2024 West Virginia Attorney General election

See also: 2024 United States attorney general elections

The 2024 West Virginia Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next attorney general of West Virginia, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as various state and local elections, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and governor of West Virginia. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey was eligible to run for re-election to a fourth term but decided instead to run for governor. Republican state auditor JB McCuskey defeated Democratic attorney Teresa Toriseva with 70.02% of the vote.^[1]

2024 West Virginia Attorney General election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Nominee JB McCuskey Teresa Toriseva Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 501,452 214,654 Percentage 70.02% 29.98%

County results Congressional district results McCuskey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Attorney General before election Patrick Morrisey Republican Elected Attorney General JB McCuskey Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• JB McCuskey, West Virginia State Auditor (2017–2025)^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Michael B. Stuart, state senator from the 7th district (2022–present)^[3]

Withdrawn

• Ryan Weld, state senator from the 1st district (2016–present) (ran for re-election)^[4]

Declined

• Patrick Morrisey, incumbent attorney general (2013–2025) (ran for governor)^[5]

Endorsements

JB McCuskey

Organizations

• West Virginia Chamber of Commerce^[6]

Michael B. Stuart

U.S. Executive branch officials

• Matthew Whitaker, former acting U.S. Attorney General (2018–2019)^[7]

Organizations

• West Virginia Coal Association^[8]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	JB McCuskey	Michael Stuart	Ryan Weld	Other	Undecided
	November 22, 2023	Ryan Weld withdraws from the race
American Pulse Research & Polling (R)[9][A]	November 13–14, 2023	414 (LV)	± 4.8%	16%	11%	5%	–	68%
Orion Strategies[10][B]	June 17–20, 2023	651 (LV)	± 6.0%	–	20%	14%	16%[b]	50%

Results

Results by county:

  McCuskey

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Stuart

•   50–60%

Republican primary results^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	JB McCuskey	117,263	59.83%
	Republican	Michael Stuart	78,745	40.17%
Total votes			196,008	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Teresa Toriseva, attorney^[12]

Eliminated in primary

• Richie Robb, former mayor of South Charleston and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020^[12]

Results

Results by county:

  Toriseva

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

  Robb

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

Democratic primary results^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Toriseva	50,480	52.67%
	Democratic	Richie Robb	45,356	47.33%
Total votes			95,836	100.00%

General election

Results

2024 West Virginia Attorney General election^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	JB McCuskey	501,452	70.02%	+6.25
	Democratic	Teresa Toriseva	214,654	29.98%	−6.25
Total votes			716,106	100.00%	N/A
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Monongalia (largest city: Morgantown)

By congressional district

McCuskey won both congressional districts.^[15]

District	McCuskey	Toriseva	Representative
1st	72%	28%	Carol Miller
2nd	68%	32%	Alex Mooney (118th Congress)
			Riley Moore (119th Congress)

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Another candidate" with 16%

Partisan clients

1. Poll commissioned by WMOV.
2. Poll commissioned by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce