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The 2019 elections are upon us. Many voters will choose their next prosecutor, sheriff, governor, or attorney general in November. These offices set the policies that shape incarceration rates, the criminal legal system, cooperation with ICE, and much more.
We covered these elections throughout the year with previews, analyses, and interviews. Now you can use our interactive tool, below, to track the criminal justice battlegrounds. These elections are concentrated in about ten states, which is far less than in 2018 , and than in 2020. Still, they feature important contrasts for the local politics of criminal justice reform and mass incarceration.
Some elections have already been resolved in primaries; many will be in November. We will continue to add to the map in the weeks ahead.
Please Select...CA: San Francisco DAFL: Duval Co. Sheriff (election completed)KY: GovernorLA: Ascension Parish Sheriff (election completed)LA: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff (election completed)LA: GovernorLA: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff (more coming up)MS: 5th District DA (election completed)MS: 6th District DA (election completed)MS: Attorney GeneralMS: GovernorMS: Seventh District DA (election completed)NJ: Statewide Primer on Sheriff RacesNY: Dutchess Co. DANY: Monroe Co. DANY: Queens DANY: Rensselaer Co. Sheriff (election completed)NY: Ulster Co. DANYC: Policing referendumPA: Allegheny Co. DA General ElectionPA: Allegheny Co. DA Primary (primary completed)PA: Cumberland Co. DAPA: Delaware Co. DAPA: Lancaster Co. DAPA: Philadelphia Sheriff (election completed)'>PA: Referendum (Marsy\'s Law)PA: Statewide Primer on DA RacesVA: Albemarle Co. ProsecutorVA: Arlington and Fairfax Prosecutors Primaries (completed)VA: Chesterfield Co. ProsecutorVA: Fairfax Co. Prosecutor General ElectionVA: Loudoun Co. ProsecutorVA: Loudoun Co. SheriffVA: Prince William Co. Prosecutor & SheriffVA: Statewide Primer on ProsecutorsVA: Warren County Sheriff (coming up)
Key races: Prosecutor Sheriff Referendum Governor Att. Gen.
To use the interactive version of the map, please use a nonmobile device.
This map is not exhaustive. There are approximately 500 counties holding elections for sheriff and prosecutor this year. The full list is available here.
