Utah Attorney General election, 2024

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Utah Attorney General
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Election details
Filing deadline: January 8, 2024
Primary: June 25, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent(s): Sean D. Reyes (R)
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Utah
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Utah is holding an election for attorney general on November 5, 2024. The primary was June 25, 2024. The filing deadline was January 8, 2024.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Utah Attorney General election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)
• Utah Attorney General election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

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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• Andrew McCullough
• Austin Hepworth
• Derek Brown
• Michelle Quist
• Rudy Bautista

Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2012.

2020

See also: Utah Attorney General election, 2020

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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2016

See also: Utah Attorney General election, 2016

The general election for attorney general was held on November 8, 2016.

Incumbent Sean D. Reyes defeated Jon Harper, Andrew McCullough, and Michael IsBell in the Utah attorney general election.

Utah Attorney General, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Sean D. Reyes Incumbent	65.41%	719,043
	Democratic	Jon Harper	25.07%	275,568
	Libertarian	Andrew McCullough	6.73%	73,973
	Independent American Party	Michael IsBell	2.79%	30,687
Total Votes				1,099,271
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office-Elections

2012

See also: Utah attorney general election, 2012

Incumbent Mark Shurtleff (R) did not seek re-election in 2012. John Swallow (R) defeated Dee W. Smith (D) and W. Andrew McCullough (L) in the November 6, 2012 general election.

Attorney General of Utah General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dee W. Smith	30.1%	269,893
	Republican	John Swallow	64.6%	579,118
	Libertarian	W. Andrew McCullough	5.3%	47,347
Total Votes				896,358
Election results via Utah Lieutenant Governor (dead link)

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
• Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
• State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

• Presidential elections
• Statewide elections
• State partisanship
• Demographics

See also: Presidential voting trends in Utah and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Utah, 2024
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
Utah's 1st	Blake Moore	Republican	R+12
Utah's 2nd	Celeste Maloy	Republican	R+11
Utah's 3rd	John Curtis	Republican	R+13
Utah's 4th	Burgess Owens	Republican	R+16

2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Utah[1]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Utah's 1st	37.9%	57.8%
Utah's 2nd	39.5%	56.7%
Utah's 3rd	38.3%	57.5%
Utah's 4th	34.8%	60.7%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 62.2% of Utahns lived in one of the state's 26 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 37.5% lived in one of two Trending Democratic counties: Salt Lake and Summit. Overall, Utah was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Utah following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Utah county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Republican	26	62.2%
Trending Democratic	2	37.5%
New Democratic	1	0.3%
Total voted Democratic	3	37.8%
Total voted Republican	26	62.2%

Historical voting trends

Utah presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 7 Democratic wins
• 24 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Utah

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Utah.

U.S. Senate election results in Utah
Race	Winner	Runner up
2022	53.2%	42.7% (Independent)
2018	62.6%	30.9%
2016	68.1%	27.1%
2012	65.3%	30.0%
2010	61.6%	32.8%
Average	62.7	32.9

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Utah

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Utah.

Gubernatorial election results in Utah
Race	Winner	Runner up
2020	63.0%	30.3%
2016	66.7%	28.7%
2012	68.4%	27.6%
2010	77.6%	19.7%
2008	57.7%	41.3%
Average	66.7	29.5

See also: Party control of Utah state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Utah's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Utah
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	0	0
Republican	2	4	6
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	4	6

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Utah's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Utah, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Spencer Cox
Lieutenant Governor	Deidre Henderson
Attorney General	Sean D. Reyes

State legislature

Utah State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	6
	Republican Party	23
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		29

Utah House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	14
	Republican Party	60
	Other	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		75

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until 2024.

Utah Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Thirty-three years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

The table below details demographic data in Utah and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Utah
	Utah	United States
Population	3,271,616	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	82,595	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	82.4%	65.9%
Black/African American	1.1%	12.5%
Asian	2.4%	5.8%
Native American	1%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more	6.8%	8.8%
Hispanic/Latino	14.6%	18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate	93.2%	89.1%
College graduation rate	36.1%	34.3%
Income
Median household income	$86,833	$75,149
Persons below poverty level	5.7%	8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

Utah	State Executive Elections	News and Analysis
Utah State Executive Offices Utah State Legislature Utah Courts	2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 Utah elections: 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016	Party control of state government State government trifectas State of the state addresses Partisan composition of governors

External links

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• Utah Attorney General official website

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