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Ageneral election was held in the U.S. StateofUtah on November 4, 2014. The state's four seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election and there was a special election for Utah's attorney general. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2014.[1]
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Republican Attorney General John Swallow resigned in December 2013, less than a year into his first term, following multiple investigations into alleged bribery and campaign finance violations.[2]
Pursuant to Utah law, Governor Gary Herbert was required to pick a replacement from three names chosen by the Utah Republican Party Central Committee.[3] Nine Republican candidates put their names forward for consideration. They were:
Burns, Sorensen, Tarbet and Wilkins all said they would not run in the special election if chosen.[4]
Sorenson withdrew from contention on December 9, 2013, with Ward also withdrawing two days later.[5] A debate was held on December 11[6] and Reyes, Smith and Tarbet were chosen as the finalists by the Central Committee on December 14.[7] Herbert chose Reyes on December 23,[8] who was sworn in on December 30, 2013.[9]
A special election was thus be held for the remaining two years of Swallow's term, with the office then up for the regularly-scheduled election in 2016. Reyes was unopposed in the Republican primary. Opposing him in the general election were Democratic rancher and attorney Charles A. Stormont,[10][11] American Independent Party nominee Leslie Curtis, Constitution Party nominee Gregory Hansen and Libertarian nominee Andrew McCullough, a perennial candidate for office.[12]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Sean Reyes (R) |
Charles A. Stormont (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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| Brigham Young University | October 15–22, 2014 | 159 | ± 3.42% | 47% | 27% | 7%[13] | 19% |
Utah's four seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2014.
