2024 Missouri Attorney General election

See also: 2024 United States attorney general elections

The 2024 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of the state of Missouri. It coincided with the concurrent presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of Missouri. Primary elections took place on August 6, 2024.^[1] Incumbent Andrew Bailey won the Republican nomination, while Elad Gross won the Democratic nomination.

2024 Missouri Attorney General election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Nominee Andrew Bailey Elad Gross Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,739,626 1,103,482 Percentage 59.78% 37.92%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Bailey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Gross:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Attorney General before election Andrew Bailey Republican Elected Attorney General Andrew Bailey Republican

In the general election, Bailey won about 60 percent of the vote, defeating Gross.^[2] This marked Bailey's first election to a full term in office, as he was previously appointed in 2022 by Missouri governor Mike Parson to succeed outgoing Attorney General Eric Schmitt upon Schmitt's election to the U.S. Senate.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Andrew Bailey, incumbent attorney general^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Will Scharf, attorney for Donald Trump and former assistant U.S. Attorney^[4]

Endorsements

Andrew Bailey

Executive Branch Officials

• Donald Trump, former President of the United States (2017–2021) (co-endorsement with Scharf)^[5]

U.S. Senators

• Josh Hawley, U.S. Senator from Missouri (2019–present)^[6]
• Eric Schmitt, U.S. Senator from Missouri (2023–present)^[7]

Statewide officials

• Mike Parson, Governor of Missouri (2018–2025)^[3]

Organizations

• Eagle Forum^[8]
• Missouri Right to Life PAC (co-endorsement with Scharf)^[9]

Will Scharf

Executive Branch Officials

• Donald Trump, former President of the United States (2017–2021) (co-endorsement with Bailey)^[5]

Statewide officials

• Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas^[10]

Individuals

• Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA^[11]
• Mark Levin, author and talk radio host^[12]

Organizations

• Club for Growth PAC^[13]
• Missouri Right to Life PAC (co-endorsement with Bailey)^[9]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Andrew Bailey	Will Scharf	Undecided
Battleground Connect (R)[14][A]	July 30–31, 2024	896 (LV)	± 3.1%	41%	30%	29%
Remington Research Group (R)[15][A]	July 22–24, 2024	864 (LV)	± 3.3%	36%	31%	33%
co/efficient (R)[16]	July 21–22, 2024	981 (LV)	± 3.92%	27%	17%	56%
co/efficient (R)[17][B]	July 10–11, 2024	909 (LV)	± 3.25%	34%	13%	53%
Public Opinion Strategies[18][C]	June 20–24, 2024	500 (V)	± 4.38%	52%	19%	39%
Remington Research (R)[19][A]	June 19–20, 2024	701 (LV)	± 3.6%	27%	23%	50%
WPA Intelligence[20][D]	June 2–4, 2024	502 (LV)	± 4.4%	35%	17%	48%
Remington Research (R)[21][A]	February 14–15, 2024	706 (LV)	± 3.6%	24%	18%	58%
Remington Research (R)[22][A]	January 17–18, 2024	806 (LV)	± 3.3%	24%	17%	59%
Remington Research (R)[23][A]	September 27–28, 2023	714 (LV)	± 3.4%	26%	15%	59%
Remington Research (R)[24][A]	July 5–7, 2023	706 (LV)	± 3.4%	25%	14%	61%
Remington Research (R)[25][A]	April 11–12, 2023	778 (LV)	± 3.4%	24%	14%	62%
Remington Research (R)[26][A]	February 8–9, 2023	820 (LV)	± 3.2%	10%	10%	80%

Results

Results by county:

Bailey

•   70–80%
•   60–70%
•   50–60%

Republican primary results^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Bailey (incumbent)	413,465	63.0
	Republican	Will Scharf	242,680	37.0
Total votes			656,145	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Elad Gross, civil rights attorney, former assistant attorney general, and candidate for attorney general in 2020^[28]

Withdrawn

• Sarah Unsicker, state representative from the 83rd district^[29] (ran for governor)^[30]

Endorsements

Elad Gross

Newspapers

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch^[31]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Elad Gross	Sarah Unsicker	Undecided
Remington Research Group[32][A]	July 12–13, 2023	661 (LV)	± 3.9%	13%	24%	63%

Results

Democratic primary results^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elad Gross	343,934	100.00%
Total votes			343,934	100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ryan Munro, attorney^[33]

Results

Libertarian primary results^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Ryan Munro	2,401	100.00%
Total votes			2,401	100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[34]	Safe R	July 25, 2024

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Andrew Bailey (R)	Elad Gross (D)	Other	Undecided
ActiVote[35]	October 8–27, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	57%	43%	–	–
ActiVote[36]	September 6 – October 13, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	60%	40%	–	–
Remington Research Group[37][A]	October 2–3, 2024	753 (LV)	± 3.2%	51%	42%	1%[b]	6%
YouGov/Saint Louis University[38]	August 8–16, 2024	450 (LV)	± 5.40%	51%	38%	1%	9%
Remington Research Group[39][A]	March 6–8, 2024	713 (LV)	± 3.9%	50%	35%	–	15%

Results

2024 Missouri Attorney General election^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Andrew Bailey (incumbent)	1,739,626	59.78%	+0.40%
	Democratic	Elad Gross	1,103,482	37.92%	+0.05%
	Libertarian	Ryan Munro	66,878	2.30%	−0.45%
Total votes			2,909,986	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Bailey won six of eight congressional districts.^[41]

District	Bailey	Gross	Representative
1st	22%	76%	Cori Bush (118th Congress)
			Wesley Bell (119th Congress)
2nd	55%	43%	Ann Wagner
3rd	64%	33%	Blaine Luetkemeyer (118th Congress)
			Bob Onder (119th Congress)
4th	71%	26%	Mark Alford
5th	38%	59%	Emanuel Cleaver
6th	70%	28%	Sam Graves
7th	72%	26%	Eric Burlison
8th	77%	21%	Jason Smith

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Munro (L) with 1%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the Missouri Scout
2. Poll sponsored by Bailey's campaign
3. Poll sponsored by Liberty and Justice PAC, which supports Bailey
4. Poll sponsored by Club for Growth, which supports Scharf