2024 Oregon Attorney General election

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2024 Oregon Attorney General election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
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Candidate Dan Rayfield Will Lathrop
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General

Ellen Rosenblum
Democratic



The 2024 Oregon Attorney General election will be 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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Defeated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Rayfield 190,28476.7
Democratic Shaina Pomerantz57,73623.3
Total votes248,020 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Defeated in primary

  • Michael Cross, businessman, candidate for attorney general in 2020, and candidate for governor in 2022 [5]

Endorsements

Will Lathrop

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Will Lathrop127,33064.8
Republican Michael Cross69,24835.2
Total votes196,572 100

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe DJanuary 31, 2024

Results

Oregon Attorney General election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Rayfield
Republican Will Lathrop
Total votes

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