Two Terms. Then Hand it Over Better Than How I Found It.
The District Attorney does not report to a board. There is no supervisor and no annual performance review. An election is the only one, and it comes once every four years.
Eight years. Not one day past it.
There is no term limit on the Salt Lake County District Attorney's office. Kent Davis is committing to two terms anyway, because an office that cannot be measured from the outside needs a limit set from the inside.
A Two-Term Commitment
Eight Years, Then Out:
Kent Davis will serve no more than two terms as District Attorney. If elected in 2026, he will not seek a third term in 2034.
Nothing in the Law Requires This:
Utah sets no term limit on county prosecutors. This is a commitment Kent is making to voters, not a change to the law and not a claim that anyone has violated one.
A Standard, Not a Sacrifice:
Eight years is enough time to write filing standards, build a public dashboard, and prove the office works. If it cannot be fixed in eight years, it will not be fixed in twelve.
Why Term Limits are an Accountability Tool
The Only Review Is an Election:
Most executives answer to a board, a supervisor, or a published set of metrics. A District Attorney answers to voters once every four years, which makes the quality of that one review the whole system.
Long Tenure Without Measurement:
The 2025 legislative audit found the office does not use quantitative performance measures to evaluate its effectiveness, and that the only measures tracked are the case filing rate and prosecutor caseloads. Time in office is not a substitute for evidence that the office is working.
Fresh Eyes on Settled Practice:
The audit found screening staff operating without accessible written policies, and management stating that case-by-case handling was intentional. Practices harden the longer they go unexamined. Planned turnover forces the examination.
The Record This Is Measured Against
Sixteen Years, and a Fifth Term Requested:
Sim Gill was first elected in 2010 and took office in January 2011. He is asking voters for a fifth term, which would carry the office to twenty years under one administration.
A Record the Audit Documented:
The 2025 legislative audit found approximately 48 percent of a randomly selected 50-case sample of felony declinations lacked detailed reasoning, that the office uses no performance measures to evaluate effectiveness, and that staff restricted auditors from attending program admission meetings for months.
The Question on the Ballot:
Not how long someone has held the job. Whether the office can show the public it is doing the job well.
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