2020 Utah Attorney General election

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2020 Utah Attorney General election
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  2016 November 3, 2020 2024  
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Nominee Sean Reyes Greg SkordasRudy Bautista
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote878,853489,49982,444
Percentage60.58%33.74%5.68%

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Reyes:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Skordas:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

Attorney General before election

Sean Reyes
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Sean Reyes
Republican

The 2020 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of Utah. The election was held alongside various federal and state elections, including for governor. Incumbent Attorney General Sean Reyes won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Greg Skordas and Libertarian nominee Rudy Bautista.

Contents

The conventions for the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties were held on April 25. [1] Although originally planned to be held in-person, all three conventions were moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Eliminated at convention

Convention

Voting began for the convention on April 23, with results being announced on April 27. [3] [4]

Results

Republican convention results [5]
CandidateRound 1Round 2
Votes%Votes%
Sean Reyes 1,77849.80%2,01457.51%
David O. Leavitt1,00228.07%1,48842.49%
John Swallow 79022.13%Eliminated
Inactive Ballots 0 ballots69 ballots

Primary

Endorsements

David O. Leavitt

Mayors

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
David
Leavitt
Sean
Reyes
Undecided
Suffolk University [7] June 4–7, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%26%31%43%

Debate

2020 Utah Attorney General election republican primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
David O. Leavitt Sean Reyes
1Jun. 2, 2020Utah Debate Commission David Magleby YouTube PP

Results

Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean Reyes (incumbent) 275,212 54.04
Republican David O. Leavitt234,03645.96
Total votes509,248 100.00

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Greg Skordas, nominee for Attorney General in 2004 [9]

Eliminated at convention

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Rudy Bautista, defense attorney

General election

Debate

2020 Utah Attorney General debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Sean Reyes Greg Skordas
1Oct. 21, 2020Utah Debate Commission Jennifer Napier-Pearce YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [10] Safe RJuly 17, 2020

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sean
Reyes (R)
Greg
Skordas (D)
Rudy
Bautista (L)
Undecided
Lighthouse Research/Salt Lake Tribune [11] August 31 – September 12, 20202,000 (RV)± 4.4%46%25%5%23%

Results

2020 Utah Attorney General election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Sean Reyes (incumbent) 878,853 60.58% –4.83
Democratic Greg Skordas489,49933.74%+8.67
Libertarian Rudy Bautista82,4445.68%–1.05
Total votes1,450,797 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Reyes won all four congressional districts. [13]

DistrictReyesSkordasBautistaRepresentative
1st 66%28%6% Rob Bishop
Blake Moore
2nd 57%37%6% Chris Stewart
3rd 64%30%5% John Curtis
4th 55%39%6% Ben McAdams
Burgess Owens

References

  1. "Utah 2020 General Election". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  2. Winslow, Ben (April 20, 2020). "COVID-19 forces Utah's political parties to hold 'online only' state conventions". KSTU. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  3. Webmaster (April 23, 2020). "Voting is now Open!". The Utah Republican Party. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  4. Webmaster (April 28, 2020). "Convention Results Posted". The Utah Republican Party. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  5. "Convention Results". The Utah Republican Party. April 25, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  6. @RockyAnderson (June 16, 2020). "Cox has completely botched his leadership of the state's Covid response! Look at the spiking numbers - and the terrible conflicts and waste with TestUtah! Huntsman, bright, competent, and great values. Register Republican so you can vote Huntsman & Leavitt" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  7. Suffolk University
  8. "2020-Primary-Election-Canvass.pdf" (PDF). voteinfo.utah.gov. July 27, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  9. Means, Emily (April 26, 2020). "Utah Democratic Party Announces Convention Results For Statewide Races". KUER. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  10. "An Updated Look at Handicapping the 2020 Attorney General Elections". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  11. Lighthouse Research/Salt Lake Tribune
  12. "2020-General-Election-Canvass.pdf" (PDF). voteinfo.utah.gov. November 23, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  13. "Dra 2020".