2024 Washington Attorney General election

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2024 Washington Attorney General election
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November 5, 2024
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Nominee Nick Brown Pete Serrano
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,093,570 1,669,884
Percentage 55.58% 44.33%
Brown:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Serrano:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes
Attorney General before election

Bob Ferguson
Democratic

 Elected Attorney General

Nick Brown
Democratic

The 2024 Washington attorney general election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next attorney general of Washington, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Incumbent Democratic attorney general Bob Ferguson was eligible to seek re-election to a fourth term but had chosen instead to run successfully for governor.[1] U.S. attorney Nick Brown, a Democrat, won the election against Pasco mayor Pete Serrano, a Republican.[2]

This the first open attorney general race since 2012, when Bob Ferguson first ran for the office. The primary election was expected to split the Democratic vote as Democrats Nick Brown and Manka Dhingra were on the primary ballot. Both Brown and Dhingra campaigned on similar issues like protecting access to abortion in the state, upholding gun control laws and ensuring public safety.[3][4] Once Brown advanced to the general election, he advocated for similar measures along with "policy improvements" the Attorney General position can utilize to counter various issues like illicit drugs.[5] Republican Pete Serrano campaigned on stopping human trafficking, making communities safer, and government accountability.[6] Serrano opposed gun control and had previously expressed personal opposition to abortion,[3] but said he would uphold Washington's current abortion laws if elected, describing abortion as a "settled issue".[5] However, Serrano indicated he would not enforce the Washington Shield Law enacted in 2023, which protects Washington residents from criminal and civil actions in other states that restrict abortion.[7]

Candidates

Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two move on to the general election.

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Republican Party

Advanced to general

  • Pete Serrano, mayor of Pasco (2022–present) and director of conservative legal nonprofit[11]

Primary election

Endorsements

Nick Brown (D)
Statewide officials
Newspapers
Manka Dhingra (D)
Organizations
Pete Serrano (R)
Political parties

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Nick
Brown (D)		 Manka
Dhingra (D)		 Pete
Serrano (R)		 Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[19][A] July 24–25, 2024 581 (LV) ± 4.0% 17% 15% 38% 30%
Public Policy Polling (D)[20][A] May 15–16, 2024 615 (LV) ± 4.0% 9% 10% 36% 45%
Public Policy Polling (D)[21][A] February 13–14, 2024 789 (LV) ± 3.5% 19% 12% 35% 34%

Debate

2024 Washington Attorney General primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Nick Brown Manka Dhingra Pete Serrano
1 Jun. 18, 2024 League of Women Voters of Washington
& Benton-Franklin Counties
Northwest Public Broadcasting		 Matt Loveless [22] P P P

Results

County results
  Serrano
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Brown
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Congressional district results
  Serrano
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Brown
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
Blanket primary election results[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pete Serrano 814,372 42.11%
Democratic Nick Brown 682,360 35.28%
Democratic Manka Dhingra 435,919 22.54%
Write-in 1,284 0.07%
Total votes 1,933,935 100.00%

