2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

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2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
  Timothy Defoor, 2024.jpg Malcolm Kenyatta.jpg
Nominee Timothy DeFoor Malcolm Kenyatta
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote3,489,6523,135,412
Percentage51.1%45.9%

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 ran for reelection. [1] The Associated Press called the election for DeFoor at 3:18am on November 6. [2]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Timothy DeFoor

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Withdrawn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

Democratic primary results by county
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Kenyatta--80-90%
Kenyatta--70-80%
Kenyatta--60-70%
Kenyatta--50-60%
Tie--50%
Pinsley--50-60%
Pinsley--60-70%
Pinsley--70-80% 2024 Pennsylvania State Auditor Democratic Primary results map by county.svg
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

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

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