This chart details the timeline of elections for chief prosecutor (also known as district attorney, state’s attorney, or commonwealth attorney) and sheriff in each state.

Note: This calendar contains information about regularly-scheduled election cycles. When vacancies arise, a county may hold an off-schedule special election.

State	When are each jurisdiction’s election for chief prosecutor?	When are each jurisdiction’s election for sheriff?
Alabama	These are on a six-year schedule (2016, 2022, and so on).	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Alaska	Not elected	Not elected
Arizona	Every county is on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the presidential cycle.
Arkansas	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
California	Every county has been on the midterm cycle, except Los Angeles and San Francisco, on the presidential cycle California passed a law in 2022 to shift DA elections from the midterm to the presidential cycle starting in 2028.	Every county is on the midterm cycle, except San Francisco, which is on the presidential cycle California passed a law in 2022 to shift sheriff elections from the midterm to the presidential cycle starting in 2028.
Colorado	Every district is on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle, except: —Denver: the sheriff is appointed
Connecticut	Not elected	Not elected
Delaware	Not elected	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Florida	Every circuit is on the presidential cycle, except: —the 20th circuit (Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee), which is on the midterm cycle	Every county is on the presidential cycle (some nonpartisan), except: —Duval: the year after the midterm cycle
Georgia	7 circuits on the midterm cycle. Atlantic (Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall), Douglas (Douglas), Enotah (Lumpkin, Towns,Union, White), Northeastern (Dawson, Hall), Paulding (Paulding), Rockdale (Rockdale), Waycross (Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, Ware). Note: Douglas has a 2020 special. 42 circuits on the presidential cycle: Alaphala, Alvocy, 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	Every district is on the presidential cycle.
Hawaii	3 counties have elected prosecutors (Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai), each on the presidential cycle. Maui has an appointed one.	Not elected
Idaho	Every county is on the presidential cycle (Camas/Gooding are combined.)	Every county is on the presidential cycle.
Illinois	Every county is on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Indiana	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Iowa	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the presidential cycle.
Kansas	Every county is on the presidential cycle.(There were 99 prosecutors across 105 counties as of 2018. Joint: Anderson & Franklin; Clark & Comanche; Greeley, Sherman, and Wallace; Ford & Ness; Norton & Phillips.)	Every county is on the presidential cycle, except Riley and Wallace (no elected sheriff), and Wyandotte (the year after the presidential election).
Kentucky	These are on a six-year schedule (2018, 2024, and so on).	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Louisiana	These are on a six-year schedule (2014, 2020, and so on).	Every county is on the gubernatorial cycle (the year before the presidential cycle), other than Orleans Parish (the year after the presidential election).
Maine	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Franklin and Sagadahoc counties are on the presidential cycle; all other counties are in the midterm cycle.
Maryland	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county and city is on the midterm cycle.
Massachusetts	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Elections are on a six-year schedule: 2016, 2022, and so on.
Michigan	Every county is on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the presidential cycle.
Minnesota	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Mississippi	Every district is on the gubernatorial cycle (the year after the midterm election).	Every county is on the gubernatorial cycle (the year after the midterm election).
Missouri	Every county prosecutor is on the midterm cycle; the St. Louis Circuit Attorney is on the presidential cycle.	Every county & St. Louis City are on the presidential level. The exception: St. Louis County has an appointed sheriff.
Montana	Every county is on the midterm cycle, except two on the presidential cycle: Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Butte-Silver Bow	Every county is on the midterm cycle, except two on the presidential cycle: Anaconda-Deer Lodge, Butte-Silver Bow
Nebraska	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Nevada	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
New Hampshire	Every county is on a 2-year cycle, midterm/presidential.	Every county is on a 2-year cycle, midterm/presidential.
New Jersey	Not elected	Sheriffs are elected for 3-year term. The current regular schedule is as follows: —2022 (+3): Burlington, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Warren —2023 (+3): Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Mercer, and Union —2024 (+3): Bergen, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, and Salem
New Mexico	Every district is on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle, except one that is on the presidential cycle (Lincoln County).
