2024 Oregon Attorney General election

The 2024 Oregon Attorney General election was 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. She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. This office is not subject to term limits. In September 2023, Rosenblum announced that she would not seek re-election to a fourth term.

Primary elections took place May 21, 2024. Democratic nominee Dan Rayfield won the general election on November 5, 2024.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dan Rayfield, former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (2022–2024)

Eliminated in primary

• Shaina Pomerantz, former civil rights investigator at the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries

Declined

• Marc Abrams, assistant attorney-in-charge in the Civil Litigation Section at the Oregon Department of Justice and former chair of the Oregon Democratic Party (1997–1999)
• Kate Lieber, majority leader of the Oregon Senate (2023–present)
• Ellen Rosenblum, incumbent attorney general (2012–present)

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Will Lathrop, executive country director at International Justice Mission

Eliminated in primary

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

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Debates

Polling

Results

By county

Counties that flipped form Democratic to Republican

• Marion (largest city: Salem)
• Tillamook (largest city: Tillamook)

By congressional district

Rayfield won five of six congressional districts.

See also

• 2024 Oregon elections

Notes

References

External links

Official campaign websites

• Will Lathrop (R) for Attorney General
• Dan Rayfield (D) for Attorney General