2020 Utah Attorney General election

The 2020 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of Utah. The election was held alongside various federal and state elections, including for governor. Incumbent Attorney General Sean Reyes won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Greg Skordas and Libertarian nominee Rudy Bautista.

2020 Utah Attorney General election

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Nominee Sean Reyes Greg Skordas Rudy Bautista Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 878,853 489,499 82,444 Percentage 60.58% 33.74% 5.68%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Reyes:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Skordas:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data

Attorney General before election Sean Reyes Republican Elected Attorney General Sean Reyes Republican

The conventions for the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian parties were held on April 25.^[1] Although originally planned to be held in-person, all three conventions were moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Sean Reyes, incumbent Attorney General

Eliminated in primary

• David O. Leavitt, Utah County district attorney

Eliminated at convention

• John Swallow, former Attorney General

Convention

Voting began for the convention on April 23, with results being announced on April 27.^[3][4]

Results

Republican convention results[5]
Candidate	Round 1		Round 2
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Sean Reyes	1,778	49.80%	2,014	57.51%
David O. Leavitt	1,002	28.07%	1,488	42.49%
John Swallow	790	22.13%	Eliminated
Inactive Ballots	0 ballots		69 ballots

Primary

Endorsements

David O. Leavitt

Mayors

• Rocky Anderson, former Mayor of Salt Lake City (2000–2008) and Justice nominee for President of the United States in 2012^[6]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Leavitt	Sean Reyes	Undecided
Suffolk University[7]	June 4–7, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	26%	31%	43%

Debate

2020 Utah Attorney General election republican primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					David O. Leavitt	Sean Reyes
1	Jun. 2, 2020	Utah Debate Commission	David Magleby	YouTube	P	P

Results

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sean Reyes (incumbent)	275,212	54.04
	Republican	David O. Leavitt	234,036	45.96
Total votes			509,248	100.00

Democratic convention

Candidates

Nominee

• Greg Skordas, nominee for Attorney General in 2004^[9]

Eliminated at convention

• Kevin Probasco, attorney and Republican candidate for Utah's 1st congressional district in 2018

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

• Rudy Bautista, defense attorney

General election

Debate

2020 Utah Attorney General debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Sean Reyes	Greg Skordas
1	Oct. 21, 2020	Utah Debate Commission	Jennifer Napier-Pearce	YouTube	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[10]	Safe R	July 17, 2020

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Sean Reyes (R)	Greg Skordas (D)	Rudy Bautista (L)	Undecided
Lighthouse Research/Salt Lake Tribune[11]	August 31 – September 12, 2020	2,000 (RV)	± 4.4%	46%	25%	5%	23%

Results

2020 Utah Attorney General election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sean Reyes (incumbent)	878,853	60.58%	–4.83
	Democratic	Greg Skordas	489,499	33.74%	+8.67
	Libertarian	Rudy Bautista	82,444	5.68%	–1.05
Total votes			1,450,797	100.00%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Reyes won all four congressional districts.^[13]

District	Reyes	Skordas	Bautista	Representative
1st	66%	28%	6%	Rob Bishop
				Blake Moore
2nd	57%	37%	6%	Chris Stewart
3rd	64%	30%	5%	John Curtis
4th	55%	39%	6%	Ben McAdams
				Burgess Owens