2012 Utah Attorney General election

none February 2026 April 2025 2012 Utah Attorney General election Utah 1922 presidential no 2008 Utah Attorney General election 2008 2014 Utah Attorney General special election 2014 (sp) November 6, 2012 x150px GOP John Swallow Republican Party (United States) 638,492 64.70% DEM Dee W. Smith Democratic Party (United States) 295,317 29.93% LIB W. Andrew McCullough Libertarian Party (United States) 53,018 5.37% 230px County results 230px Congressional districts results Swallow: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Smith: #A5B0FF 40–50% Attorney General Mark Shurtleff Republican Party (United States) John Swallow Republican Party (United States) The 2012 Utah Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2012. Mark Shurtleff, the incumbent Attorney General of Utah since 2001, elected to retire. Republican John Swallow won the election, defeating Weber County Attorney Dee W. Smith in a landslide and underperformed Republican nominee Mitt Romney in the concurrent presidential election by 13%. In December 2013, Swallow resigned after investigations into improprieties. General election Candidates John Swallow, Chief Deputy Attorney General for Utah and former state senator (Republican) Dee W. Smith, Weber County Attorney (Democratic)Dee W. Smith https://ballotpedia.org/Dee_W._Smith Ballotpedia 1 Apr 2025 W. Andrew McCullough, perennial candidate, Libertarian nominee for this office in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 (Libertarian) Results 2012 Utah Attorney General election2012 General https://vote.utah.gov/historical-election-results/ Utah Voter Information 1 Apr 2025 Republican Party (United States) John Swallow 638,492 64.70% 4.62 Democratic Party (United States) Dee W. Smith 295,317 29.93% 3.33 Libertarian Party (United States) W. Andrew McCullough 53,018 5.37% 1.29 986,827 100.00% N/A Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) By congressional district Swallow won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1manIqfT37SXfGbFOnKg5oroXH4oEmxIEr44bvexBY3g/edit?gid=186804243#gid=186804243 utah 2012 ag-by-cd District Swallow Smith McCullough RepresentativeUtah 1 1st 66% 29% 5%Rob BishopUtah 2 2nd 61% 33% 5%Chris StewartUtah 3 3rd 71% 24% 5%Jason ChaffetzUtah 4 4th 60% 34% 6%Jim Matheson See also 2012 Utah gubernatorial election References Attorney General Utah Category:Utah Attorney General elections