Daniel R. Liljenquist (born July 10, 1974) is an American businessman and politician who served one term in the Utah State Senate.

Liljenquist spent the summer between his first and second years of law school interning for the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship.

[1] Upon graduating from law school, Liljenquist launched his career as a consultant with Bain & Company, serving in their Dallas, Texas office.

[3] In the November general election, he received 70.40% of the vote to Democrat Richard Watson's 26.2% and Constitution Party candidate Jorgina Hancock's 3.3%.

In his freshman year in the Utah Senate, Liljenquist sponsored SB 126: State Personnel Management Act Amendments that put performance over length of service when considering rehiring public employees, effectively eliminating tenure.

In 2010, Liljenquist addressed pension reform with SB 63, moving Utah to a defined contribution state maxing out at 10%.

On January 4, 2012, during an interview with Doug Wright on KSL, Liljenquist announced his intention to challenge longtime incumbent U.S.

[citation needed] With ten Republican candidates in the race through the state convention, Liljenquist won 40.8% of the delegate vote, forcing Hatch into his first primary since 1976.

Liljenquist had been traveling in Guatemala with CHOICE Humanitarian when the plane crashed in a field due to an engine failure.