The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) continues to flip seats from blue to red, ending the 2024 election season with yet another pickup, this time in Pennsylvania. Thanks to the resounding victory of Attorney General-elect Dave Sunday, RAGA will begin 2025 with 29 Republican attorneys general — a new record.
Outgoing RAGA Chairman and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes will now pass the baton to incoming RAGA Chairman and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach. RAGA Executive Director Peter Bisbee will be departing RAGA at the end of the year as well, riding on the success of flipping Virginia in 2021, Iowa in 2022, and Pennsylvania in 2024, bringing the Republican AGs to an all-time high of 29 seats across the country. Bisbee will be taking on a new opportunity to continue to advance the conservative legal movement and help with electoral victories in the states.
“It has been such an honor to serve as RAGA Chairman as we expanded our majority to an unprecedented 29 state AGs, filed a record number of lawsuits against a woke White House agenda and enthusiastically supported President Trump’s historic re-election,” remarked Outgoing RAGA Chairman and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes. “The counsel and leadership of my fellow attorneys general, especially those who served on the RAGA Executive Committee this year, have been an incredible support. I also want to thank RAGA Executive Director Peter Bisbee and the entire RAGA staff for working so hard to expand our majority and bring in a record amount of money. I reiterate my congratulations to President Trump and look forward to RAGA robustly defending his rule of law policies from legal challenges. I’m proud to turn over stewardship of this organization to a tremendous leader and my good friend, Kris Kobach of Kansas. RAGA has a solid foundation and General Kobach has room to grow our national dominance even further.”
RAGA has raised more than $24 million across all entities so far this year, providing the group dedicated to electing and reelecting Republicans to the office of Attorney General a record amount of money to spend on races across the country. RAGA spent nearly $11 million in Pennsylvania and nearly $12 million in North Carolina, smashing previous spending records in both states, and made more modest investments in Indiana, Missouri, Montana, and New Hampshire.
“I want to congratulate all our incumbent attorneys general and attorneys general-elect who won huge victories last week,” said Kansas Attorney General and incoming RAGA Chairman Kris Kobach. “This was in part due to RAGA’s effectiveness and ability to raise money and spend strategically in targeted races. With President Donald Trump’s historic victory and return to the White House in the new year, Republican AGs will be a pivotal part of restoring the separation of powers and returning to a system of federalism that our Founders intended. Republican AGs were crucial to defending our system of government and its founding principles during the Biden era and I’m excited to work with my colleagues in the year ahead. I appreciate Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes’s steady leadership over the past year.”
“I have been active in the conservative legal movement for more than a decade and the last six years at RAGA have allowed me to achieve some of my proudest professional accomplishments,” said RAGA Executive Director Peter Bisbee. “In addition to expanding the map and Republican control of AG offices, we’ve effectively waged some of the most important legal battles of our time to dismantle the administrative state, defend the Constitution, and take on woke companies who break the law. I will always think fondly of my time leading RAGA and look forward to continuing to champion the organization and the work of its attorneys general in the years to come.”
RAGA is proud to report the following election results in 2024.
Indiana
Republican incumbent Todd Rokita easily won reelection, defeating his democratic challenger by more than 17 points, 58.9% to 41.1%.
Missouri
Republican incumbent Andrew Bailey defeated Democrat Elad Gross by more than 20 points, 59.8% to 37.9%.
Montana
Republican incumbent Austin Knudsen defeated Democrat Ben Alke by nearly 20 points, 59.7% to 40.3%.
Pennsylvania
Republican Dave Sunday defeated Eugene DePasquale by nearly five points, 50.9% to 46.1%, becoming the first Republican elected Pennsylvania Attorney General since 2008.
Utah
Republican Derek Brown defeated Democrat Rudy Bautista by nearly 30 points, 57.5% to 28%.
West Virginia
Republican J.B. McCuskey won his race over Democrat Teresa Toriseva by more than 40 points, 70.2% to 29.8%.