2024 Utah Attorney General election

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2024 Utah Attorney General election
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Nominee Derek Brown Rudy BautistaMichelle Quist
Party Republican Democratic United Utah
Popular vote838,445401,234103,831
Percentage57.84%27.68%7.16%
2024 Utah Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Brown:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Bautista:     40–50%
Attorney General before election

Sean Reyes
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Derek Brown
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]

Contents

Former Republican state representative Derek Brown defeated Democrat Rudy Bautista with 57.84% of the vote. [2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Frank Mylar, assistant attorney general and candidate for attorney general in 2000 [4]
  • Rachel Terry, director of the Utah Division of Risk Management and assistant attorney general [4]

Eliminated at convention

Declined

Endorsements

Derek Brown
Statewide officials

U.S. senators

Frank Mylar
Political parties
Rachel Terry

Statewide officials

Political parties

Labor unions

Convention results

State Republican convention results, 2024 [11]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2
Votes  % Votes  %
Frank Mylar161842.83%223459.76%
Rachel Terry1189 31.47% 150440.24%
Derek Brown 631 16.70%Eliminated
Trent Christensen340 9.00%Eliminated

Debate

2024 Utah attorney general election republican primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Derek Brown Frank MylarRachel Terry
1Jun. 11, 2024Utah Debate CommissionGlen Mills YouTube PPP

Results

Republican primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Derek Brown 178,164 43.59%
Republican Rachel Terry133,01932.55%
Republican Frank Mylar97,52223.86%
Total votes408,705 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Rudy Bautista, defense attorney and Libertarian nominee for attorney general in 2020 [13]

Eliminated at convention

  • David Carlson, assistant attorney general and former North Ogden City Attorney [13]

Convention results

State Democratic convention results, 2024 [14]
Candidate Round 1
Rudy Bautista51164.44%
David Carlson282 35.56%

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

United Utah convention

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe RJuly 25, 2024

Results

2024 Utah Attorney General election [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Derek Brown 838,445 57.84% −2.74
Democratic Rudy Bautista401,23427.68%−6.06
United Utah Michelle Quist103,8317.16%N/A
LibertarianAndrew McCullough55,9323.86%−1.82
Independent Austin Hepworth50,0533.45%N/A
Total votes1,449,495 100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ Carlson, Brian (November 6, 2024). "Utahns elect Derek Brown as new Utah Attorney General". KSLTV.com. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 3 Seariac, Hannah (January 9, 2024). "An overview of candidates for Utah Attorney General". Deseret News . Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 Seariac, Hanna (May 29, 2024). "Gov. Cox, former Gov. Herbert endorse Derek Brown for Utah attorney general race". Deseret News . Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  7. ↑ 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)
  8. 1 2 Seariac, Hanna (April 27, 2024). "GOP convention: AG candidates Frank Mylar and Rachel Terry advance to primary election". Deseret News . Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  9. ↑ Seariac, Hanna (February 19, 2024). "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton endorses Rachel Terry in Utah attorney general race". Deseret News . Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Political Endorsements". www.utahstatefop.com. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  11. ↑ "2024-STATE-convention-results - Utah County Republican Party". ucrp.org. April 29, 2024. Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Election Results". electionresults.utah.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  13. 1 2 Lewis, Scott (April 27, 2024). "Utah Democrats nominate Caroline Gleich for Senate, Katrina Fallick-Wang for House". KTVX . Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  14. ↑ "2024 Utah Democratic Convention Results". Utah Democratic Party. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  15. 1 2 "2024 Candidate Filings – Utah Voter Information". vote.utah.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "2024 November General Election Statewide Canvass" (PDF). vote.utah.gov.

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