2016 Utah Attorney General election

The 2016 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 4, 2008. Republican Sean Reyes, incumbent Attorney General of Utah, was elected to his second full term in office, defeating Democrat Jon Harper in a landslide. Reyes overperformed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in the concurrent presidential election by over 20%, though Harper only underperformed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by around 2%.

2016 Utah Attorney General election

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DEM LIB Nominee Sean Reyes Jon Harper W. Andrew McCullough Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Popular vote 719,064 275,571 73,975 Percentage 65.41% 25.07% 6.73%

County results Congressional districts results Reyes:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Harper:      40–50%

Attorney General before election Sean Reyes Republican Elected Attorney General Sean Reyes Republican

General election

Candidates

• Sean Reyes, incumbent (R)^[1]
• Jon Harper, private practice lawyer (D)^[1]
• Andrew McCullough, private practice lawyer (L)^[1]
• Michael Isbell, private practice lawyer (IAP)^[1]

Sean Reyes

Individuals

• Harris Simmons, president and CEO of Zions Bancorporation^[2]
• David Simmons, CEO of Simmons Media Group^[2]
• Robert G. Pedersen II, chairman of the board and CEO of ZAGG^[2]
• Ken Murdock, founder of Nature's Way^[2]
• Dave Brown, president, First Utah Bank^[2]
• Brett Tolman, former United States attorney for District of Utah^[2]

Organizations

• Utah Fraternal Order of Police^[3]

Jon Harper

Individuals

• Frank Layden, former Utah Jazz head coach^[4]

General election results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sean Reyes (incumbent)	719,064	65.4%
	Democratic	Jon Harper	275,571	25.1%
	Libertarian	Andrew McCullough	73,975	6.7%
	Independent American	Michael Isbell	30,687	2.8%
Total votes			1,099,297	100.0%

By congressional district

Reyes won all four congressional districts.^[6]

District	Reyes	Harper	Representative
1st	69%	21%	Rob Bishop
2nd	61%	29%	Chris Stewart
3rd	70%	21%	Jason Chaffetz
4th	61%	29%	Mia Love

See also

• 2016 Utah gubernatorial election