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 second full term, defeating Democratic nominee Greg Skordas and Libertarian nominee Rudy Bautista.

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

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.

Results Republican convention resultsCandidateRound 1Round 2Votes%Votes%Sean Reyes1,77849.80%David O. Leavitt1,00228.07%1,48842.49%John Swallow79022.13%22.13%! colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" Inactive Ballots0 ballots69 ballots

Primary Endorsements

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize error DavidLeavitt SeanReyes UndecidedSuffolk UniversitySuffolk UniversityJune 4–7, 2020500 (LV)± 4.4%26%31%43%

Debate + 2020 Utah Attorney General election republican primary debate Date Host Moderator Link Republican RepublicanKey: Participant  Absent  Not invited  Invited Withdrawn David O. Leavitt Sean Reyes1 Jun. 2, 2020 Utah Debate Commission David Magleby YouTube

Results

Democratic convention Candidates Nominee Greg Skordas, nominee for Attorney General in 2004

Eliminated at convention Kevin Probasco, attorney and Republican candidate for in 2018

Libertarian convention Candidates Nominee Rudy Bautista, defense attorney

General election Debate + 2020 Utah Attorney General debate Date Host Moderator Link Republican DemocraticKey: Participant  Absent  Not invited  Invited Withdrawn Sean Reyes Greg Skordas1 Oct. 21, 2020 Utah Debate Commission Jennifer Napier-Pearce YouTube

Predictions Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report July 17, 2020

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror SeanReyes (R) GregSkordas (D) RudyBautista (L) UndecidedLighthouse Research/Salt Lake TribuneLighthouse Research/Salt Lake TribuneAugust 31 – September 12, 20202,000 (RV)± 4.4%46%25%5%23%

Results

By county CountySean ReyesRepublicanGreg SkordasDemocraticRudy BautistaLibertarian # % # % # %Beaver2,50184.4%36112.2%1003.4%Box Elder20,97778.9%4,15515.6%1,4405.4%Cache38,69069.2%14,11825.3%3,0715.5%Carbon6,25168.5%2,45626.9%4154.5%Daggett46478.9%10818.4%162.7%Davis108,27564.2%50,06529.7%10,3906.2%Duchesne7,05485.2%8219.9%4064.9%Emery3,93082.7%68114.3%1433.0%Garfield2,06978.1%48418.3%973.7%Grand2,23044.2%2,58451.2%2304.6%Iron18,32776.2%4,25217.7%1,4796.1%Juab4,81484.2%67111.7%2304.0%Kane2,95873.1%94623.4%1403.5%Millard5,08984.2%66811.1%2844.7%Morgan5,16279.8%1,01015.6%2994.6%Piute73786.5%9310.9%222.6%Rich1,10082.3%19314.4%433.2%Salt Lake237,15845.3%257,00249.1%29,1895.6%San Juan3,36451.6%2,67140.9%4887.5%Sanpete10,07481.8%1,63213.3%6024.9%Sevier8,75885.9%1,05810.4%3783.7%Summit10,64142.0%13,58553.7%1,0944.3%Tooele20,80967.1%8,21826.5%1,9886.4%Uintah12,54884.8%1,62811.0%6244.2%Utah201,69272.4%60,24921.6%16,5135.9%Wasatch10,86263.6%5,42131.7%8094.7%Washington64,54673.5%18,15520.7%5,1075.8%Wayne1,18374.7%35522.4%462.9%Weber66,59061.0%35,86032.8%6,8016.2%Totals878,85360.58%489,49933.74%82,4445.68% Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Salt Lake (largest city: Salt Lake City) Grand (largest municipality: Moab)

By congressional district Reyes won all four congressional districts. District Reyes Skordas Bautista Representative66% 28% 6%Rob BishopBlake Moore 57% 37% 6%Chris Stewart 64% 30% 5%John Curtis55% 39% 6%Ben McAdamsBurgess Owens

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