2024 Utah Attorney General election

The 2024 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2024 to elect the attorney general of Utah. The election was held alongside various federal and state elections, including for governor. Incumbent Sean Reyes was eligible to run for re-election to a third term in office, but instead decided to retire. The Republican primary election took place on June 25, 2024.[1]

2024 Utah Attorney General election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →
 
Nominee Derek Brown Rudy Bautista Michelle Quist
Party Republican Democratic United Utah

County results
[citation needed]
Brown:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Bautista:      40–50%

Incumbent Attorney General

Sean Reyes
Republican



Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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  • Frank Mylar, assistant attorney general and candidate for attorney general in 2000[3]
  • Rachel Terry, director of the Utah Division of Risk Management and assistant attorney general[3]

Eliminated at convention

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Derek Brown
Statewide officials
U.S. senators
Frank Mylar
Political parties
Rachel Terry
Statewide officials
Political parties
Labor unions

Convention results

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State Republican convention results, 2024[10]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2
Votes % Votes %
Frank Mylar 1618 42.83% 2234 59.76%
Rachel Terry 1189 31.47% 1504 40.24%
Derek Brown 631 16.70% Eliminated
Trent Christensen 340 9.00% Eliminated

Debate

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2024 Utah attorney general election republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Derek Brown Frank Mylar Rachel Terry
1 Jun. 11, 2024 Utah Debate Commission Glen Mills YouTube P P P

Results

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Republican primary results[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Derek Brown 178,164 43.59%
Republican Rachel Terry 133,019 32.55%
Republican Frank Mylar 97,522 23.86%
Total votes 408,705 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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  • Rudy Bautista, defense attorney and Libertarian nominee for attorney general in 2020[12]

Eliminated at convention

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  • David Carlson, assistant attorney general and former North Ogden City Attorney[12]

Convention results

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State Democratic convention results, 2024[13]
Candidate Round 1
Rudy Bautista 511 64.44%
David Carlson 282 35.56%

Libertarian convention

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Candidates

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Nominee

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United Utah convention

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Candidates

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Nominee

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[15] Safe R July 25, 2024

Results

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2024 Utah Attorney General election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Derek Brown
Democratic Rudy Bautista
Libertarian Andrew McCullough
United Utah Michelle Quist
Total votes

References

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  1. ^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Gerhke, Robert (December 12, 2023). "The race to replace Sean Reyes as Utah A.G. has its first official candidate". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Seariac, Hannah (January 9, 2024). "An overview of candidates for Utah Attorney General". Deseret News. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Gehrke, Robert (December 7, 2023). "A.G. Sean Reyes won't run for reelection after questionable spending and Ballard friendship". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Seariac, Hanna (May 29, 2024). "Gov. Cox, former Gov. Herbert endorse Derek Brown for Utah attorney general race". Deseret News. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  6. ^ Leonard, Collin; Feb. 29. "Sen. Mike Lee endorses Derek Brown in Utah attorney general race". KSL. Retrieved March 1, 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b Seariac, Hanna (April 27, 2024). "GOP convention: AG candidates Frank Mylar and Rachel Terry advance to primary election". Deseret News. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  8. ^ Seariac, Hanna (February 19, 2024). "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton endorses Rachel Terry in Utah attorney general race". Deseret News. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  9. ^ "Political Endorsements". www.utahstatefop.com. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  10. ^ "2024-STATE-convention-results - Utah County Republican Party". ucrp.org. April 29, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  11. ^ "Election Results". electionresults.utah.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Lewis, Scott (April 27, 2024). "Utah Democrats nominate Caroline Gleich for Senate, Katrina Fallick-Wang for House". KTVX. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  13. ^ "2024 Utah Democratic Convention Results". Utah Democratic Party. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "2024 Candidate Filings – Utah Voter Information". vote.utah.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  15. ^ Jacobson, Louis (July 25, 2024). "2024's Races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Lieutenant Governor: An Update". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
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