The 2024 North Carolina Attorney General election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next attorney general of North Carolina, 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 North Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein is eligible to run for re-election to a third term, but has decided instead to run for governor.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Tim Dunn, lawyer and U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Charles Ingram, attorney and U.S. Navy Reserve veteran
Jeff Jackson, U.S. Representative for (2023–present) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022
Declined
Josh Stein, incumbent attorney general (2017–present) (running for governor)
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Dan Bishop, U.S. Representative for (2019–present)
Potential
Sam Hayes, general counsel to North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore and candidate for attorney general in 2020 Tim Moore, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2015–present) from the 111th district (2003–present) Jim O'Neill, Forsyth County District Attorney (2009–present) and nominee for attorney general in 2020
Withdrew
Tom Murry, former state representative from the 41st district (2011–2015) (endorsed Bishop, running for Court of Appeals)
Declined
Danny Britt, state senator from the 24th district (2017–present) Andrew Murray, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina (2017–2021)