New York	Counties are divided on a 4-year cycle: —Presidential cycle: Albany, Chautauqua, Cortland, Erie, Fulton, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Niagara, Tompkins, Westchester —Year after the presidential cycle: Cattaraugus, Clinton, Essex, Genesee, Kings [Brooklyn], Nassau, New York [Manhattan], Ontario, Orange, St. Lawrence, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Suffolk, Tioga, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Yates —Midterm cycle: Cayuga, Franklin, Greene, Orleans, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Wyoming —Year after the midterm: Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Seneca, Steuben, Sullivan, Ulster. Note: When a vacancy triggers a special election, that changes the county’s timeline.	Counties are divided on a 4-year cycle. —Presidential cycle: Genesee, Hamilton, Niagara, Steuben —Year after presidential cycle: Chenango, Cattaraugus, Chemung, Columbia, Erie, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Putnam, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Suffolk, Sullivan, Wayne, Wyoming —Midterm cycle: Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Clinton, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Oswego, Otsego, Tompkins, Ulster —Year after the midterm cycle: Albany, Cortland, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer, Lewis, Orleans, Rensselaer, Rockland, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Warren, Washington, Yates Note: When a vacancy triggers a special election, that changes the county’s timeline.
North Carolina	Every district is on the midterm cycle, except 4 on the presidential cycle: 12 (Harnett and Lee), 29 (Hoke and Moore), 32 (Alexander and Iredell), 37 (Randolph).	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
North Dakota	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Ohio	Every county is on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the presidential cycle; Cuyahoga does not elect its sheriff.
Oklahoma	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the presidential cycle.
Oregon	Regularly-scheduled election in the presidential cycle: Baker, Benton, Clackamas, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Mulnomah, Polk, Umatilla, Wasco, Wheeler, Yamhill.  Regularly-scheduled election on the midterm cycle: Clastop, Columbia, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Klamath, Malheur, Marion, Morrow, Sherman, Tilliamook, Union, Wallowa, Washington	Regularly-scheduled on the presidential cycle: 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. (Nonpartisan.) midterm cycle: Benton, Coos, Crook, Gilliam, Jackson, Jefferson, Josephine, Linn, Multnomah, Polk, Wasco, Yamhill. (Nonpartisan.)
Pennsylvania	Year after the presidential cycle: Armstrong, Blair, Bucks, Centre, Elk, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Philadelphia, Potter, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Venango, Warren, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York Year after the midterm cycle: Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Snyder, Somerset, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Washington, Wayne	Year after the presidential cycle: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Clarion, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Delaware, Erie, Forest, Greene, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lycoming, McKean, Mifflin, Perry, Pike, Schuykill, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Venango, Washington Year after a midterm: Beaver, Bedford, Berks, Bradford, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Crawford, Dauphin, Elk, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Indiana, Jefferson, Lancaster, Lehigh, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northumberland, Philadelphia, Potter, Snyder, Somerset, Sullivan, Warren, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming, York
Rhode Island	Not elected	Not elected
South Carolina	On the presidential cycle: 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 On the midterm cycle: 3rd (Clarendon, Lee, Sumter, Williamsburg), 5th (Kershaw, Richland), 6th (Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster), 12th (Florence, Marion), 13th (Greenville, Pickens), 15th (Georgetown, Horry) circuits	On the presidential cycle: 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 On the midterm cycle: Berkeley, Beaufort, Allendale, Chesterfield, Cherokee, Hampton, Kershaw
South Dakota	Every county is on the presidential cycle.	Every county with an election is on the midterm cycle.
Tennessee	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Texas	These counties 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, Waller, Wichita, Wood, Yoakum Other counties are regularly-scheduled to be on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the presidential cycle.
Utah	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Vermont	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Virginia	Each of the 95 counties elects their commonwealth’s attorney the year before the presidential cycle (2019, and so on). Also: 13 of VA’s 38 independent cities elect one alongside an adjacent county: Covington, Emporia, Fairfax, Falls Church, Franklin, Galax, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Manassas, Manassas Park, Norton, Poquoson, Williamsburg. The 25 other independent cities elect a prosecutor on the gubernatorial cycle (the year after the presidential cycle).	Each of the state’s 95 counties elect their sheriffs the year before the presidential election (2019, 2023, and so on). Each of 38 independent cities elect a sheriff on their gubernatorial cycle (the year after the presidential election: 2017, and so on).
Washington	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle, other than: —King: the sheriff is appointed —Pierce: the election is on the presidential cycle —Snohomish, Whatcom: the election is the year after the midterm
West Virginia	Every county is on the presidential cycle.	Every county is on the presidential cycle.
Wisconsin	Every county is on the presidential cycle (Menominee and Shawano counties elect a joint DA).	Every county is on the midterm cycle.
Wyoming	Every county is on the midterm cycle.	Every county is on the midterm cycle.

This database originally was published in 2019 on The Appeal, which hosted The Political Report project at the time. It draws on information compiled by researchers with The Justice Collaborative. (The Appeal and the Justice Collaborative were fiscally sponsored projects of Tides Advocacy.) Other sources included state and local boards of elections, and state and national professional organizations. The database has since been updated as the timeline of counties has shifted.

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