# 2024 Utah Attorney General election

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

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Derek Brown, former state representative and former chair of the Utah Republican Party

#### Eliminated in primary

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

#### Eliminated at convention

* Trent Christensen, attorney and candidate for Utah's 4th congressional district in 2020

#### Declined

* Sean Reyes, incumbent attorney general

#### Endorsements
##### Statewide officials

* Spencer Cox, Governor of Utah (2021–present)
* Gary Herbert, Governor of Utah (2009–2021)
U.S. senators
* Mike Lee, U.S. senator from Utah (2011–present)

##### Political parties

* Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Terry)
Statewide officials
* Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General
Political parties
* Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Mylar)
Labor unions
* Utah Fraternal Order of Police

### Convention results

State Republican convention results, 2024 :
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Frank Mylar | 1618 | 42.83% | 2234 | 59.76% |
| Rachel Terry | 1189 | 31.47% | 1504 | 40.24% |
| Derek Brown | 631 | 16.70% | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Trent Christensen | 340 | 9.00% | Eliminated | Eliminated |

### Debate

2024 Utah attorney general election republican primary debate :
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Republican | Republican |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | | | |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Derek Brown | Frank Mylar | Rachel Terry |
| 1 | Jun. 11, 2024 | Utah Debate Commission | Glen Mills | YouTube | P | P | P |

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Derek Brown | 178,164 | 43.59% |
| | Republican | Rachel Terry | 133,019 | 32.55% |
| | Republican | Frank Mylar | 97,522 | 23.86% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 408,705 | 100.00% |

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Rudy Bautista, defense attorney and Libertarian nominee for attorney general in 2020

#### Eliminated at convention

* David Carlson, assistant attorney general and former North Ogden City Attorney

### Convention results

State Democratic convention results, 2024 :
| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 1 |
| Candidate | Rudy Bautista | 511 | 64.44% |
| David Carlson | 282 | 35.56% |

## Libertarian convention
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Andrew McCullough, former chair of the Utah Libertarian Party and nominee for attorney general in 2016

## United Utah convention
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Michelle Quist, staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | July 25, 2024 |

### Results

2024 Utah Attorney General election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Derek Brown | 838,445 | 57.84% | −2.74 |
| | Democratic | Rudy Bautista | 401,234 | 27.68% | −6.06 |
| | United Utah | Michelle Quist | 103,831 | 7.16% | N/A |
| | Libertarian | Andrew McCullough | 55,932 | 3.86% | −1.82 |
| | Independent | Austin Hepworth | 50,053 | 3.45% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,449,495 | 100.00% | |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

#### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Salt Lake (largest municipality: Salt Lake City)