2024 Oregon Attorney General election

2024 Oregon Attorney General election

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Reporting
83%
as of 3:45 p.m., November 8, 2024 PST
 
Candidate Dan Rayfield Will Lathrop
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,023,206 870,596
Percentage 54.03 45.97

County results
[citation needed]
Rayfield:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Lathrop:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Attorney General before election

Ellen Rosenblum
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Dan Rayfield
Democratic

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.[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]

Primary elections took place May 21, 2024.[4] Democratic nominee Dan Rayfield won the general election on November 5, 2024.[5]

  1. ^ Cole, Michelle (June 6, 2012). "Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber names Ellen Rosenblum as interim attorney general". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  3. ^ VanderHart, Dirk (September 19, 2023). "Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will not seek reelection". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Oregon elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. ^ Wilson, Conrad (November 6, 2024). "Democrat Dan Rayfield on track to be Oregon's next attorney general". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved November 8, 2024.