2024 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections

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2024 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections
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5 lieutenant governorships [a]
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Seats before124
Seats after125
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote6,402,0896,275,107
Percentage48.72%47.75%
Seats up22
Seats won23
 Third party
 
Party Progressive
Seats before1
Seats after0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1
Popular vote165,876
Percentage1.26%
Seats up1
Seats won0
2024 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections results map.svg
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election

The 2024 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect lieutenant governors in 5 states. The previous lieutenant gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020, except in Vermont, where lieutenant governors serve two-year terms and elected their lieutenant governor in 2022.

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Partisan composition

Going into these elections, this class of lieutenant governors is made up of 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans, and 1 Vermont Progressive. Vermont Progressives were defending one state won by Joe Biden in 2020 (Vermont), while Republicans and Democrats did not hold any states won by Joe Biden and Donald Trump respectively.

Race summary

StateLieutenant governorPartyFirst electedLast raceStatusCandidates [1]
Delaware Bethany Hall-Long Democratic 2016 59.4% DIncumbent term-limited.
Democratic hold.
Missouri Mike Kehoe Republican2018 [b] 58.4% RIncumbent retired to
run for governor. [2]
Republican hold.
North Carolina Mark Robinson Republican 2020 51.6% RIncumbent retired to
run for governor. [3]
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green check.svgY Rachel Hunt (Democratic) 49.5%
  • ▌Hal Weatherman (Republican) 47.6%
  • ▌Shannon Bray (Libertarian) 1.9%
  • ▌Wayne Jones (Constitution) 1.0%
Vermont David Zuckerman Vermont Progressive 2016
2020 (retired)
2022 		53.9% VPIncumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Washington Denny Heck Democratic 2020 45.6% DIncumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green check.svgY Denny Heck (Democratic) 55.7%
  • ▌Dan Matthews (Republican) 44.2%

Closest races

States where the margin of victory was between 1% and 5%:

  1. Vermont, 1.69%
  2. North Carolina, 1.89%

Blue denotes races won by Democrats. Red denotes races won by Republicans.

Election predictions

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent is running for re-election), the strength of the candidates, and the partisan leanings of the state (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, with the rating indicating the predicted advantage that a party has in winning that seat.

Most election predictors use:

State PVI [4] Incumbent [5] Last
race		 Sabato
July 25,
2024 [6] 		Result
Delaware D+7 Bethany Hall-Long
(term-limited)		58.3% R Safe D Gay
55.2% D
Missouri R+10 Mike Kehoe
(retiring)		58.4% R Safe R Wasinger
57.4% R
North Carolina R+3 Mark Robinson
(retiring)		51.6% R Tossup Hunt
49.5% D
(flip)
Vermont D+16 David Zuckerman 53.9% VP Safe D [c] Rodgers
48.8% R
(flip)
Washington D+8 Denny Heck 45.6% D [d] Safe DHeck
55.7% D

Delaware

Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Kyle Evans Gay Ruth Briggs King
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote272,828221,256
Percentage55.22%44.78%
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County results
Gay:     60–70%
King:     50–60%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Bethany Hall-Long
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Kyle Evans Gay
Democratic

Two-term incumbent Republican Bethany Hall-Long was elected in 2020 and was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election. Democratic state senator Kyle Evans Gay defeated Republican state representative Ruth Briggs King in the general election.

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kyle Evans Gay 40,638 48.2%
Democratic Sherry Dorsey Walker 31,03536.8%
Democratic Debbie Harrington12,64015.0%
Total votes84,313 100%
Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Kyle Evans Gay 272,828 55.22% −3.92%
Republican Ruth Briggs King 221,25644.78%+3.92%
Total votes494,084 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

Missouri

Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  Lieutenant Governor of Missouri David G. Wasinger.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee David Wasinger Richard Brown
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,671,7711,121,608
Percentage57.4%38.5%
2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County results
Wasinger:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Brown:     50–60%     70–80%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Mike Kehoe
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

David Wasinger
Republican

Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe was elected in 2020 with 51.6% of the vote. He retired to run for governor. Republican attorney David Wasinger defeated Democratic state representative Richard Brown in the general election.

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Wasinger 206,875 31.39
Republican Lincoln Hough 199,42330.26
Republican Holly Thompson Rehder 142,80121.67
Republican Tim Baker64,1989.74
Republican Matthew Porter28,2634.28
Republican Paul Berry III17,5402.66
Total votes659,100 100
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Brown 231,970 64.93
Democratic Anastasia Syes125,28335.07
Total votes357,253 100.00
2024 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican David Wasinger 1,671,771 57.38
Democratic Richard Brown 1,121,60838.50
Libertarian Ken Iverson61,7312.12
Green Dani Elliott58,2602.00
Total votes2,913,370 100.00
Republican hold

North Carolina

Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson was elected in 2020 with 51.6% of the vote. He retired to run for governor. Democratic state senator Rachel Hunt defeated Republican businessman Hal Weatherman in the general election.

