2020 Utah gubernatorial election

The 2020 Utah gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of Utah, concurrently with the 2020 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. Although incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert is eligible to run for re-election to a third full term, he initially announced shortly after being re-elected in 2016 that he would not run again, but indicated in January 2019 that he was open to the possibility of running again before ultimately deciding to retire and endorse his Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox.[1][2][3] Utah has not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office in January 1985. This is the second longest active streak of one-party leadership, trailing only South Dakota, which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979.[4][5]

See also: 2020 United States gubernatorial elections

2020 Utah gubernatorial election

November 3, 2020

Nominee Spencer Cox Christopher Peterson Party Republican Democratic Running mate Deidre Henderson Karina Brown

Incumbent Governor Gary Herbert Republican

The winner of the election will be the first non-incumbent gubernatorial candidate to be elected since Jon Huntsman Jr. in 2004, who ran in this election before he was eliminated in the primaries. The primaries took place on June 30, 2020. The filing deadline was on June 19, 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Spencer Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Utah[6][7][8]
  • Running mate: Deidre Henderson, state senator[9]

Eliminated in the primary

• Greg Hughes, former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives[10][11]
  • Running mate: Victor Iverson, Washington County Commission Chairman[12]
• Jon Huntsman Jr., former United States Ambassador to Russia, China and Singapore, former Governor of Utah[13]
  • Running mate: Michelle Kaufusi, Mayor of Provo[14]
• Thomas Wright, Republican National Committee executive committee member and former Chair of the Utah Republican Party[15]
  • Running mate: Rob Bishop, U.S. Representative for Utah's 1st congressional district and former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives[16][17]

Eliminated at the convention

• Jeff Burningham, businessman[18]
  • Running mate: Dan McCay, state senator[19]
• Jason Christensen, activist[20]
  • Running mate: Drew Chamberlain[12]
• Jan Garbett, businesswoman[21]
  • Running mate: Joseph Jarvis, physician and small business owner[22]
• Aimee Winder Newton, Salt Lake County councilwoman[23]
  • Running mate: John Dougall, Utah State Auditor[24]

Declined

• Rob Bishop, U.S. Representative (endorsed Wright, who in turn chose Bishop to run with him as his lieutenant governor)[25][26][27]
• Jason Chaffetz, former U.S. Representative[28]
• John Dougall, Utah State Auditor[27]
• Gary Herbert, incumbent Governor (endorsed Cox)[2][3]
• Mike Lee, U.S. Senator[29][30]
• Greg Miller, former CEO of the Utah Jazz[31][27]
• Sean Reyes, Attorney General of Utah[32]
• Josh Romney, real estate developer and son of Mitt Romney[33][34]

Endorsements

Spencer Cox

Federal officials John Curtis, United States Representative from Utah's 3rd congressional district[35] State officials Gary Herbert, Governor of Utah[36] Local officials Holly Daines, mayor of Logan[37] Mike Caldwell, mayor of Ogden[37] Randy Lewis, mayor of Bountiful[37] Jon Pike, mayor of St. George[37] Dawn Ramsey, mayor of South Jordan[37] Aimee Winder Newton, Salt Lake County councilwoman and former Republican candidate in 2020 Utah gubernatorial election[38] Organizations Utah Education Association (UEA)[39] Utah Public Employees Association (UPEA)[40] Individuals Gail Miller, Utah Jazz owner[41][42]

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

Federal officials Orrin Hatch, former U.S. Senator from Utah (1977-2019)[43] Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah[44] Mia Love, former U.S. Representative (2015-2019)[45] Organizations Utah Fraternal Order of Police[46] Individuals Abby Huntsman, journalist and television personality (daughter of Jon Huntsman Jr.)[47] Karl Malone, retired professional basketball player[46] Meghan McCain, columnist, author, political commentator, and television personality[48]

Thomas Wright
Federal officials Rob Bishop, U.S. Representative from Utah's 1st congressional district)[49]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jeff Burningham	Spencer Cox	Jan Garbett	Greg Hughes	Jon Huntsman Jr.	Aimee Winder Newton	Thomas Wright	Other / Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce	June 17–24, 2020	1,247 (LV)	± 2.77%	—	30%	—	15%	29%	—	6%	19%[lower-alpha 1]
Y2 Analytics UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News	June 9-17, 2020	797 (LV)[lower-alpha 2]	—	—	32%	—	23%	36%	—	9%	—
Y2 Analytics/Cox for Governor[upper-alpha 1]	June 13–16, 2020	691 (LV)	± 3.72%	—	34%	—	20%	28%	—	9%	9%[lower-alpha 3]
Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce	June 1–10, 2020	676 (LV)	± 3.77%	—	32%[lower-alpha 4]	—	10%	37%	—	5%	4%[lower-alpha 5]
Suffolk University/Salt Lake Tribune	June 4–7, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	—	32%	—	10%	30%	—	8%	17%
Deseret News/Hinckley Institute	May 25–31, 2020	643 (LV)	—	—	28%	—	18%	24%	—	4%	26%
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News	May 9–15, 2020	610 (LV)[lower-alpha 6]	—	—	40%	—	18%	34%	—	8%	—
Y2 Analytics	March 21–30, 2020	738 (LV)[lower-alpha 7]	–	5%	39%	< 1%	17%	33%	4%	1%	< 1%[lower-alpha 8]
Hinckley Institute	March 23–28, 2020	265	± 5.4%	7%	24%	1%	7%	26%	2%	2%	32%
Dan Jones & Associates	February 28 – March 11, 2020	338 (V)	± 5.3%	6%	30%	2%	12%	27%	4%	6%	15%
Hinckley Institute	February 24 – March 1, 2020	312	± 5.5%	7%	20%	1%	7%	32%	2%	1%	30%
Suffolk University/Salt Lake Tribune	January 18–22, 2020	246 (LV)	± 6.3%	1%	18%	–	7%	26%	1%	1%	46%
Hinckley Institute/Deseret News	January 15–22, 2020	424 (LV)	± 4.8%	6%	25%	–	3%	35%	3%	3%	25%
Y2 Analytics	November 19 – December 7, 2019	911	± 4.6%	5%	41%	–	5%	29%	5%	1%	14%[lower-alpha 9]
Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce	October 3–10, 2019	271 (V)	–	2%	34%	–	2%	30%	–	7%	25%

