Which Counties Elect Their Prosecutors and Sheriffs in 2024?
There are more than 2,000 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2024. Below is our Bolts database of those local elections.
Read our preliminary guide to the hotspots around the nation.
Note that, as vacancies arise, new special elections may be added to the table.
What counties elect their prosecutor? | What counties elect their sheriff? | |
Alabama | No regular election | No regular election |
Alaska | Not elected | Not elected |
Arizona | There’s an election in each county. | There’s an election in each county. |
Arkansas | No regular election | No regular election |
California | There are elections in Los Angeles County and San Francisco. | No regular election |
Colorado | One in each judicial district. | No regular election |
Connecticut | Not elected | Not elected |
Delaware | No regular election | No regular election |
Florida | There’s an election in each circuit except the 20th (Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee counties). | There’s an election in each county except Duval. |
Georgia | The following circuits hold a prosecutor election: Alaphala, Alcovy, Appalachian, Atlanta [Fulton], Augusta, Bell-Forsyth, Blue Ridge, Brunswick, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Conasauga, Cordele, Coweta, Doughtery, Dublin, Eastern, Flint, Griffin, Gwinnett, Houston, Lookout Mountain, Macon, Middle, Mountain, Northern, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Ogeechee, Piedmont, Ptaula, Rome, Southern, Southern Georgia, Southwestern, Stone Mountain [DeKalb], Tallapoosa, TIfton, Toombs, Towaliga, Western | There’s an election in each county. |
Hawaii | Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai elect their prosecutor. | Not elected. |
Idaho | There’s an election in each county. | There’s an election in each county. |
Illinois | There’s an election in each county. | No regular election |
Indiana | No regular election | No regular election |
Iowa | No regular election | There’s an election in each county. |
Kansas | Each county is voting (a few of the 105 counties share a prosecutor). | Every county is voting, except Riley, Wallace, and Wyandotte. |
Kentucky | There’s an election in each judicial circuit. | No regular election |
Louisiana | No regular election | No regular election |
Maine | No regular election | There’s an election in Franklin and Sagadahoc counties. |
Maryland | No regular election | No regular election |
Massachusetts | No regular election | No regular election |
Michigan | There’s an election in each county. | There’s an election in each county. |
Minnesota | No regular election | No regular election |
Mississippi | No regular election | No regular election |
Missouri | There’s only one election, in the city of St. Louis | There’s an election in each county except St. Louis County; there’s also an election in St. Louis City |
Montana | There are elections in Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Butte-Silver Bow | There are elections in Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Butte-Silver Bow |
Nebraska | No regular election | No regular election |
Nevada | No regular election | No regular election |
New Hampshire | There’s an election in each county. | There’s an election in each county. |
New Jersey | Not elected | There are regularly-scheduled elections in Bergen, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, and Salem counties. |
New Mexico | There’s an election in each county. | There’s an election in Lincoln County |
New York | There are regularly-scheduled elections in Albany, Chautauqua, Cortland, Erie, Fulton, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Niagara, Tompkins, Westchester counties | There are regularly-scheduled elections in Genesee, Hamilton, Niagara, and Steuben counties. |
North Carolina | Four districts will elect a prosecutor in a regularly-scheduled election: 12th (Harnett and Lee), 29th (Hoke and Moore), 32th (Alexander and Iredell), 37th (Randolph). | No regular election. |
North Dakota | No regular election | No regular election |
Ohio | There’s an election in each county. | There’s an election in each county, except for Cuyahoga (Cleveland). |
Oklahoma | No regular election | There’s an election in each county. |
Oregon | The following counties elect a prosecutor in 2024 in a regularly-scheduled election: Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Lake, Lane, Linn, Mulnomah, Polk, Umatilla, Wasco, Wheeler, Yamhill. | The following counties elect a sheriff in 2024 in a regularly-scheduled election: Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Curry, Deschutes, Douglas, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Klamath, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Malheur, Marion, Morrow, Sherman, Tillamook, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Washington, Wheeler |
Pennsylvania | No regular election | No regular election |
Rhode Island | Not elected | Not elected |
South Carolina | The following circuits elect a prosecutor in a regularly-scheduled election in 2024: 1st (Calhoun, Orangeburg, Dorchester), 2nd (Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg), 4th (Dillon, Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro), 7th (Cherokee, Spartanburg), 8th (Abbeville, Newberry, Laurens, Greenwood), 9th (Berkeley, Charleston), 10th (Oconee, Anderson), 11th (McCormick, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda), 14th (Allendale, Colleton, Hampton, Beaufort, Jasper), 16th (York, Union) circuits | The following counties elect a sheriff in a regularly-scheduled election in 2024: Abbeville, Aiken,Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Charleston, Chester, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence, Georgetown, Greenville, Greenwood, Horry, Jasper, Lancaster, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, Williamsburg, York |
South Dakota | There’s an election in each county. | No regular election |
Tennessee | No regular election | No regular election |
Texas | 202 counties have regularly-scheduled elections for prosecutors (note that some of them elect a DA jointly), and at least one county will host a special election for a DA. These counties include each county except the ones in the following list, which are on the midterm cycle: Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Denton, Eastland, Edwards, Fort Bend, Kimble, Galveston, Gregg, Harrison, Hays, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Kaufman, Kendall, Lubbock, Mason, McCulloch, McLennan, Madison, Menard, Navarro, Newton, Panola, Polk, Randall, Rockwall, San Jacinto, Smith, Tarrant, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Wichita, Wood, Yoakum. | There’s an election in each county. |
Utah | No regular election | No regular election |
Vermont | No regular election | No regular election |
Virginia | No regular election | No regular election |
Washington | No regular election | There’s an election in Pierce County |
West Virginia | There’s an election in each county. | There’s an election in each county. |
Wisconsin | Each county is electing a DA, though Menominee and Shawano counties elect a joint DA. | No regular election |
Wyoming | No regular election | No regular election |