Rudy Bautista

Rudy Bautista

Democratic Party

Candidate, Attorney General of Utah

Elections and appointments

Next election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

United States Merchant Marine Academy, 1991

Law

Brigham Young University, 1999

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Personal website

Personal LinkedIn

Rudy Bautista (Democratic Party) is running for election for Attorney General of Utah. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.^[source] He advanced from the Democratic convention on April 27, 2024.

Biography

Rudy Bautista earned a B.S. in marine transportation from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1991 and a J.D. from Brigham Young University Law School. His career experience includes working as an attorney.^[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Utah Attorney General election, 2024

General election

General election for Attorney General of Utah

Rudy Bautista, Derek Brown, Andrew McCullough, Austin Hepworth, and Michelle Quist are running in the general election for Attorney General of Utah on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Rudy Bautista (D)
		Derek Brown (R)
		Andrew McCullough (L)
		Austin Hepworth (Unaffiliated)
		Michelle Quist (United Utah Party)

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Utah

Derek Brown defeated Rachel Terry and Frank Demcy Mylar in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Utah on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Derek Brown	45.8	118,560
		Rachel Terry	33.6	86,828
		Frank Demcy Mylar	20.6	53,287

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 258,675
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Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Andrew McCullough advanced from the Libertarian primary for Attorney General of Utah.

United Utah Party primary election

The United Utah Party primary election was canceled. Michelle Quist advanced from the United Utah Party primary for Attorney General of Utah.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Attorney General of Utah

Rudy Bautista defeated David Carlson in the Democratic convention for Attorney General of Utah on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rudy Bautista (D)	64.4	511
		David Carlson (D)	35.6	282

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	There were no incumbents in this race.	Total votes: 793
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Republican convention

Republican Convention for Attorney General of Utah

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Rachel Terry in round 2 , and Frank Demcy Mylar in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Frank Demcy Mylar	59.8	2,234	616	Advanced (2)
		Rachel Terry	40.2	1,504	315	Advanced (2)
		Derek Brown	0.0	0	-631	1
		Trent Christensen	0.0	0	-340	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Frank Demcy Mylar	42.8	1,618	0	Advanced (2)
		Rachel Terry	31.5	1,189	0	Advanced (2)
		Derek Brown	16.7	631	0	1
		Trent Christensen	9.0	340	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 3,778
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Utah

Andrew McCullough advanced from the Libertarian convention for Attorney General of Utah on April 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Andrew McCullough (L)

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United Utah Party convention

United Utah Party convention for Attorney General of Utah

Michelle Quist advanced from the United Utah Party convention for Attorney General of Utah on April 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Michelle Quist (United Utah Party)

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Endorsements

2020

See also: Utah Attorney General election, 2020

Utah Attorney General election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Attorney General of Utah

Incumbent Sean D. Reyes defeated Greg Skordas and Rudy Bautista in the general election for Attorney General of Utah on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean D. Reyes (R)	60.6	878,853
		Greg Skordas (D)	33.7	489,499
		Rudy Bautista (L)	5.7	82,444

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,450,796
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Utah

Incumbent Sean D. Reyes defeated David Leavitt in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Utah on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean D. Reyes	54.0	275,212
		David Leavitt	46.0	234,036

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 509,248
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Attorney General of Utah

Greg Skordas defeated Kevin Craig Probasco in the Democratic convention for Attorney General of Utah on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
		Kevin Craig Probasco (D)
✔		Greg Skordas (D)

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Republican convention

Republican Convention for Attorney General of Utah

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: David Leavitt in round 2 , and Sean D. Reyes in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Sean D. Reyes	57.5	2,014	236	Advanced (2)
		David Leavitt	42.5	1,488	486	Advanced (2)
		John Swallow	0.0	0	-790	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Sean D. Reyes	49.8	1,778	0	Advanced (2)
		David Leavitt	28.1	1,002	0	Advanced (2)
		John Swallow	22.1	790	0	2

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 3,570
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Campaign themes

2024

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2020

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