The2014 Utah Attorney General special election was held on November 4, 2014.Attorney GeneralJohn Swallow resigned after investigations into improprieties, andGovernorGary Herbert appointedSean Reyes to replace him. Reyes defeated Democratic nomineeCharles Stormont in a landslide. Stormont was the first Democratic candidate since2004 to win multiple counties, carryingSummit andGrand counties.
Scott Burns, formerIron County attorney, former deputy director for State and Local Affairs at theONDCP and nominee for attorney general in 1992 and 1996
Michelle Mumford, an attorney, assistant dean of admissions at theBrigham Young Universitylaw school and secretary of the Utah Republican Party
Bret Rawson, a reserveBountiful policeman and attorney
Sean Reyes, an attorney who lost to Swallow in the primary in 2012
Stephen Sorenson, a retired prosecutor and former head of the litigation division of the Attorney General's office
Burns, Sorensen, Tarbet and Wilkins all said they would not run in the special election if chosen.[2]
Sorenson withdrew from contention on December 9, 2013, with Ward also withdrawing two days later.[3] A debate was held on December 11[4] and Reyes, Smith and Tarbet were chosen as the finalists by the Central Committee on December 14.[5] Herbert chose Reyes on December 23,[6] who was sworn in on December 30, 2013.[7]
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