By county

County results
County[24] Nick Brown

Democratic

 Pete Serrano

Republican

 Manka Dhingra

Democratic

 Write-in

Various

 Margin Total votes
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 357 14.67% 1,889 77.61% 182 7.48% 6 0.25% 1,532 62.94% 2,434
Asotin 1,250 22.16% 3,591 63.66% 795 14.09% 5 0.09% 2,341 41.50% 5,641
Benton 10,513 21.15% 32,410 65.22% 6,735 13.55% 38 0.08% 21,897 44.06% 49,696
Chelan 5,462 25.05% 12,844 58.90% 3,490 16.01% 9 0.04% 7,382 33.85% 21,805
Clallam 9,094 31.78% 12,653 44.22% 6,852 23.95% 14 0.05% 3,559 12.44% 28,613
Clark 36,794 27.72% 64,015 48.22% 31,857 24.00% 92 0.07% 27,221 20.50% 132,758
Columbia 222 17.52% 945 74.59% 98 7.73% 2 0.16% 723 57.06% 1,267
Cowlitz 7,810 27.24% 17,248 60.16% 3,584 12.50% 26 0.09% 9,438 32.92% 28,668
Douglas 2,254 20.65% 7,462 68.37% 1,185 10.86% 13 0.12% 5,208 47.72% 10,914
Ferry 475 20.25% 1,645 70.12% 224 9.55% 2 0.09% 1,170 49.87% 2,346
Franklin 2,671 19.03% 9,624 68.55% 1,736 12.37% 8 0.06% 6,953 49.53% 14,039
Garfield 115 15.69% 590 80.49% 28 3.82% 0 0.00% 475 64.80% 733
Grant 3,087 18.65% 12,328 74.46% 1,130 6.83% 11 0.07% 9,241 55.82% 16,556
Grays Harbor 5,935 30.74% 10,126 52.46% 3,231 16.74% 12 0.06% 4,191 21.71% 19,304
Island 11,427 38.13% 12,881 42.98% 5,634 18.80% 27 0.09% 1,454 4.85% 29,969
Jefferson 6,713 43.00% 3,971 25.43% 4,923 31.53% 6 0.04% -1,790 -11.46% 15,613
King 263,306 48.33% 132,349 24.29% 148,923 27.33% 286 0.05% -114,383 -20.99% 544,864
Kitsap 32,963 39.65% 32,958 39.64% 17,163 20.64% 54 0.06% -5 -0.01% 83,138
Kittitas 3,048 25.91% 7,240 61.55% 1,469 12.49% 5 0.04% 4,192 35.64% 11,762
Klickitat 2,029 27.26% 4,292 57.66% 1,118 15.02% 5 0.07% 2,263 30.40% 7,444
Lewis 4,474 18.87% 16,460 69.43% 2,735 11.54% 37 0.16% 11,986 50.56% 23,706
Lincoln 527 13.38% 3,104 78.82% 307 7.80% 0 0.00% 2,577 65.44% 3,938
Mason 6,001 31.12% 10,092 52.33% 3,175 16.46% 17 0.09% 4,091 21.21% 19,285
Okanogan 2,876 24.48% 7,061 60.11% 1,799 15.32% 10 0.09% 4,185 35.63% 11,746
Pacific 2,464 30.73% 4,117 51.35% 1,426 17.78% 11 0.14% 1,653 20.62% 8,018
Pend Oreille 954 21.48% 3,058 68.84% 423 9.52% 7 0.16% 2,104 47.37% 4,442
Pierce 63,983 30.72% 96,225 46.20% 47,962 23.03% 117 0.06% 32,242 15.48% 208,287
San Juan 3,073 39.73% 1,877 24.27% 2,780 35.95% 4 0.05% -293 -3.79% 7,734
Skagit 12,397 34.07% 16,494 45.33% 7,485 20.57% 11 0.03% 4,097 11.26% 36,387
Skamania 938 23.56% 2,247 56.44% 790 19.84% 6 0.15% 1,309 32.88% 3,981
Snohomish 69,532 35.02% 82,351 41.48% 46,527 23.43% 136 0.07% 12,819 6.46% 198,546
Spokane 37,954 26.87% 75,872 53.72% 27,283 19.32% 131 0.09% 37,918 26.85% 141,240
Stevens 2,567 16.47% 11,482 73.68% 1,517 9.73% 17 0.11% 8,915 57.21% 15,583
Thurston 30,813 35.97% 33,580 39.20% 21,221 24.77% 59 0.07% 2,767 3.23% 85,673
Wahkiakum 496 28.64% 1,005 58.03% 230 13.28% 1 0.06% 509 29.39% 1,732
Walla Walla 3,877 26.82% 8,277 57.26% 2,299 15.90% 2 0.01% 4,400 30.44% 14,455
Whatcom 21,895 31.11% 28,216 40.09% 20,231 28.75% 35 0.05% 6,321 8.98% 70,377
Whitman 2,638 28.96% 4,872 53.49% 1,591 17.47% 8 0.09% 2,234 24.53% 9,109
Yakima 9,376 22.25% 26,921 63.90% 5,781 13.72% 54 0.13% 17,545 41.64% 42,132
Totals 682,360 35.28% 814,372 42.11% 435,919 22.54% 1,284 0.07% 132,012 6.83% 1,933,935

General election

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[b]		 Margin
of error		 Nick
Brown (D)		 Pete
Serrano (R)		 Undecided
ActiVote[26] October 3–29, 2024 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 57% 43% –
Public Policy Polling (D)[19][A] October 16–17, 2024 571 (LV) ± 4.1% 46% 39% 15%
Strategies 360[27] October 11–16, 2024 600 (RV) ± 4.0% 48% 38% 13%
Cascade PBS/Elway Research[28] October 8–12, 2024 401 (LV) ± 5.0% 47% 29% 24%

Debates

2024 Washington Attorney General debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Nick Brown Pete Serrano
1 Sep. 18, 2024 Association of Washington Business Paul Reed TVW P P
2 Sep. 19, 2024 Seattle CityClub
Washington State Debate Coalition		 YouTube P P

Results

2024 Washington Attorney General election[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Nick Brown 2,093,570 55.58% –0.85%
Republican Pete Serrano 1,669,884 44.33% +0.86%
Write-in 3,616 0.10% –
Total votes 3,767,070 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

