2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

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2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election
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  Timothy Defoor, 2024.jpg Malcolm Kenyatta.jpg
Nominee Timothy DeFoor Malcolm Kenyatta
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,489,6523,135,412
Percentage51.13%45.94%
2024 Pennsylvania auditor general election results map by county.svg
County results
DeFoor:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Kenyatta:     40–50%     50–60%     70–80%
Auditor General before election

Timothy DeFoor
Republican

Elected Auditor General

Timothy DeFoor
Republican

The 2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Pennsylvania auditor general. Incumbent one-term Republican auditor general Timothy DeFoor won reelection defeating Malcolm Kenyatta. [1] The Associated Press called the election for DeFoor at 3:18am on November 6. [2]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Timothy DeFoor
Political parties

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Timothy DeFoor (incumbent) 844,742 100.0%
Total votes844,742 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Malcolm Kenyatta
U.S. Representatives

State legislators

Local officials

Political parties

Labor Unions

Organizations

Results

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Democratic primary results by county
  Kenyatta—80-90%
  Kenyatta—70-80%
  Kenyatta—60-70%
  Kenyatta—50-60%
  Tie—50%
  Pinsley—50-60%
  Pinsley—60-70%
  Pinsley—70-80%
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Malcolm Kenyatta 655,687 64.54%
Democratic Mark Pinsley360,18235.46%
Total votes1,015,869 100.0%

Third parties

American Solidarity Party

Nominee

Constitution Party

Nominee

Libertarian Party

Nominee

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Timothy
DeFoor (R)		Malcolm
Kenyatta (D)		OtherUndecided
ActiVote [17] October 4–25, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%52%48%––
ActiVote [18] September 6 – October 7, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%52%48%––
ActiVote [19] July 26 – August 23, 2024400 (LV)± 4.9%48%52%––
GQR Research (D) [20] [A] July 26–30, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%43%47%5% [b] 5%
Commonwealth Foundation [21] June 14–19, 2024800 (RV)± 3.5%41%43%5%11%

Results

2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Timothy DeFoor (incumbent) 3,489,652 51.13
Democratic Malcolm Kenyatta 3,135,41245.94
Libertarian Reece Smith123,6281.81
Constitution Alan (Bob) Goodrich55,9810.82
American Solidarity Eric K. Anton20,9890.31
Total votes6,825,662 100.00

By congressional district

DeFoor won ten of 17 congressional districts.

DistrictDeFoorKenyattaRepresentative
1st 51%46% Brian Fitzpatrick
2nd Brendan Boyle
3rd Dwight Evans
4th Madeleine Dean
5th Mary Gay Scanlon
6th Chrissy Houlahan
7th 51%46% Susan Wild (118th Congress)
Ryan Mackenzie (119th Congress)
8th Matt Cartwright (118th Congress)
Rob Bresnahan (119th Congress)
9th Dan Meuser
10th Scott Perry
11th Lloyd Smucker
12th Summer Lee
13th John Joyce
14th Guy Reschenthaler
15th Glenn Thompson
16th Mike Kelly
17th Chris Deluzio

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Libertarian candidate with 5%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll conducted for Kenyatta's campaign

References

  1. 1 2 Ulrich, Steve (November 29, 2023). "Election 2024: DeFoor Launches Reelection Campaign for Auditor General". PoliticsPA . Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tim DeFoor wins PA auditor general race". Spotlight PA. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  3. ↑ "PA Republican Party issues endorsement for Senate Candidate Dave McCormick". WHP-TV . September 30, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Pennsylvania Elections". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kenyatta enters 2024 race for Pennsylvania auditor general". AP News. March 9, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ↑ Ulrich, Steve (December 1, 2023). "Pinsley Joins Auditor General Race". PoliticsPA.
  7. 1 2 "Mark Rozzi dropping out of Pennsylvania Auditor General race, endorsing Malcolm Kenyatta". WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com. January 31, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Ulrich, Steve (March 9, 2023). "Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta Announces Run For Auditor General". PoliticsPA. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ Prose, J. D. (December 16, 2023). "Pa. Democrats make 2024 endorsements, but attorney general's race remains open". The Patriot-News . Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Our Candidates". Working Families Party. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  11. ↑ Kauffman, William (February 28, 2024). "PRESS RELEASE: AFSCME members endorse candidates for US Senate, PA row offices" . Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Human Rights Campaign PAC, Planned Parenthood PA PAC Announce Joint Endorsement of Malcolm Kenyatta for Auditor General". Human Rights Campaign. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  13. ↑ LeDonne, Sarah. "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Endorses 23 More Candidates for 2023 and 2024". LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Candidate Information - ANTON, ERIC K". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  15. ↑ Ulrich, Steve (August 2, 2024). "Third-Party Candidates Submit Signatures for PA General Election Ballot". PoliticsPA. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Libertarian Party candidates to attend debate viewing". Butler Eagle. March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  17. ↑ ActiVote
  18. ↑ ActiVote
  19. ↑ ActiVote
  20. ↑ GQR Research (D)
  21. ↑ Commonwealth Foundation
  22. ↑ "2024 Presidential Election (Official Returns)". Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 24, 2024.

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