Utah Attorney General Election, 2020

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Election details
Filing deadline: March 19, 2020
Primary: June 30, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent(s): Sean D. Reyes (R)
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Utah held an election for attorney general on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for June 30, 2020. The filing deadline was March 19, 2020.

Both a Democratic Party convention and a Republican Party convention were held on April 25, 2020. The conventions either narrowed down the candidate field for the primaries or advanced a candidate to the general election.

Incumbent Sean D. Reyes won election in the general election for Attorney General of Utah.

Reyes won the Republican primary on June 30 with 54% of the vote to Leavitt's 46%. Reyes, Skordas, and Rudy Bautista (L) ran in the general election.

For more information about the Democratic convention, click here.
For more information about the Republican primary, click here.

Election procedure changes in 2020[edit]

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Utah modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: The third-party collection and return of absentee ballots was restricted to individuals residing in the same household as the voter.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results[edit]

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 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 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 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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Past elections[edit]

2016[edit]

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

Click [show] at the right to view more past election results.

2014 See also: Utah Attorney General special election, 2014 On November 4, 2014, Republican incumbent Sean Reyes won election to fill the remainder of the term. Attorney General of Utah, 2014 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Sean Reyes Incumbent 63.1% 355,275      Democratic Charles Stormont 27% 151,967      Libertarian Andrew McCullough 4% 22,333      Constitution Gregory Hansen 3.3% 18,722      Independent Leslie Curtis 2.7% 15,108 Total Votes 563,405 Election results via Utah Lieutenant Governor 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) 2008 On November 4, 2008, Mark L. Shurtleff won re-election to the office of Utah Attorney General. He defeated Jean Welch Hill (D) and W. Andrew McCullough (L) in the general election. Utah Attorney General, 2008 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Mark L. Shurtleff Incumbent 69.3% 650,147      Democratic Jean Welch Hill 26.6% 249,492      Libertarian W. Andrew McCullough 4.1% 38,231 Total Votes 937,870 Election results via Elections.utah.gov. 2004 On November 2, 2004, Mark L. Shurtleff won re-election to the office of Utah Attorney General. He defeated Gregory G. Skordas (D) and W. Andrew McCullough (L) in the general election. Utah Attorney General, 2004 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Mark L. Shurtleff Incumbent 68.4% 614,742      Democratic Gregory G. Skordas 28.4% 255,779      Libertarian W. Andrew McCullough 3.2% 28,704 Total Votes 899,225 Election results via Utah Secretary of State (timed out). 2000 On November 7, 2000, Mark L. Shurtleff won election to the office of Utah Attorney General. He defeated Reed M. Richards (D) and W. Andrew McCullough (L) in the general election. Utah Attorney General, 2000 Party Candidate Vote % Votes      Republican Mark L. Shurtleff 57.5% 435,988      Democratic Reed M. Richards 39.5% 299,683      Libertarian W. Andrew McCullough 2.9% 22,273 Total Votes 757,944 Election results via Utah Secretary of State (timed out).

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

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