2024 United States secretary of state elections

2024 United States Secretary of State elections

← 2023 November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05) 2026 →
7 Secretary of State offices
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 26 21 Seats up 3 4
Democratic incumbent      Democratic incumbent retiring      Republican incumbent      Republican incumbent retiring      No election

The 2024 United States Secretary of State elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Secretaries of State in seven states. These elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections.

The elections for Secretary of State had taken on heightened importance due to former President Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen.^{[citation needed]} Many had argued that election officials such as secretaries of state could have the power to overturn the 2024 election, should its outcome be disagreeable to the losing candidate.

The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020. The secretary of state of Vermont serves two-year terms and was last elected in 2022.

Going into the election, there were 26 Republican secretaries of state and 21 Democratic secretaries of state. 4 Democratic secretaries of state were up for election, of whom LaVonne Griffin-Valade of Oregon is retiring. 3 Republican secretaries of state were up for election, of whom Jay Ashcroft of Missouri and Mac Warner of West Virginia are retiring.

Going into these elections, this class of secretaries of state is made up of 4 Democrats and 3 Republicans. Democrats are defending one state won by Donald Trump in 2020 (North Carolina), while Republicans do not hold any states won by Joe Biden.

State	Secretary of State	Party	First elected	Status	Candidates
Missouri	Jay Ashcroft	Republican	2016	Incumbent retiring to run for governor[1]	▌Jerome Bauer (Green)[2] ▌Carl Freese (Libertarian)[2] ▌Denny Hoskins (Republican)[2] ▌Barbara Phifer (Democratic)[2]
Montana	Christi Jacobsen	Republican	2020	Incumbent renominated	▌Christi Jacobsen (Republican)[3] ▌John Lamb (Libertarian)[3] ▌Jesse Mullen (Democratic)[3]
North Carolina	Elaine Marshall	Democratic	1996	Incumbent renominated	▌Chad Brown (Republican)[4] ▌Elaine Marshall (Democratic)[4]
Oregon	LaVonne Griffin-Valade	Democratic	2023 (appointed)	Interim appointee retiring	▌Dennis Linthicum (Republican)[5] ▌Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green)[5] ▌Tobias Read (Democratic)[5]
Vermont	Sarah Copeland Hanzas	Democratic	2022	Incumbent renominated	▌Sarah Copeland Hanzas (Democratic)[6]
Washington	Steve Hobbs	Democratic	2022	Incumbent renominated	▌Steve Hobbs (Democratic)[7] ▌Dale Whitaker (Republican)[7]
West Virginia	Mac Warner	Republican	2016	Incumbent retiring to run for governor[8]	▌Thornton Cooper (Democratic)[9] ▌Kris Warner (Republican)[9]

Missouri Secretary of State election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Denny Hoskins Barbara Phifer Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft Republican

Incumbent Republican Jay Ashcroft was eligible to serve a third term, but has instead decided to run for governor.^[1]

Businesswoman Valentina Gomez, state senator Denny Hoskins, state senate President pro tempore Caleb Rowden, Greene County clerk Shane Schoeller and state representative Adam Schwadron are running in the Republican primary.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

State representative Barbara Phifer, accountant Monique Williams, and travel agent Haley Jacobson are running in the Democratic primary.^[15] A fourth candidate, Gavin Bena, initially filed to run but later withdrew from the race.^[16]

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Montana Secretary of State election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Christi Jacobsen Jesse Mullen Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen Republican

Incumbent Republican Christi Jacobsen is running for re-election to a second term.^[18] Democratic newspaper owner Jesse Mullen is running against her.^[19]

North Carolina Secretary of State election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Elaine Marshall Chad Brown Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Secretary of State Elaine Marshall Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Elaine Marshall is running for re-election to an eighth term.^[20]

Oregon Secretary of State election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Tobias Read Dennis Linthicum Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade Democratic

Incumbent Democrat LaVonne Griffin-Valade was appointed by Governor Tina Kotek after Shemia Fagan resigned.^[21] She was eligible to run for a full term, but decided to retire.^[22] Democrats state senate President pro tempore James Manning Jr. and state treasurer Tobias Read are running for the position.^[23][24] Property broker Brent Barker is the lone Republican candidate as of February 2024.^[25]

2024 Vermont Secretary of State election

← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →

Nominee Sarah Copeland Hanzas H. Brooke Paige Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Attorney General Sarah Copeland Hanzas Democratic

Incumbent secretary of state Sarah Copeland Hanzas is running for a second term two-year term.

Washington Secretary of State election

← 2022 (special) 2028 →

Nominee Steve Hobbs Dale Whitaker Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Secretary of State Steve Hobbs Democratic

Steve Hobbs won a 2022 special election to serve out the remaining two years of Kim Wyman's term and is running for re-election to a full term in 2024.

West Virginia Secretary of State election

← 2020 2028 →

Nominee Kris Warner Thornton Cooper Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Secretary of State Mac Warner Republican

Incumbent Republican Mac Warner is eligible to run for re-election, but has instead decided to run for governor.^[8]

Mac's brother and Former West Virginia Republican Party chair Kris Warner won the Republican nomination defeating state senator Kenny Mann, former state delegate Ken Reed, former Democratic House of Delegates minority leader Doug Skaff, and Putnam County clerk Brian Wood.^[26]

Attorney Thornton Cooper won the Democratic nomination unopposed.^[27]