Oregon Attorney General election, 2024

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Oregon Attorney General
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Election details
Filing deadline: March 12, 2024
Primary: May 21, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent(s): Ellen Rosenblum (D)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Oregon
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Oregon is holding an election for attorney general on November 5, 2024. The primary was May 21, 2024. The filing deadline was March 12, 2024.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Oregon Attorney General election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
• Oregon Attorney General election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Attorney General of Oregon

Dan Rayfield and Will Lathrop are running in the general election for Attorney General of Oregon on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Dan Rayfield (D)
		Will Lathrop (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Oregon

Dan Rayfield defeated Shaina Maxey Pomerantz in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Oregon on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Rayfield	75.7	184,945
		Shaina Maxey Pomerantz	23.6	57,737
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,542

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 244,224
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Oregon

Will Lathrop defeated Michael Cross in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Oregon on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Will Lathrop	64.3	122,279
		Michael Cross	35.0	66,575
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,195

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 190,049
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Neuman (R)

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Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2012.

2020

See also: Oregon Attorney General election, 2020

General election

General election for Attorney General of Oregon

Incumbent Ellen Rosenblum defeated Michael Cross and Lars Hedbor in the general election for Attorney General of Oregon on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ellen Rosenblum (D / Working Families Party / Independent)	56.0	1,264,716
		Michael Cross (R)	41.3	934,357
		Lars Hedbor (L)	2.3	52,087
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	8,490

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,259,650
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Oregon

Incumbent Ellen Rosenblum advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Oregon on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ellen Rosenblum	99.0	483,273
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	4,661

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 487,934
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Oregon

Michael Cross advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Oregon on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Cross	96.7	279,909
		Other/Write-in votes	3.3	9,537

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,446
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Oregon

Lars Hedbor advanced from the Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Oregon on July 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Lars Hedbor (L)

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2016

See also: Oregon Attorney General election, 2016

The general election for attorney general was held on November 8, 2016.

Incumbent Ellen Rosenblum defeated Daniel Crowe and Lars D.H. Hedbor in the Oregon attorney general election.^[1]

Oregon Attorney General, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic/Working Families/Independent Party of Oregon	Ellen Rosenblum Incumbent	55.07%	1,011,761
	Republican	Daniel Crowe	41.74%	766,753
	Libertarian	Lars D.H. Hedbor	3.19%	58,609
Total Votes				1,837,123
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

2012

See also: Oregon attorney general election, 2012

Democrat Ellen Rosenblum defeated three opponents in the general election on November 6, 2012. Rosenblum was the incumbent heading into the general election, having been appointed in June 2012 to finish the unexpired of ex-Attorney General John Kroger, who resigned to become president of Reed College.^[2]

Attorney General of Oregon General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ellen Rosenblum Incumbent	56.3%	917,627
	Republican	James Buchal	39.2%	639,363
	Libertarian	James Leuenberger	2.8%	45,451
	Progressive	Chris Henry	1.7%	28,187
Total Votes				1,630,628
Election results via Oregon Secretary of State

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
• Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
• State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

• Presidential elections
• Statewide elections
• State partisanship
• Demographics

See also: Presidential voting trends in Oregon and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Oregon, 2024
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
Oregon's 1st	Suzanne Bonamici	Democratic	D+18
Oregon's 2nd	Cliff Bentz	Republican	R+15
Oregon's 3rd	Earl Blumenauer	Democratic	D+22
Oregon's 4th	Val Hoyle	Democratic	D+4
Oregon's 5th	Lori Chavez-DeRemer	Republican	D+2
Oregon's 6th	Andrea Salinas	Democratic	D+4

2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Oregon[3]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Oregon's 1st	68.4%	29.1%
Oregon's 2nd	36.6%	61.1%
Oregon's 3rd	72.5%	25.2%
Oregon's 4th	55.1%	42.3%
Oregon's 5th	53.2%	44.4%
Oregon's 6th	55.2%	42.1%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 57.4% of Oregonians lived in one of the state's eight Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 27.9% lived in one of 24 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Oregon was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Oregon following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Oregon county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	8	57.4%
Solid Republican	24	27.9%
New Democratic	2	12.8%
Trending Republican	2	1.9%
Total voted Democratic	10	70.2%
Total voted Republican	26	29.8%

Historical voting trends

Oregon presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 15 Democratic wins
• 16 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Oregon

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Oregon.

U.S. Senate election results in Oregon
Race	Winner	Runner up
2022	55.8%	40.9%
2020	56.9%	39.3%
2016	56.1%	33.4%
2014	55.7%	36.9%
2010	57.2%	39.4%
Average	55.0	38.9

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Oregon

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Oregon.

Gubernatorial election results in Oregon
Race	Winner	Runner up
2022	47.0%	43.5%
2018	50.0%	43.6%
2016	50.6%	43.4%
2014	49.9%	44.1%
2010	50.7%	42.7%
Average	49.9	44.7

See also: Party control of Oregon state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Oregon's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Oregon
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	4	6
Republican	0	2	2
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	6	8

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Oregon's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Oregon, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Tina Kotek
Secretary of State	LaVonne Griffin-Valade
Attorney General	Ellen Rosenblum

State legislature

Oregon State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	17
	Republican Party	12
	Independent	0
	Independent Party of Oregon	1
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		30

Oregon House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	35
	Republican Party	25
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		60

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until 2024.

Oregon Party Control: 1992-2024
Sixteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	S	S	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	S	S	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

The table below details demographic data in Oregon and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Oregon
	Oregon	United States
Population	4,237,256	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	95,996	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	78.7%	65.9%
Black/African American	1.9%	12.5%
Asian	4.4%	5.8%
Native American	1.1%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more	9.2%	8.8%
Hispanic/Latino	13.8%	18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate	91.6%	89.1%
College graduation rate	35.5%	34.3%
Income
Median household income	$76,632	$75,149
Persons below poverty level	7.3%	8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

Oregon	State Executive Elections	News and Analysis
Oregon State Executive Offices Oregon State Legislature Oregon Courts	2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 Oregon elections: 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016	Party control of state government State government trifectas State of the state addresses Partisan composition of governors

External links

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• Oregon Attorney General official website

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