Jefferson "Jeff" S. Burton is an American politician and retired Army Major General.

He attended Brigham Young University, enrolling in their ROTC program before leaving school and joining the Army in 1984.

Burton served in the United States Army from 1984 to 2019, including the last seven years as Adjutant General of the Utah National Guard.

In the Republican primary, he beat Kari Malkovich, a Woodland Hills City council member, carrying 60% of the vote.

Burton faced public criticism after he violated DOD rules by using images of him in uniform on multiple iterations of his campaign flyers.