2024 Oregon Attorney General election

See also: 2024 United States attorney general elections

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]

2024 Oregon Attorney General election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Candidate Dan Rayfield Will Lathrop Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,156,489 967,964 Percentage 54.37% 45.51%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Rayfield:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Lathrop:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes

Attorney General before election Ellen Rosenblum Democratic Elected Attorney General Dan Rayfield Democratic

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dan Rayfield, former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives (2022–2024)^[6]

Eliminated in primary

• Shaina Pomerantz, former civil rights investigator at the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries^[7]

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)^[3]
• Kate Lieber, majority leader of the Oregon Senate (2023–present)^[3]
• Ellen Rosenblum, incumbent attorney general (2012–present)^[3]

Endorsements

Dan Rayfield

Labor unions

• Oregon AFL–CIO^[8]
• Oregon Education Association^[9]

Newspapers

• Eugene Weekly^[10]
• The Oregonian^[11]
• Portland Mercury^[12]
• The Skanner^[13]
• Willamette Week^[14]

Results

Results by county

  Rayfield

•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Democratic primary results^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Rayfield	318,313	75.71%
	Democratic	Shaina Pomerantz	102,146	24.29%
Total votes			420,459	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Will Lathrop, executive country director at International Justice Mission^[16]

Eliminated in primary

• Michael Cross, businessman, candidate for attorney general in 2020, and candidate for governor in 2022^[7]

Endorsements

Will Lathrop

Newspapers

• The Oregonian^[11]
• Willamette Week^[14]

Results

Results by county

  Lathrop

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Republican primary results^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Lathrop	190,995	64.57%
	Republican	Michael Cross	104,813	35.43%
Total votes			295,808	100.00%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17]	Likely D	November 1, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

Dan Rayfield (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Attorneys General Association^[18]

Political parties

• Forward Party^[19]

Newspapers

• The Oregonian^[20]
• Willamette Week^[21]

Debates

2024 Oregon Attorney General election debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderators	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Rayfield	Lathrop
1	October 16, 2024	KOIN 6	Ken Boddie	[22][23]	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Dan Rayfield Democratic	Will Lathrop Republican	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[24][A]	October 16–17, 2024	716 (LV)	± 3.7%	46%	41%	13%

Results

2024 Oregon Attorney General election^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dan Rayfield	1,156,489	54.37%	–1.60%
	Republican	Will Lathrop	967,964	45.51%	+4.16%
	Write-in		2,612	0.12%	–0.26%
Total votes			2,127,065	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

Counties that flipped form Democratic to Republican

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

By congressional district

Rayfield won 5 of 6 congressional districts.^[26]

District	Rayfield	Lathrop	Representative
1st	65%	35%	Suzanne Bonamici
2nd	34%	66%	Cliff Bentz
3rd	71%	29%	Earl Blumenauer (118th Congress)
			Maxine Dexter (119th Congress)
4th	54%	46%	Val Hoyle
5th	51%	49%	Lori Chavez-DeRemer (118th Congress)
			Janelle Bynum (119th Congress)
6th	52%	48%	Andrea Salinas

See also

• 2024 Oregon elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

1. This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute