2024 West Virginia Attorney General election

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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]

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2024 West Virginia Attorney General election
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November 5, 2024
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Nominee JB McCuskey Teresa Toriseva
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 501,452 214,654
Percentage 70.02% 29.98%
McCuskey:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Attorney General before election

Patrick Morrisey
Republican

 Elected Attorney General

JB McCuskey
Republican

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

JB McCuskey
Organizations
Michael B. Stuart
U.S. Executive branch officials

Organizations

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
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%
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Results

Results by county:
  McCuskey
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Stuart
  •   50–60%
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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%
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Teresa Toriseva, attorney[12]

Eliminated in primary

  • Richie Robb, former mayor of South Charleston, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 and Republican candidate for the Supreme Court of Appeals in 1996.[12]

Results

Results by county:
  Toriseva
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Robb
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
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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%
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General election

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
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
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By county

More information County, JB McCuskey Republican ...
County[14] JB McCuskey
Republican		 Teresa Toriseva
Democratic		 Margin Total
# % # % # %
Barbour 4,788 79.53% 1,232 20.47% 3,556 59.07% 6,020
Berkeley 36,072 67.41% 17,439 32.59% 18,633 34.82% 53,511
Boone 5,799 76.74% 1,758 23.26% 4,041 53.47% 7,557
Braxton 3,610 73.20% 1,322 26.80% 2,288 46.39% 4,932
Brooke 5,700 62.11% 3,477 37.89% 2,223 24.22% 9,177
Cabell 20,444 61.89% 12,589 38.11% 7,855 23.78% 33,033
Calhoun 2,010 77.52% 583 22.48% 1,427 55.03% 2,593
Clay 2,327 78.14% 651 21.86% 1,676 56.28% 2,978
Doddridge 2,413 85.96% 394 14.04% 2,019 71.93% 2,807
Fayette 10,290 70.45% 4,316 29.55% 5,974 40.90% 14,606
Gilmer 1,648 75.18% 544 24.82% 1,104 50.36% 2,192
Grant 4,438 88.76% 562 11.24% 3,876 77.52% 5,000
Greenbrier 10,129 71.36% 4,066 28.64% 6,063 42.71% 14,195
Hampshire 7,931 80.49% 1,922 19.51% 6,009 60.99% 9,853
Hancock 8,178 66.41% 4,136 33.59% 4,042 32.82% 12,314
Hardy 4,667 77.27% 1,373 22.73% 3,294 54.54% 6,040
Harrison 20,609 73.04% 7,606 26.96% 13,003 46.09% 28,215
Jackson 9,530 77.86% 2,710 22.14% 6,820 55.72% 12,240
Jefferson 16,228 58.20% 11,653 41.80% 4,575 16.41% 27,881
Kanawha 45,144 63.62% 25,810 36.38% 19,334 27.25% 70,954
Lewis 5,346 79.01% 1,420 20.99% 3,926 58.03% 6,766
Lincoln 5,300 79.96% 1,328 20.04% 3,972 59.93% 6,628
Logan 8,109 81.42% 1,850 18.58% 6,259 62.85% 9,959
Marion 15,039 64.13% 8,410 35.87% 6,629 28.27% 23,449
Marshall 7,760 60.71% 5,023 39.29% 2,737 21.41% 12,783
Mason 7,617 76.48% 2,343 23.52% 5,274 52.95% 9,960
McDowell 3,504 76.72% 1,063 23.28% 2,441 53.45% 4,567
Mercer 17,269 77.94% 4,887 22.06% 12,382 55.89% 22,156
Mineral 9,921 80.03% 2,476 19.97% 7,445 60.05% 12,397
Mingo 6,260 84.39% 1,158 15.61% 5,102 68.78% 7,418
Monongalia 20,797 52.73% 18,642 47.27% 2,155 5.46% 39,439
Monroe 4,863 80.39% 1,186 19.61% 3,677 60.79% 6,049
Morgan 6,537 76.70% 1,986 23.30% 4,551 53.40% 8,523
Nicholas 7,327 78.38% 2,021 21.62% 5,306 56.76% 9,348
Ohio 9,642 53.29% 8,451 46.71% 1,191 6.58% 18,093
Pendleton 2,434 78.24% 677 21.76% 1,757 56.48% 3,111
Pleasants 2,395 76.57% 733 23.43% 1,662 53.13% 3,128
Pocahontas 2,627 73.24% 960 26.76% 1,667 46.47% 3,587
Preston 10,329 76.51% 3,171 23.49% 7,158 53.02% 13,500
Putnam 19,448 75.09% 6,450 24.91% 12,998 50.19% 25,898
Raleigh 21,988 76.63% 6,705 23.37% 15,283 53.26% 28,693
Randolph 7,776 71.56% 3,090 28.44% 4,686 43.13% 10,866
Ritchie 3,126 84.40% 578 15.60% 2,548 68.79% 3,704
Roane 4,023 77.20% 1,188 22.80% 2,835 54.40% 5,211
Summers 3,599 74.42% 1,237 25.58% 2,362 48.84% 4,836
Taylor 5,271 75.50% 1,710 24.50% 3,561 51.01% 6,981
Tucker 2,402 71.19% 972 28.81% 1,430 42.38% 3,374
Tyler 2,593 75.36% 848 24.64% 1,745 50.71% 3,441
Upshur 7,260 77.93% 2,056 22.07% 5,204 55.86% 9,316
Wayne 10,457 74.22% 3,633 25.78% 6,824 48.43% 14,090
Webster 2,174 79.84% 549 20.16% 1,625 59.68% 2,723
Wetzel 3,784 65.71% 1,975 34.29% 1,809 31.41% 5,759
Wirt 1,888 79.70% 481 20.30% 1,407 59.39% 2,369
Wood 24,971 71.16% 10,121 28.84% 14,850 42.32% 35,092
Wyoming 5,661 83.32% 1,133 16.68% 4,528 66.65% 6,794
Totals501,45270.02%214,65429.98%286,79840.05%716,106
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

McCuskey won both congressional districts.[15]

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

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

Partisan clients

  1. [A]
    Poll commissioned by WMOV.
  2. [B]
    Poll commissioned by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

References

External links

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