North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Turnout73.73% Decrease2.svg 1.62pp
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Nominee Rachel Hunt Hal Weatherman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,768,5392,663,183
Percentage49.53%47.64%
2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County results
Hunt:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Weatherman:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Mark Robinson
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Rachel Hunt
Democratic

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hal Weatherman 181,818 19.59%
Republican Jim O'Neill 147,042 15.84%
Republican Deanna Ballard 138,82214.96%
Republican Seth Woodall102,49211.04%
Republican Sam Page94,81010.22%
Republican Allen Mashburn83,5509.00%
Republican Jeffrey Elmore 79,8838.61%
Republican Peter Boykin 32,1263.46%
Republican Rivera Douthit23,3982.52%
Republican Ernest T. Reeves22,7602.45%
Republican Marlenis Hernandez Novoa21,4042.31%
Total votes928,105 100.00%
Republican primary runoff results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Hal Weatherman 96,600 74.44%
Republican Jim O'Neill33,44825.72%
Total votes130,048 100.00%
Democratic primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rachel Hunt 477,196 70.35%
Democratic Ben Clark 111,83616.49%
Democratic Mark H. Robinson89,24713.16%
Total votes678,279 100.00%
2024 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Rachel Hunt 2,768,539 49.53% +1.16%
Republican Hal Weatherman2,663,18347.64%–3.99%
Libertarian Shannon Bray104,1921.86%N/A
Constitution Wayne Jones53,9380.96%N/A
Total votes5,589,852 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

Vermont

Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman was elected in 2022 with 53.9% of the vote. He lost re-election to former state senator John Rodgers.

Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee John Rodgers David Zuckerman
Party Republican Progressive
Alliance Democratic
Electoral vote158 [12] 18
Popular vote171,854165,876
Percentage48.76%47.07%
2024 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2024 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by municipality.svg
Rodgers:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Zuckerman:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Tie:     40–50%     No votes
Lieutenant Governor before election

David Zuckerman
Progressive

Elected Lieutenant Governor

John Rodgers
Republican

Progressive primary [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Zoraya Hightower 257 62.08%
Progressive Undervotes [e] 7217.39%
Democratic David Zuckerman (write-in)5513.29%
Write-in 297.01%
Progressive Overvotes 10.24%
Total votes414 100.00%
Democratic primary [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Zuckerman (incumbent) 28,729 55.28%
Democratic Thomas Renner18,83836.25%
Democratic Undervotes [e] 3,7607.24%
Write-in 6031.16%
Democratic Overvotes 390.08%
Total votes51,969 100.00%
Republican primary [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Rodgers 13,840 55.39%
Republican Gregory Thayer8,61934.50%
Republican Undervotes [e] 2,2579.03%
Write-in 2340.94%
Republican Overvotes 350.14%
Total votes24,985 100.00%
2024 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Rodgers 171,854 48.76%
Progressive/Democratic David Zuckerman (incumbent)165,87647.07%
Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party Ian Diamondstone13,6713.88%
Write-in 1,0130.29%
Total votes352,414 100.00%
Republican gain from Progressive

Washington

Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck was elected in 2020 with 45.6% of the vote against a fellow Democrat. He successfully ran for re-election defeating Republican nominee Dan Matthews.

Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Denny Heck Dan Matthews
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,112,1321,674,025
Percentage55.72%44.16%
2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County results
Heck:     50–60%     70–80%
Matthews:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Denny Heck
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Denny Heck
Democratic

Blanket primary election results [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Denny Heck (incumbent) 927,395 48.62%
Republican Dan Matthews 438,537 22.99%
Republican Bob Hagglund319,07116.73%
Democratic David Griffin169,7598.90%
Liberal Republican[ clarification needed ]Patrick Harman50,3302.64%
Write-in 2,5380.13%
Total votes1,907,630 100.00%
2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Denny Heck (incumbent) 2,112,132 55.72% +10.11%
Republican Dan Matthews1,674,02544.16%N/A
Write-in 4,3760.12%–20.76%
Total votes3,790,533 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Notes

  1. ↑ Seat tallies and popular vote do not include states that do not elect lieutenant governors separately from governors.
  2. ↑ Kehoe took office after his predecessor (Mike Parson) resigned to become governor.
  3. ↑ Rated as "Safe D" as Zuckerman won the Democratic primary despite his Vermont Progressive Party affiliation.
  4. ↑ Democrat Denny Heck won with 45.6% of the vote in 2020, against a fellow Democrat.
  5. 1 2 3 Blank ballots

References

  1. ↑ "Governor Elections 2024 Live Results". www.nbcnews.com. January 9, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Hancock, Jason (March 22, 2021). "Mike Kehoe passes on 2022 Senate run to focus on 2024 Missouri governor's race". Missouri Independent. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ Mikkelsen, Emily; Stamps, Brayden (April 22, 2023). "Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announces run for governor at cloudy Ace Speedway rally". Fox 8. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2022 Cook PVI℠: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ Parentheses around an incumbent's name indicates that the incumbent is not running for re-election.
  6. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (January 31, 2024). "2024's Races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Lieutenant Governor: An Update". University of Virginia Center for Politics .
  7. ↑ "2024 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ General Election, November 05, 2024, Official Results, Missouri Secretary of State, December 23, 2024.
  9. 1 2 "03/05/2024 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections . Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  10. ↑ "05/14/2024 OFFICIAL 2NDPRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". NCSBE . Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  11. ↑ "11/05/2024 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections .
  12. ↑ Duffort, Lola. "Lawmakers elect Republican John Rodgers as lieutenant governor". Vermontpublic.org. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 Secretary of State of Vermont (August 13, 2024). "Lieutenant Governor". electionresults.vermont.gov. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  14. ↑ "2024 General Election Canvass Report" (PDF). VT SOS. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Certification of Results" (PDF). Washington Secretary of State.
  16. ↑ "Official Canvass of the Returns" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
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