Republican Derek Brown is poised to become Utah's new attorney general after Sean Reyes announced his retirement from the scandal-plagued office. By the numbers: Brown had won 57.8% of the votes as of 11:30pm Tuesday.

Republican Derek Brown leads the race to replace Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, according to early returns.

After Tuesday night’s election, Derek Brown is expected to assume the Office of Attorney General for Utah in January. Brown, a Republican, began his run for the office in winter of 2023, planning to challenge current Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes in the primary.

Derek Brown will be Utah’s next attorney general after the race was called by The Associated Press at TK with Brown receiving TK of the vote. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes decided not to seek reelection,