2024 Utah Attorney General election

Utah election

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November 5, 2024

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Nominee	TBD	Rudy Bautista
Party	Republican	Democratic

Incumbent Attorney General

Sean Reyes
Republican

The 2024 Utah Attorney General election will be 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.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Derek Brown, former state representative and former chair of the Utah Republican Party^[1]
Frank Mylar, assistant attorney general and candidate for attorney general in 2000^[2]
Rachel Terry, director of the Utah Division of Risk Management and assistant attorney general^[2]

Eliminated at convention

Trent Christensen, attorney and candidate for Utah's 4th congressional district in 2020^[2]

Declined

Sean Reyes, incumbent attorney general^[3]

Endorsements

Derek Brown

U.S. senators

Mike Lee, U.S. senator from Utah (2011–present)^[4]

Frank Mylar

Political parties

Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Terry)^[5]

Rachel Terry

Statewide officials

Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General^[6]

Political parties

Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Mylar)^[5]

Labor unions

Utah Fraternal Order of Police^[7]

Results

Convention

Results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Derek Brown
	Republican	Frank Mylar
	Republican	Rachel Terry
Total votes

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Rudy Bautista, defense attorney and Libertarian nominee for attorney general in 2020^[8]

Eliminated at convention

David Carlson, assistant attorney general and former North Ogden City Attorney^[8]

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Presumptive nominee

Andrew McCullough, former chair of the Utah Libertarian Party and nominee for attorney general in 2016^[9]

United Utah convention

Candidates

Presumptive nominee

Michelle Quist, staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit^[9]

General election

Results

2024 Utah Attorney General election
Party		Candidate
	Republican	TBD
	Democratic	Rudy Bautista
	Libertarian	Andrew McCullough
	United Utah	Michelle Quist
Total votes

References

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Seariac, Hannah (January 9, 2024). "An overview of candidates for Utah Attorney General". Deseret News. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
^ 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.
^ 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)
^ ^a ^b Seariac, Hanna (April 27, 2024). "GOP convention: AG candidates Frank Mylar and Rachel Terry advance to primary election". Deseret News. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ Seariac, Hanna (February 19, 2024). "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton endorses Rachel Terry in Utah attorney general race". Deseret News. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
^ "Political Endorsements". www.utahstatefop.com. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Lewis, Scott (April 27, 2024). "Utah Democrats nominate Caroline Gleich for Senate, Katrina Fallick-Wang for House". KTVX. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2024 Candidate Filings – Utah Voter Information". vote.utah.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2024.