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Utah gubernatorial election, 2016

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November 8, 2016
  
2020 →

66.7%
  
28.7%

Location
  
Utah, United States

750,850
  
323,349

Date
  
8 November 2016

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Winner
  
Gary Herbert

The 2016 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Utah, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert is running for re-election to a third term in office. Republican challenger Jonathan E. Johnson defeated Herbert in the state convention to secure a spot on the primary ballot, but Herbert won the June 28, 2016 primary and secured the nomination.

The Democrats nominated former CHG Healthcare Services CEO Mike Weinholtz at the Utah Democratic convention in April.

Background

Republican Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. resigned in August 2009 to become United States Ambassador to China and Lieutenant Governor Herbert succeeded him. He was elected to serve out the remainder of Huntsman's term in a 2010 special election and was re-elected to a full four-year term in 2012.

Republican nomination

Former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives Rebecca D. Lockhart was widely believed to be a potential Republican candidate, but she died of a rare neurodegenerative brain disease in January 2015.

Incumbent governor Gary Herbert won the June 28, 2016 primary, defeating Overstock.com Chairman Jonathan Johnson.

Declared

  • Gary Herbert, incumbent Governor
  • Jonathan "JJ" Johnson, businessman and chairman of the board of Overstock.com
  • Democratic nomination

    Weinholtz defeated Cook at the Democratic convention to become the nominee.

    Declared

  • Michael Weinholtz, former Chairman and CEO of CHG Healthcare Services
  • Withdrew

  • Vaughn R Cook, founder and CEO of ZYTO Technologies
  • Declined

  • Ed Allen, former State Senator
  • Jim Dabakis, State Senator and former Chairman of the Utah Democratic Party
  • Jim Matheson, former U.S. Representative
  • Ben McAdams, Mayor of Salt Lake County and former State Senator
  • Polling

  • → Internal poll conducted on behalf of the Utah Republican Party.
  • References

    Utah gubernatorial election, 2016 Wikipedia