The 56-year-old Democrat made the announcement Wednesday, joined by supporters including County Mayor Ben McAdams, former Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank and former Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder — who resigned last year to take the job as Moab police chief.
“We run our office with justice, fairness and equality, and it is paramount that we continue to do so,” Gill said in a statement announcing his candidacy.
McAdams, in the statement, called Gill a “fiscal conservative” who ran the office “efficiently, saving taxpayer dollars, and at the same time, restored sustained public trust in the office.