2020 Utah Attorney General election

The 2020 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020 along with several federal and state elections.

2020 Utah Attorney General election

November 3, 2020

Dem LP 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%

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

Incumbent Attorney General Sean Reyes was re-elected to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Greg Skordas and Libertarian nominee Rudy Bautista.

Party primaries and conventions

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]

Convention

Voting began for the convention on April 23, with results being announced on April 27.[3][4] Incumbent Sean Reyes and challenger David O. Leavitt advanced to the primary.

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

The Republican primary was held on June 30. Sean Reyes won re-nomination.

Republican primary results[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sean Reyes (incumbent)	275,212	54.04%
	Republican	David O. Leavitt	234,036	45.96%
Total votes			509,248	100%

Democratic convention

Greg Skordas ran unopposed for the nomination. Skordas had previously run as the Democratic nominee for attorney general in 2004.[7]

Libertarian convention

Defense attorney Rudy Bautista won the nomination.

General election

2020 Utah Attorney General election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sean Reyes	878,853	60.58%
	Democratic	Greg Skordas	489,499	33.74%
	Libertarian	Rudy Bautista	82,444	5.68%
Total votes			1,450,797	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

1. "Utah 2020 General Election". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
2. Winslow, Ben (2020-04-20). "COVID-19 forces Utah's political parties to hold 'online only' state conventions". KSTU. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
3. Webmaster (2020-04-23). "Voting is now Open!". The Utah Republican Party. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
4. Webmaster (2020-04-28). "Convention Results Posted". The Utah Republican Party. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
5. "Convention Results". The Utah Republican Party. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
6. "2020-Primary-Election-Canvass.pdf" (PDF). voteinfo.utah.gov. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
7. Means, Emily (2020-04-26). "Utah Democratic Party Announces Convention Results For Statewide Races". KUER. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
8. "2020-General-Election-Canvass.pdf" (PDF). voteinfo.utah.gov. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-12-15.