2024 Utah Attorney General election

2024 Utah Attorney General election
	County results; Brown: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Bautista: 40–50%
Incumbent Attorney General; Sean Reyes; Republican	; ;

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]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Derek Brown, former state representative and former chair of the Utah Republican Party^[2]

Eliminated in primary

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

Trent Christensen, attorney and candidate for Utah's 4th congressional district in 2020^[3]

Declined

Sean Reyes, incumbent attorney general^[4]

Endorsements

Derek Brown

Statewide officials

Spencer Cox, Governor of Utah (2021–present)^[5]
Gary Herbert, Governor of Utah (2009–2021)^[5]

U.S. senators

Mike Lee, U.S. senator from Utah (2011–present)^[6]

Frank Mylar

Political parties

Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Terry)^[7]

Rachel Terry

Statewide officials

Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General^[8]

Political parties

Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Mylar)^[7]

Labor unions

Utah Fraternal Order of Police^[9]

Convention results

State Republican convention results, 2024^[10]
Candidate	Round 1		Round 2
Candidate	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

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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn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

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

Candidates

Nominee

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

Eliminated at convention

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

Convention results

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

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

Andrew McCullough, former chair of the Utah Libertarian Party and nominee for attorney general in 2016^[14]

United Utah convention

Candidates

Nominee

Michelle Quist, staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit^[14]

General election

Predictions

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

Results

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

References

^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Seariac, Hannah (January 9, 2024). "An overview of candidates for Utah Attorney General". Deseret News. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ 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)
^ ^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.
^ Seariac, Hanna (February 19, 2024). "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton endorses Rachel Terry in Utah attorney general race". Deseret News. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ "Political Endorsements". www.utahstatefop.com. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
^ "2024-STATE-convention-results - Utah County Republican Party". ucrp.org. April 29, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
^ "Election Results". electionresults.utah.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Lewis, Scott (April 27, 2024). "Utah Democrats nominate Caroline Gleich for Senate, Katrina Fallick-Wang for House". KTVX. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ "2024 Utah Democratic Convention Results". Utah Democratic Party. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024 Candidate Filings – Utah Voter Information". vote.utah.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ 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.

External links

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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.

[:1-3] 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.

[coxbrownendorse-5] 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)

[which-7] Seariac, Hanna (April 27, 2024). "GOP convention: AG candidates Frank Mylar and Rachel Terry advance to primary election". Deseret News. Retrieved April 27, 2024.

[Paxton-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.

[utfop-9] "Political Endorsements". www.utahstatefop.com. Retrieved May 10, 2024.

[:2-10] "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.

[democrats-12] 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.

[:0-14] "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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