| Election Name: | 2024 United States secretary of state elections |
| Country: | United States |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2023 United States secretary of state elections |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Next Election: | 2026 United States elections#Secretary of state elections |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | 7 secretary of state offices |
| 1Blank: | Seats up |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| 1Data1: | 3 |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| 1Data2: | 4 |
| Seats Before2: | 21 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
The 2024 United States Secretary of State elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the secretaries of state in seven states. These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections.
The elections for secretary of state had taken on heightened importance due to former President Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Many had argued that election officials such as secretaries of state could have the power to overturn the 2024 election, should its outcome be disagreeable to the losing candidate.
The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020. The secretary of state of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2022.
Going into the election, there were 26 Republican secretaries of state and 21 Democratic secretaries of state. 4 Democratic secretaries of state were up for election, of whom LaVonne Griffin-Valade of Oregon is retiring. 3 Republican secretaries of state were up for election, of whom Jay Ashcroft of Missouri and Mac Warner of West Virginia are retiring.
Going into these elections, this class of secretaries of state is made up of 4 Democrats and 3 Republicans. Democrats are defending one state won by Donald Trump in 2020 (North Carolina), while Republicans do not hold any states won by Joe Biden.
| State | Secretary of state | Party | First elected | Status | Candidates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value=2 | Incumbent retiring to run for governor[1] | nowrap | ||||
| Montana | Republican | 2020 | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | |||||
| North Carolina | Democratic | 1996 | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | |||||
| Oregon | Democratic | 2023 | data-sort-value=2 | Interim appointee retiring | nowrap | ||||
| Vermont | Democratic | 2022 | Incumbent running | nowrap | |||||
| Washington | Democratic | 2022 | Incumbent renominated | nowrap | |||||
| West Virginia | Republican | 2016 | data-sort-value=2 | Incumbent retiring to run for governor[2] | nowrap |
See main article: 2024 Missouri Secretary of State election.
| Election Name: | Missouri Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Missouri |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Missouri Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Missouri Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Nominee1: | Denny Hoskins |
| Party1: | Missouri Republican Party |
| Nominee2: | Barbara Phifer |
| Party2: | Missouri Democratic Party |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Jay Ashcroft |
| Before Party: | Missouri Republican Party |
Incumbent Republican Jay Ashcroft was eligible to serve a third term, but has instead decided to run for governor.[1]
Businesswoman Valentina Gomez, state senator Denny Hoskins, state senate President pro tempore Caleb Rowden, Greene County clerk Shane Schoeller and state representative Adam Schwadron are running in the Republican primary.[3] [4] [5] [6]
State representative Barbara Phifer, accountant Monique Williams, and travel agent Haley Jacobson are running in the Democratic primary.[7] A fourth candidate, Gavin Bena, initially filed to run but later withdrew from the race.[8] [9]
See main article: 2024 Montana Secretary of State election.
| Election Name: | Montana Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Montana |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Montana Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Montana Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Nominee1: | Christi Jacobsen |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Jesse Mullen |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Christi Jacobsen |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent Republican Christi Jacobsen is running for re-election to a second term.[10] Democratic newspaper owner Jesse Mullen is running against her.[11]
See main article: 2024 North Carolina Secretary of State election.
| Election Name: | North Carolina Secretary of State election |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 North Carolina Council of State elections#Secretary of state |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 North Carolina Council of State election#Secretary of state |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Image1: | Elaine_Marshall_IACA_2018_(cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Elaine Marshall |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Chad Brown |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Elaine Marshall |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Image2 Size: | x150px |
| Image1 Size: | x150px |
Incumbent Democrat Elaine Marshall is running for re-election to an eighth term.[12]
See main article: 2024 Oregon Secretary of State election.
| Election Name: | Oregon Secretary of State election |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Type: | presidential |
| Country: | Oregon |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Oregon Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Oregon Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Image1: | Tobias Read 2017.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Tobias Read |
| Party1: | Democratic Party of Oregon |
| Nominee2: | Dennis Linthicum |
| Party2: | Oregon Republican Party |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party of Oregon |
| Before Election: | LaVonne Griffin-Valade |
Incumbent Democrat LaVonne Griffin-Valade was appointed by Governor Tina Kotek after Shemia Fagan resigned.[13] She was eligible to run for a full term, but decided to retire.[14]
Democrats state senate President pro tempore James Manning Jr. and state treasurer Tobias Read are running for the position.[15] [16] Property broker Brent Barker is the lone Republican candidate as of February 2024.[17]
See main article: 2024 Vermont Secretary of State election.
| Election Name: | 2024 Vermont Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Vermont elections#Secretary of state |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Vermont Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
| Image1: | Sarah Copeland-Hanzas at Secretary of State Democratic Party Primary Forum (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Sarah Copeland Hanzas |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | H. Brooke Paige |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | Sarah Copeland Hanzas |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Incumbent secretary of state Sarah Copeland Hanzas is running for a second term two-year term.
See main article: 2024 Washington Secretary of State election.
| Election Name: | Washington Secretary of State election |
| Country: | Washington |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 (special) |
| Next Election: | 2028 Washington Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Image1: | Steve Hobbs (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Steve Hobbs |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Nominee2: | Dale Whitaker |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Steve Hobbs |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Steve Hobbs won a 2022 special election to serve out the remaining two years of Kim Wyman's term and is running for re-election to a full term in 2024.
See main article: 2024 West Virginia Secretary of State election.
| Election Name: | West Virginia Secretary of State election |
| Country: | West Virginia |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 West Virginia Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 West Virginia Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Nominee1: | Kris Warner |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Thornton Cooper |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Mac Warner |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
Incumbent Republican Mac Warner is eligible to run for re-election, but has instead decided to run for governor.[2]
Mac's brother and Former West Virginia Republican Party chair Kris Warner won the Republican nomination defeating state senator Kenny Mann, former state delegate Ken Reed, former Democratic House of Delegates minority leader Doug Skaff, and Putnam County clerk Brian Wood.[18]
Attorney Thornton Cooper won the Democratic nomination unopposed.[19]