2024 Oregon Attorney General election explained
Election Name: | 2024 Oregon Attorney General election |
After Election: | TBD |
Before Party: | Democratic Party of Oregon |
Before Election: | Ellen Rosenblum |
Attorney General |
Image1: | Dan Rayfield - Oregon Attorney (cropped).jpg |
Party1: | Democratic Party of Oregon |
Candidate1: | Dan Rayfield |
Country: | Oregon |
Candidate2: | Will Lathrop |
Party2: | Oregon Republican Party |
Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Next Election: | 2028 Oregon Attorney General election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Previous Election: | 2020 Oregon Attorney General election |
Ongoing: | yes |
Type: | presidential |
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]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Defeated in primary
Declined
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Defeated in primary
- Michael Cross, businessman, candidate for attorney general in 2020, and candidate for governor in 2022
Results
General election
Results
See also
References
- News: Cole . Michelle . June 6, 2012 . Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber names Ellen Rosenblum as interim attorney general . . October 25, 2019.
- Web site: Oregon elections, 2024 . August 22, 2023 . . en.
- News: VanderHart . Dirk . September 19, 2023 . Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will not seek reelection . . September 26, 2023.
- Web site: Terry . Lynne . October 11, 2023 . Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield running for attorney general . October 12, 2023 . . en.
- News: Shumway . Julia . March 12, 2024 . Two Republican senators try for statewide office and other Oregon filing day surprises . March 13, 2024 . Oregon Capital Chronicle.
- News: . September 30, 2023 . Republican Will Lathrop betting on voter unease with crime, drugs in Oregon attorney general race. September 25, 2023 . Shumway . Julia .
- Web site: Jacobson . Louis . January 31, 2024 . This Year's Key Attorney General and Secretary of State Races . University of Virginia Center for Politics.
External links
- Official campaign websites