Janet Ann Crump was born on July 19, 1949, and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.
[7] Crump returned to Salt Lake and enrolled in the University of Utah's graduate school, where she got a master's degree in psychology in 1977.
[7] While in graduate school, she worked as a teacher at Franklin Elementary for one year, and as a counselor at the Northwest Multipurpose Center.
In the general election, she defeated Iron County Attorney Scott Burns, getting 49% of the statewide vote.
The litigation included arguments over the Attorney General's power, both from the tobacco companies,[13] and from Utah's Governor, Michael Leavitt.