County results
County[30] Nick Brown

Democratic

 Pete Serrano

Republican

 Write-in

Various

 Margin Total votes
# % # % # % # %
Adams 1,280 24.93% 3,842 74.82% 13 0.25% -2,562 -49.89% 5,135
Asotin 3,764 34.23% 7,218 65.64% 14 0.13% -3,454 -31.41% 10,996
Benton 34,262 35.28% 62,767 64.64% 75 0.08% -28,505 -29.36% 97,104
Chelan 16,706 41.45% 23,573 58.48% 28 0.07% -6,867 -17.04% 40,307
Clallam 24,149 51.41% 22,769 48.47% 53 0.11% 1,380 2.94% 46,971
Clark 132,837 50.53% 129,719 49.34% 340 0.13% 3,118 1.19% 262,896
Columbia 590 24.85% 1,780 74.98% 4 0.17% -1,190 -50.13% 2,374
Cowlitz 21,727 38.03% 35,347 61.87% 54 0.09% -13,620 -23.84% 57,128
Douglas 6,853 33.59% 13,533 66.33% 17 0.08% -6,680 -32.74% 20,403
Ferry 1,211 30.34% 2,778 69.61% 2 0.05% -1,567 -39.26% 3,991
Franklin 11,009 35.58% 19,917 64.36% 18 0.06% -8,908 -28.79% 30,944
Garfield 283 21.64% 1,025 78.36% 0 0.00% -742 -56.73% 1,308
Grant 9,749 27.96% 25,095 71.97% 25 0.07% -15,346 -44.01% 34,869
Grays Harbor 16,445 45.25% 19,866 54.66% 35 0.10% -3,421 -9.41% 36,346
Island 27,675 54.60% 22,951 45.28% 58 0.11% 4,724 9.32% 50,684
Jefferson 16,884 69.99% 7,224 29.95% 14 0.06% 9,660 40.05% 24,122
King 776,835 71.71% 305,553 28.20% 977 0.09% 471,282 43.50% 1,083,365
Kitsap 85,807 56.75% 65,259 43.16% 147 0.10% 20,548 13.59% 151,213
Kittitas 9,826 38.74% 15,516 61.17% 22 0.09% -5,690 -22.43% 25,364
Klickitat 5,529 42.42% 7,495 57.50% 10 0.08% -1,966 -15.08% 13,034
Lewis 13,764 31.46% 29,963 68.48% 27 0.06% -16,199 -37.02% 43,754
Lincoln 1,482 21.40% 5,437 78.51% 6 0.09% -3,955 -57.11% 6,925
Mason 16,210 45.79% 19,139 54.06% 53 0.15% -2,929 -8.27% 35,402
Okanogan 7,975 39.83% 12,034 60.09% 16 0.08% -4,059 -20.27% 20,025
Pacific 6,553 47.77% 7,153 52.14% 13 0.09% -600 -4.37% 13,719
Pend Oreille 2,321 27.98% 5,962 71.87% 12 0.14% -3,641 -43.89% 8,295
Pierce 220,617 52.08% 202,628 47.83% 360 0.08% 17,989 4.25% 423,605
San Juan 9,028 72.75% 3,367 27.13% 14 0.11% 5,661 45.62% 12,409
Skagit 34,283 51.04% 32,838 48.89% 47 0.07% 1,445 2.15% 67,168
Skamania 2,963 42.17% 4,060 57.79% 3 0.04% -1,097 -15.61% 7,026
Snohomish 220,566 55.49% 176,616 44.43% 327 0.08% 43,950 11.06% 397,509
Spokane 120,802 43.73% 155,092 56.15% 326 0.12% -34,290 -12.41% 276,220
Stevens 6,971 25.31% 20,549 74.60% 26 0.09% -13,578 -49.29% 27,546
Thurston 90,343 56.86% 68,388 43.05% 142 0.09% 21,955 13.82% 158,873
Wahkiakum 1,156 39.59% 1,762 60.34% 2 0.07% -606 -20.75% 2,920
Walla Walla 12,089 42.13% 16,597 57.84% 11 0.04% -4,508 -15.71% 28,697
Whatcom 79,277 59.65% 53,531 40.28% 96 0.07% 25,746 19.37% 132,904
Whitman 9,672 50.13% 9,603 49.77% 20 0.10% 69 0.36% 19,295
Yakima 34,077 39.52% 51,938 60.24% 209 0.24% -17,861 -20.71% 86,224
Totals 2,093,570 55.58% 1,669,884 44.33% 3,616 0.10% 423,686 11.25% 3,767,070

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Brown won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Serrano, including two that elected Democrats.[31]

District Brown Serrano Representative
1st 60% 40% Suzan DelBene
2nd 58% 42% Rick Larsen
3rd 46% 54% Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
4th 36% 64% Dan Newhouse
5th 41% 59% Cathy McMorris Rodgers (118th Congress)
Michael Baumgartner (119th Congress)
6th 56% 44% Derek Kilmer (118th Congress)
Emily Randall (119th Congress)
7th 84% 16% Pramila Jayapal
8th 48% 51% Kim Schrier
9th 67% 33% Adam Smith
10th 56% 44% Marilyn Strickland

Notes

References

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