Explore Criminal Justice on the 2019 Ballot

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 DA FL: Duval Co. Sheriff (election completed) KY: Governor LA: Ascension Parish Sheriff (election completed) LA: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff (election completed) LA: Governor LA: St. Tammany Parish Sheriff (more coming up) MS: 5th District DA (election completed) MS: 6th District DA (election completed) MS: Attorney General MS: Governor MS: LeFlore Co. Sheriff (coming up) MS: Seventh District DA (election completed) NJ: Statewide Primer on Sheriff Races NY: Dutchess Co. DA NY: Monroe Co. DA NY: Queens DA NY: Rensselaer Co. Sheriff (election completed) NY: Ulster Co. DA NYC: Policing referendum PA: Allegheny Co. DA General Election PA: Allegheny Co. DA Primary (primary completed) PA: Cumberland Co. DA PA: Delaware Co. DA PA: Lancaster Co. DA PA: Philadelphia Sheriff (election completed) '>PA: Referendum (Marsy\'s Law) PA: Statewide Primer on DA Races VA: Albemarle Co. Prosecutor VA: Arlington and Fairfax Prosecutors Primaries (completed) VA: Chesterfield Co. Prosecutor VA: Fairfax Co. Prosecutor General Election VA: Loudoun Co. Prosecutor VA: Loudoun Co. Sheriff VA: Prince William Co. Prosecutor & Sheriff VA: Statewide Primer on Prosecutors VA: Warren County Sheriff (coming up) WA: Snohomish County Sheriff (coming up)

Key races: Prosecutor Sheriff Referendum Governor Att. Gen.



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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.

Results

National Preview Oct. 2019: Your Guide to the 2019 Elections, in Six Questions

Mississippi Hinds County, Mississippi

Virginia

Prince William County, Virginia

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