2024 North Carolina Attorney General election explained

See also: 2024 United States attorney general elections.

The 2024 North Carolina Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next attorney general of North Carolina. Democratic congressman Jeff Jackson defeated Republican and fellow congressman Dan Bishop in the contest to succeed Democratic incumbent Josh Stein, who did not seek re-election in order to run for governor. Republicans have not won a North Carolina attorney general election since 1896.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jeff Jackson, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 14th congressional district (2023–present)^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Satana Deberry, Durham County District Attorney^[3]
• Tim Dunn, lawyer^[4]

Declined

• Josh Stein, incumbent attorney general (2017–present) (ran for governor)^[5]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Santana Deberry	Tim Dunn	Jeff Jackson	Other	Undecided
High Point University	February 16–23, 2024	317 (LV)	± 6.0%	31%	33%		36%	–	–
Change Research (D)	February 15–19, 2024	1,622 (LV)	± 2.6%	14%	–		38%	4%		44%
Public Policy Polling (D)	December 15–16, 2023	556 (LV)	± 4.2%	8%	2%		34%	–		56%
Public Policy Polling (D)	November 29–30, 2023	531 (LV)	–	12%	4%		40%	–		45%

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dan Bishop, U.S. Representative from (2019–present)^[6]

Withdrew

• Tom Murry, former state representative from the 41st district (2011–2015) (endorsed Bishop, ran for Court of Appeals)^[7]

Declined

• Danny Britt, state senator from the 24th district (2017–present)^[8]
• Tim Moore, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2015–present) from the 111th district (2003–present)^[9] (ran for U.S. House)^[10]
• Andrew Murray, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina (2017–2021)^[11]

Polling

General election

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of October 19, 2024
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
	Jeff Jackson (D)		$15,433,988		$12,872,599		$2,599,218
	Dan Bishop (R)		$8,926,941		$7,384,331		$1,542,609
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections[13]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff	Dan	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA	data-sort-value="2024-10-26"	October 23–26, 2024	853 (LV)	± 4.1%		44%	42%	–	14%
ActiVote	October 8–26, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%		53%	47%	–	–
Cygnal (R)	October 12–14, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%		46%	43%	–	11%
ActiVote	August 20 – September 22, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%		53%	47%	–	–
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R)/ Impact Research (D)	September 11–17, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%		47%	43%	–	10%
Cygnal (R)	September 15–16, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%		45%	43%	–	12%
SurveyUSA	data-sort-value="2024-09-07"	September 4–7, 2024	676 (LV)	± 4.9%		43%	36%	–	21%
SoCal Strategies (R)	data-sort-value="2024-08-27"	August 26–27, 2024	612 (LV)	–	36%		39%	–	24%
YouGov (D)	August 5–9, 2024	802 (RV)	± 3.9%		42%	40%	–	18%
Cygnal (R)	data-sort-value="2024-08-09"	August 4–5, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	38%		42%	–	20%
Change Research (D)	data-sort-value="2024-03-11"	May 13–18, 2024	835 (LV)	± 3.8%		43%	40%	4%	14%
Meeting Street Insights (R)	data-sort-value="2024-05-29"	April 25–28, 2024	500 (RV)	± 4.4%		43%	41%	–	15%
SurveyUSA	data-sort-value="2024-03-11"	March 3–9, 2024	598 (LV)	± 4.9%		41%	40%	–	19%
Cygnal (R)	data-sort-value="2024-03-12"	March 6–7, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	39%		41%	–	20%
Change Research (D)	February 15–19, 2024	1,622 (LV)	± 2.6%	39%		41%	–	20%

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Results

Notes

Partisan clients

External links

Official campaign websites

• Dan Bishop (R) for Attorney General
• Jeff Jackson (D) for Attorney General

Notes and References

1. Web site: Voter Turnout . North Carolina State Board of Elections.
2. Web site: Doran . Will . Jeff Jackson, NC congressman drawn out of his seat, will run for NC attorney general 'to fight political corruption' . . 26 October 2023.
3. Web site: Harrison . Steve . Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry to challenge Jeff Jackson in Democratic primary for attorney general . . 10 November 2023 . 10 November 2023.
4. Web site: Woolverton . Paul . Two from Cumberland County are running for top North Carolina offices in 2024 . . 2 May 2023 . 26 April 2023.
5. Web site: Schneider. Elena. North Carolina AG Josh Stein launches bid for governor. Politico. January 18, 2023. April 30, 2023.
6. Web site: Battaglia. Danielle. Republican Rep. Dan Bishop announces plans to run for attorney general in NC. The Charlotte Observer. August 3, 2023.
7. Web site: Opeka. Theresa. Murry leaves NC AG race to run for NC Court of Appeals. Carolina Journal. September 25, 2023. September 26, 2023.
8. News: NC Sen. Danny Britt is latest to say he won’t run for attorney general in 2024 . . Nagem, Sarah . May 19, 2023.
9. Web site: Battaglia . Danielle . Rep. Dan Bishop’s potential attorney general run ends campaign of likely GOP front-runner . . 10 November 2023 . https://archive.today/20231110054243/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article274973036.html . 10 November 2023 . 3 May 2023 . live.
10. Web site: Robertson . Gary . North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore announces intent to run for Congress . . 10 November 2023 . 7 November 2023.
11. News: 2 May 2023 . U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop is weighing a run for N.C. attorney general . Sherman, Lucille . . Former U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray told Axios he called off his plans to announce a run for state attorney general last week.
12. Web site: Jacobson . Louis . January 31, 2024 . This Year's Key Attorney General and Secretary of State Races . University of Virginia Center for Politics.
13. Web site: Campaign Document Search By Entity . North Carolina State Board of Elections.