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%
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County results
[ citation needed ]
Rayfield:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Lathrop:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
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

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Dan
Rayfield
Democratic		Will
Lathrop
Republican		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [22] [A] October 16–17, 2024716 (LV)± 3.7%46%41%13%

Results

2024 Oregon Attorney General election [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Rayfield 1,156,489 54.37
Republican Will Lathrop967,96445.51
Write-in 2,6120.12
Total votes2,127,065 100.00

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

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References

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  2. ↑ "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia . Retrieved August 22, 2023.
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  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.
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