2024 Utah Attorney General election

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2024 Utah Attorney General election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
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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

TBD

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

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 [10]
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 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn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 [11]
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 [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
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 [15] Safe RJuly 25, 2024

Results

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

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