2016 Utah Attorney General election

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2016 Utah Attorney General election
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DEM
LIB
Nominee Sean Reyes Jon HarperW. Andrew McCullough
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote719,064275,57173,975
Percentage65.41%25.07%6.73%

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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

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%.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Sean Reyes

Individuals

Organizations

  • Utah Fraternal Order of Police [3]
Jon Harper

Individuals

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sean Reyes (incumbent) 719,064 65.4%
Democratic Jon Harper275,57125.1%
Libertarian Andrew McCullough73,9756.7%
Independent AmericanMichael Isbell30,6872.8%
Total votes1,099,297 100.0%

By congressional district

Reyes won all four congressional districts. [6]

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2016 Candidate Filings". Utah Lieutenant Governor. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Endorsements".
  3. "Reyes AG Endorsement" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. "Ex-Jazz coach Frank Layden endorses Democrat Jon Harper in A.G. Race". Deseret News . August 3, 2016. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016.
  5. General election statewide canvass
  6. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::34e5ac82-d619-4402-963a-9d1118f318f7