2012 Utah Attorney General election

2012 Utah Attorney General election
November 6, 2012
 
GOP
DEM
LIB
Nominee John Swallow Dee W. Smith W. Andrew McCullough
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 638,492 295,317 53,018
Percentage 64.70% 29.93% 5.37%
Swallow:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Smith:      40–50%
Attorney General before election

Mark Shurtleff
Republican

 Elected Attorney General

John Swallow
Republican

The 2012 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2012. Mark Shurtleff, incumbent Attorney General of Utah, elected to retire. Republican John Swallow won the election, defeating Weber County Attorney Dee W. Smith in a landslide. Swallow underperformed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the concurrent presidential election by 13%. Swallow resigned less than a year into his term after investigations into improprieties.

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