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Election results, 2024: Results of elected officials seeking other offices
In 2024, 377 officials, including members of Congress and state legislators ran for a different office than the one to which they were elected.
Seventeen members of the House of Representatives in the 118th United States Congress and 358 state legislators sought election to a different office in 2024. Among House members, 10 (59%) won election to the offices they sought—nine to a statewide office and one to a county seat. Four (24%) lost in their party's primary for statewide office and two (12%) advanced from their primaries and lost in the general election. One (6%) lost in the primary for president. Additionally, two Senators ran for office. One won, while another lost in the primary for president.
Thirty-five of the 84 state senators (42%) who ran for another office were successful, while 11 (13%) lost in the general election, and 38 (45%) lost in the primary. Among state representatives, 141 (51%) of those who ran for another office were successful. Thirty-five (13%) of them lost in the general election, and 98 (36%) lost in the primary.
On this page, you'll find information on elected officials from these levels of government who ran for other offices in 2024:
You can also find information on the state legislators who ran for other offices broken down by party and a state by state breakdown of where legislators ran. To read about the methodology used on this page, click here.
"This page focuses on elected officials from these levels of government who ran for other offices in 2024. For more in-depth information on officials from previous years, see the following pages:"
- Election results, 2022: Results of elected officials seeking other offices
- Election results, 2020: Results of elected officials seeking other offices
Members of Congress
Seventeen members of the House of Representatives in the 118th United States Congress sought election to a different office in 2024. Ten (59%) won election to the offices they sought—nine to a statewide office and one to a county seat. Four (24%) lost in their party's primary for statewide office and two (12%) advanced from their primaries and lost in the general election. One (6%) lost in the primary for president.
The 17 U.S. House members who sought other offices in 2024 is the same number as the number of officials who sought another office in 2022. This was more than the 14 members who ran for other offices in 2020, and fewer than the 21 who did so in 2018.
Success rate
The success rate of U.S. House members who ran for other offices in 2024 was higher than in 2022, 2020 and 2018. In 2024, 59% of all House members who ran for other offices won election to the offices they sought. This is higher than 2022, where 29% of all House members who ran for other offices won election to the offices they sought. That was down from 36% in 2020 and 43% in 2018.
Positions sought by U.S. House members who ran for other offices in 2024
Of the ten who won election to the positions they were seeking:
- Seven won election to the U.S. Senate
- One was elected Attorney General of North Carolina
- One was elected to a seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
- One was elected Governor of North Dakota
Of the two who lost in the general election:
- One lost a general election for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas
- One lost a general election for Attorney General of North Carolina
Of the five who lost in their party's primary:
- Four lost their party's primary for a U.S. Senate seat
- One lost their party's primary for the presidency
The table below lists the U.S. House members who ran for another office in 2024, the office they sought, and the outcome of that election.
U.S. House members who ran for other offices by party
Eleven of the House members who ran for other offices in 2024 were Democrats, and six were Republicans. This was a higher number of Democrats compared to 2022, but a lower portion of Republicans. In 2022, nine Democrats ran, and eight Republicans ran. These numbers were up from 2020 when seven Democrats and seven Republicans ran for other offices. In 2018, ten Democrats and 11 Republicans did.
Success rate by party
Democratic members who sought other offices in 2024 had a higher success rate than their Republican counterparts. Over 33% of the Democratic members who sought other offices (three out of nine) won election to the offices they sought, while 25% of the Republican members who ran (two out of eight), won.
Three Democratic members (33.3%) lost in the primary, and three (33.3%) lost in the general election. One Republican member (12.5%) lost in the general election, and five (62.5%) lost in the primaries.
In 2020, Republican members who sought other offices had a higher success rate than their Democratic counterparts. That year, 43% of the Republican members who ran for other offices (three out of seven) won, while 29% of the Democratic members who ran (two out of seven) won.
U.S. Senators
Two senators sought higher office. One won, while another lost in the primary for president.
| Members of U.S. House who ran for another office in 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Party | Previous office | Office sought in 2024 | Result | |||||
| Mike Braun |  Republican |
U.S. Senator for Indiana | Governor of Indiana | Won general election | |||||
| Tim Scott | Republican |
U.S. Senator for South Carolina | Republican nomination for president | Lost primary | |||||
Members of state legislatures
Three-hundred fifty-eight state legislators ran for other elected positions in 2024, with 176 of them, or 49% successfully winning election to a new position. Forty-six of these state legislators (13%) lost in the general election, while 136 (38%) lost in their party's primary.
