2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

The 2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Pennsylvania auditor general. Incumbent one-term Republican auditor general Timothy DeFoor won reelection defeating Malcolm Kenyatta.^[1] The Associated Press called the election for DeFoor at 3:18am on November 6.^[2]

2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Nominee Timothy DeFoor Malcolm Kenyatta Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 3,489,652 3,135,412 Percentage 51.13% 45.94%

County results DeFoor:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Kenyatta:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

Auditor General before election Timothy DeFoor Republican Elected Auditor General Timothy DeFoor Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Timothy DeFoor, incumbent auditor general (2021–present)^[1]

Endorsements

Timothy DeFoor

Political parties

• Pennsylvania Republican Party^[3]

Results

Republican primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy DeFoor (incumbent)	844,742	100.0%
Total votes			844,742	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Malcolm Kenyatta, state representative for the 181st district (2019–present) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022^[5]

Eliminated in primary

• Mark Pinsley, Lehigh County controller^[6]

Withdrawn

• Mark Rozzi, state representative for the 126th district (2013–present) and former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (January–February 2023) (endorsed Kenyatta)^[7]

Endorsements

Malcolm Kenyatta

U.S. Representatives

• Matt Cartwright, PA-8 (2013–present)^[8]
• Madeleine Dean, PA-4 (2019–present)^[8]
• Dwight Evans, PA-8 (2016–present)^[8]
• Summer Lee, PA-12 (2023–present)^[8]
• Susan Wild, PA-7 (2018–present)^[8]

State legislators

• Jay Costa, Minority Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate (2011–present) from the 43rd district (1996–present)^[8]
• Joanna McClinton, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 191st district (2015–present)^[8]
• Mark Rozzi, state representative for the 126th district (2013–present) and former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (January–February 2023)^[7]

Local officials

• Ed Gainey, Mayor of Pittsburgh (2022–present)^[8]
• Paige Cognetti, Mayor of Scranton (2020–present)^[8]

Political parties

• Pennsylvania Democratic Party^[9]
• Working Families Party^[10]

Labor Unions

• AFSCME Council 13^[11]
• American Federation of Teachers^[8]
• Philadelphia Federation of Teachers^[8]
• United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776^[8]

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign^[12]
• LGBTQ Victory Fund^[13]

Results

Democratic primary results by county

  Kenyatta—80-90%

  Kenyatta—70-80%

  Kenyatta—60-70%

  Kenyatta—50-60%

  Tie—50%

  Pinsley—50-60%

  Pinsley—60-70%

  Pinsley—70-80%

Democratic primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Malcolm Kenyatta	655,687	64.54%
	Democratic	Mark Pinsley	360,182	35.46%
Total votes			1,015,869	100.0%

Third parties

American Solidarity Party

Nominee

• Eric K. Anton^[14]

Constitution Party

Nominee

• Alan Goodrich^[15]

Libertarian Party

Nominee

• Reece Smith^[16]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Timothy DeFoor (R)	Malcolm Kenyatta (D)	Other	Undecided
ActiVote[17]	October 4–25, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	52%	48%	–	–
ActiVote[18]	September 6 – October 7, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	52%	48%	–	–
ActiVote[19]	July 26 – August 23, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	48%	52%	–	–
GQR Research (D)[20][A]	July 26–30, 2024	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	43%	47%	5%[b]	5%
Commonwealth Foundation[21]	June 14–19, 2024	800 (RV)	± 3.5%	41%	43%	5%	11%

Results

2024 Pennsylvania Auditor General election^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy DeFoor (incumbent)	3,489,652	51.13
	Democratic	Malcolm Kenyatta	3,135,412	45.94
	Libertarian	Reece Smith	123,628	1.81
	Constitution	Alan (Bob) Goodrich	55,981	0.82
	American Solidarity	Eric K. Anton	20,989	0.31
Total votes			6,825,662	100.00

See also

• 2024 Pennsylvania elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Libertarian candidate with 5%

Partisan clients

1. Poll conducted for Kenyatta's campaign