2024 Utah Attorney General election

See also: 2024 United States attorney general elections

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.^[1]

2024 Utah Attorney General election

← 2020 November 5, 2024 2028 →

Nominee Derek Brown Rudy Bautista Michelle Quist Party Republican Democratic United Utah Popular vote 838,445 401,234 103,831 Percentage 57.84% 27.68% 7.16%

County results Brown:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Bautista:      40–50%

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

Former Republican state representative Derek Brown defeated Democrat Rudy Bautista with 57.84% of the vote.^[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Derek Brown, former state representative and former chair of the Utah Republican Party^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Frank Mylar, assistant attorney general and candidate for attorney general in 2000^[4]
• Rachel Terry, director of the Utah Division of Risk Management and assistant attorney general^[4]

Eliminated at convention

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

Declined

• Sean Reyes, incumbent attorney general^[5]

Endorsements

Derek Brown

Statewide officials

• Spencer Cox, Governor of Utah (2021–present)^[6]
• Gary Herbert, Governor of Utah (2009–2021)^[6]

U.S. senators

• Mike Lee, U.S. senator from Utah (2011–present)^[7]

Frank Mylar

Political parties

• Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Terry)^[8]

Rachel Terry

Statewide officials

• Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General^[9]

Political parties

• Utah Republican Party (co-endorsement with Mylar)^[8]

Labor unions

• Utah Fraternal Order of Police^[10]

Convention results

State Republican convention results, 2024[11]
Candidate	Round 1		Round 2
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Frank Mylar	1618	42.83%	2234	59.76%
Rachel Terry	1189	31.47%	1504	40.24%
Derek Brown	631	16.70%	Eliminated
Trent Christensen	340	9.00%	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
					Derek Brown	Frank Mylar	Rachel Terry
1	Jun. 11, 2024	Utah Debate Commission	Glen Mills	YouTube	P	P	P

Results

Republican primary results^[12]

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			408,705	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Rudy Bautista, defense attorney and Libertarian nominee for attorney general in 2020^[13]

Eliminated at convention

• David Carlson, assistant attorney general and former North Ogden City Attorney^[13]

Convention results

State Democratic convention results, 2024[14]
Candidate	Round 1
	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^[15]

United Utah convention

Candidates

Nominee

• Michelle Quist, litigation and appellate lawyer at Buchalter^[15]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[16]	Safe R	July 25, 2024

Results

2024 Utah Attorney General election^[17]

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			1,449,495	100.00%
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Salt Lake (largest municipality: Salt Lake City)

See also

• 2024 Utah elections