Thirty-eight more state legislators ran for another office in 2024 than in 2020, the previous even election year, when 320 state legislators ran.
Success rate
The success rate of state legislators who sought other offices in 2024 was lower than in 2022, when 51% of state legislators who sought another position won, and the same as 2020, when 49% did.
Success rate by chamber
The success rate for state senators seeking other offices was less than that for state representatives in 2024. Thirty-five of the 84 state senators (42%) who ran for another office were successful, while 11 (13%) lost in the general election, and 35 (45%) lost in the primary. Among state representatives, 141 (51%) of those who ran for another office were successful. Thirty-five (13%) of them lost in the general election, and 98 (36%) lost in the primary.
| State legislators who ran for other offices in 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Won | Lost | Lost in primary | Total | |||||
| State Senate | 35 | 11 | 38 | 84 | |||||
| State House | 141 | 35 | 98 | 274 | |||||
| Total | 176 | 46 | 136 | 358 | |||||
State legislators who ran for other offices in 2024 by party
Among the two major parties, more Republican state legislators sought other offices in 2024 than Democratic ones. One hundred eighty-two Republican state legislators ran for other offices in 2024, while 176 Democratic legislators did. In 2020, the previous even election year, 162 Republican state legislators ran for other offices, and 158 Democrats did.
State legislators who ran for other offices, by state
The table below details the results of state legislators who ran for other offices in 2024 and the outcomes of those elections by state.
| State legislators who ran for other offices in 2024, by state | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | State Senators | State Representatives | ||||
| Won | Lost | Lost in primary | Won | Lost | Lost in primary | |
| AK | 1 | 1 | ||||
| AL | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| AR | 1 | 1 | ||||
| AZ | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| CA | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| CO | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||
| CT | ||||||
| DE | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| FL | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| GA | 1 | 1 | ||||
| HI | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| IA | 1 | |||||
| ID | 1 | |||||
| IL | ||||||
| IN | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| KS | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
| KY | 4 | |||||
| LA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| MA | 2 | 1 | ||||
| MD | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| ME | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| MI | 1 | 1 | ||||
| MN | 1 | 1 | ||||
| MO | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| MS | 1 | 1 | ||||
| MT | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | |
| NC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| ND | 1 | 4 | ||||
| NE | 2 | |||||
| NH | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| NM | 4 | 1 | ||||
| NJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| NV | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| NY | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| OH | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| OK | 3 | 1 | ||||
| OR | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| PA | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| R.I. | 1 | |||||
| SC | 4 | 4 | ||||
| SD | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| TN | 1 | 1 | ||||
| TX | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| UT | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| VA | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| VT | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| WA | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |
| WI | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| WV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| WY | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 35 | 11 | 38 | 141 | 35 | 98 |
Positions sought by state legislators who ran for another offices in 2024
Here is the breakdown of the types of positions sought by state legislators who ran for other offices in 2024:
| Positions sought by state legislators who ran for another office in 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of office | Won | Lost | Lost in primary | Total | |
| U.S. Senate | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| U.S. House | 23 | 10 | 52 | 85 | |
| Governor | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| State executive offices other than governor | 11 | 9 | 20 | 40 | |
| State Senate | 108 | 11 | 42 | 162 | |
| State House | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| Judicial offices | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| County offices | 23 | 6 | 7 | 36 | |
| Municipal/school board offices | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 176 | 46 | 136 | 358 | |
Methodology
Ballotpedia identified those officeholders who were declared candidates for a position in the 2022 elections that was different from what they held prior to the November elections. Candidates who resigned their office before the election either because they were required to by state law to run for another office (resign-to-run laws), or to better focus on their campaign for the new office, were still considered to be an elected official of their previous office for this analysis.
Legislators who ran for other seats in the same legislative chamber in which they served due to redistricting were not included in this analysis.
Candidates who won election by winning their primary outright were considered to have won their general election. Candidates who lost their party's nomination at a convention and candidates who lost in a primary runoff were considered to have lost in the primary.
This analysis doesn't include special elections.
See also
- United States Congress elections, 2024
- United States Senate elections, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- Election results, 2024: Results of elected officials seeking other offices
- State legislative elections, 2024
- Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
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