2024 West Virginia Attorney General election

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2024 West Virginia Attorney General election
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Nominee JB McCuskey Teresa Toriseva
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote501,452214,654
Percentage70.02%29.98%
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2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia results by congressional district.svg
McCuskey:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Attorney General before election

Patrick Morrisey
Republican

Elected Attorney General

JB McCuskey
Republican

The 2024 West Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next attorney general of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of West Virginia. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was eligible to run for re-election to a fourth term but has decided instead to run for governor. Republican state auditor JB McCuskey defeated Democratic attorney Teresa Toriseva with 70.02% of the vote. [1]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

JB McCuskey
Organizations
Michael B. Stuart
U.S. Executive branch officials

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		JB
McCuskey		Michael
Stuart		Ryan
Weld		OtherUndecided
November 22, 2023Ryan Weld withdraws from the race
American Pulse Research
& Polling (R) [9] [A] 		November 13–14, 2023414 (LV)± 4.8%16%11%5%–68%
Orion Strategies [10] [B] June 17–20, 2023651 (LV)± 6.0%–20%14%16% [b] 50%

Results

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Results by county:
  McCuskey
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Stuart
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican JB McCuskey 117,263 59.83%
Republican Michael Stuart 78,74540.17%
Total votes196,008 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Teresa Toriseva, attorney [12]

Eliminated in primary

Results

Results by county: Toriseva 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Robb 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 2024 West Virginia Democratic Attorney General primary election results by county map.svg
Results by county:
  Toriseva
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Robb
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Teresa Toriseva 50,480 52.67%
Democratic Richie Robb45,35647.33%
Total votes95,836 100.00%

General election

Results

2024 West Virginia Attorney General election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican JB McCuskey 501,452 70.02% +6.25
Democratic Teresa Toriseva214,65429.98%−6.25
Total votes716,106 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

McCuskey won both congressional districts. [15]

DistrictMcCuskeyTorisevaRepresentative
1st 72%28% Carol Miller
2nd 68%32% Alex Mooney (118th Congress)
Riley Moore (119th Congress)

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Another candidate" with 16%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll commissioned by WMOV.
  2. ↑ Poll commissioned by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

References

  1. ↑ Kersey, Lori (November 6, 2024). "McCuskey wins West Virginia attorney general seat • West Virginia Watch". West Virginia Watch. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  2. ↑ McElhinny, Brad (July 24, 2023). "McCuskey pivots to attorney general's race, and Weld and Stuart say they won't back down". West Virginia MetroNews . Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ Patterson, Jessica (May 2, 2023). "State Senator Mike Stuart announces 2024 bid for West Virginia Attorney General". WOWK-TV . Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "W.Va. Senate Majority Whip Weld withdraws from Attorney General's race to seek Senate re-election in 2024". WTOV-TV. November 22, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ "AG Morrisey announces 2024 run for Governor". WDTV . April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  6. ↑ WRITER, Charles Young SENIOR STAFF (April 1, 2024). "West Virginia Chamber PAC releases election endorsements". WV News. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ jarettlewis (September 19, 2023). "Mike Stuart, a candidate for state Attorney General, gets endorsement from Trump advisor". WCHS-TV . Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  8. ↑ "WV Coal Association Endorses Slate of Pro-Coal Candidates for 2024 Election". www.wvcoal.com. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  9. ↑ American Pulse Research
    & Polling (R)
  10. ↑ Orion Strategies
  11. ↑ "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  12. 1 2 "WV SOS - Elections - Candidate - Online Data Services". apps.sos.wv.gov. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Election Night Reporting". results.enr.clarityelections.com. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  14. ↑ https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/WV/122766/web.345435/#/detail/550
  15. ↑ "2024 West Virginia Election Results by Congressional District".

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