congress)
6th 52%48% Andrea Salinas

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  1. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

References

  1. ↑ Cole, Michelle (June 6, 2012). "Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber names Ellen Rosenblum as interim attorney general". The Oregonian . Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia . Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 VanderHart, Dirk (September 19, 2023). "Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will not seek reelection". The Oregonian/OregonLive . Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Conrad (November 6, 2024). "Democrat Dan Rayfield on track to be Oregon's next attorney general". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ Terry, Lynne (October 11, 2023). "Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield running for attorney general". The Oregonian/OregonLive . Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  7. 1 2 Shumway, Julia (March 12, 2024). "Two Republican senators try for statewide office and other Oregon filing day surprises". Oregon Capital Chronicle . Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ AFL-CIO, Oregon (December 18, 2023). "Oregon AFL-CIO Endorses House Speaker Dan Rayfield for Oregon Attorney General". Oregon AFL-CIO. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  9. ↑ "2024: Oregon Statewide Elections". Oregon Education Association . Archived from the original on April 20, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Voters, Mark Your Ballots – Eugene Weekly". eugeneweekly.com. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Editorial endorsement May 2024: Voters should pick Rayfield, Lathrop in Democratic, Republican AG primaries". The Oregonian/OregonLive . April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Mercury May 2024 Primary Election Endorsements: State Races". Portland Mercury. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  13. ↑ "The Skanner News May 2024 Primary Endorsements". The Skanner News. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  14. 1 2 "WW's May 2024 Endorsements: Statewide". Willamette Week. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  15. 1 2 "May 21, 2024, Primary Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. May 21, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  16. ↑ Shumway, Julia (September 25, 2023). "Republican Will Lathrop betting on voter unease with crime, drugs in Oregon attorney general race". Oregon Capital Chronicle . Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  17. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2024). "Updating the Down-Ballot Statewide Races". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  18. ↑ Trifone, Emily (May 22, 2024). "DAGA Endorses Dan Rayfield for Oregon Attorney General Following Primary Win". Democratic Attorneys General Association. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  19. ↑ "2024 Endorsements". Forward Party. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  20. ↑ "Editorial endorsement November 2024: Elect Dan Rayfield as Oregon's next attorney general". The Oregonian. September 25, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  21. ↑ "WW's Fall 2024 Endorsements: Statewide". Willamette Week. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  22. ↑ KOIN 6 (October 16, 2024). Oregon attorney general candidates face off in KOIN 6 debate — Part 1 . Retrieved March 26, 2025– via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. ↑ KOIN 6 (October 16, 2024). Oregon attorney general candidates face off in KOIN 6 debate — Part 2 . Retrieved March 26, 2025– via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ↑ Villeneuve, Andrew (October 22, 2024). "Democrat Dan Rayfield has a five point lead over Republican Will Lathrop for Oregon Attorney General, NPI poll finds". Northwest Progressive Institute.
  25. ↑ "November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon SOS. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  26. ↑ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::9b2b545f-5cd2-4e0d-a9b9-cc3915a4750f

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