Hypothetical polling

with Rob Bishop, Jason Chaffetz and Sean Reyes Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of error Rob Bishop Jason Chaffetz Spencer Cox Greg Hughes Greg Miller Sean Reyes Other / Undecided University of Utah January 15–24, 2019 311 ± 5.6% 10% 27% 28% 4% 2% 4% 24% University of Utah October 3–9, 2018 291 ± 6.0% 11% 25% 16% 3% 2% 7% 36% Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce June 11–18, 2018 510 ± 4.3% 9% 25% 16% 3% – 9% 37%

Convention results

Republican convention results[50]
Candidate	Round 1	Pct.	Round 2	Pct.	Round 3	Pct.	Round 4	Pct.	Round 5	Pct.	Round 6	Pct.
Spencer Cox	1,081	30.2%	1,082	30.2%	1,223	34.1%	1,287	35.9%	1,488	41.5%	1,884	52.6%
Greg Hughes	663	18.5%	674	18.8%	719	20.0%	901	25.1%	1,107	30.9%	1,544	43.1%
Aimee Winder Newton	500	13.9%	508	14.1%	540	15.0%	703	19.6%	918	25.6%	Eliminated
Thomas Wright	489	13.6%	494	13.8%	553	15.4%	658	18.3%	Eliminated
Jeff Burningham	487	13.6%	504	14.0%	530	14.8%	Eliminated
Jon Huntsman Jr.	315	8.8%	315	8.8%	Eliminated
Jason Christensen	44	1.2%	Eliminated
Exhausted votes	0	0.0%	2	0.0%	14	0.3%	30	0.8%	66	1.8%	151	4.2%

Primary results

Results by county:

Cox

•   Cox—60–70%
•   Cox—50–60%
•   Cox—40–50%
•   Cox—30–40%

Huntsman

•   Huntsman—30–40%
•   Huntsman—40–50%
•   Huntsman—50–60%

Hughes

•   Hughes—30–40%
•   Hughes—40–50%

Republican primary results[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Spencer Cox	176,012	36.60%
	Republican	Jon Huntsman Jr.	165,083	34.33%
	Republican	Greg Hughes	101,500	21.11%
	Republican	Thomas Wright	38,274	7.96%
Total votes			480,869	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Christopher Peterson, University of Utah law professor and former CFPB official[52]
  • Running mate: Karina Brown, community organizer[53][54]

Eliminated at the convention

• Neil Hansen, former state representative[20]
  • Running mate: Brandy Farmer, candidate for Utah House of Representatives
• Ryan Jackson[20]
• Zachary Moses, CEO of HeTravel.com[55]
  • Running mate: Nate Kizerian, community activist[56]
• Nikki Pino Jr., youth counselor[57]
  • Running mate: Nikki Pino Sr., retired Army lieutenant colonel and father to Nikki Pino Jr.[56]
• Archie A Williams, 2014 Democratic candidate for District 60 of the Utah House of Representatives III[58]

Declined

• Peter Corroon, former Utah Democratic Party chair, former mayor of Salt Lake County, and nominee for governor in 2010[59]
• Scott Howell, former state senator and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000 and 2012[59]
• Patricia W. Jones, former state senator[59]
• Brian King, minority leader of the Utah House of Representatives[59] (endorsed Petersen)[60]
• Jim Matheson, former U.S. Representative[33]
• Ben McAdams, U.S. Representative[61] (running for re-election)
• Peter Metcalf, former CEO of Black Diamond Equipment[59]
• Paul Rolly, former columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune[59]
• Jim Winder, former Salt Lake County Sheriff[59]

Endorsements

Christopher Peterson
State Legislators Patrice M. Arent, State Representative[60] Brian King, Utah House Minority Leader[60] Local Officials Shireen Ghorbani, member of the Salt Lake County Council, At Large[60]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 10]	Margin of error	Neil Hansen	Ryan Jackson	Zachary Moses	Christopher Peterson	Nikki Pino	Archie Williams III	Other / Undecided
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News	March 21–30, 2020	167 (LV)	± 7.6%	11%	11%	7%	38%	28%	5%	10%

Convention results

Democratic convention results[62]
Candidate	Pct.
Christopher Peterson	88.4%
Zachary Moses	4.7%
Neil Hansen	4.0%
Nikki Ray Pino	1.4%
Ryan Jackson	1.4%
Archie Williams III	0.1%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

• Daniel Cottam, Bariatric Surgeon[63]
  • Running Mate: Barry Short, businessman and Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Utah[64]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[65]	Safe R	April 3, 2020
Inside Elections[66]	Safe R	June 19, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[67]	Safe R	July 14, 2020
Politico[68]	Safe R	July 6, 2020
Daily Kos[69]	Safe R	July 22, 2020
RCP[70]	Safe R	June 13, 2020

Endorsements

Spencer Cox (R)

Federal officials Mitt Romney, U.S. Senator from Utah[71] John Curtis, United States Representative from Utah's 3rd congressional district[72] State officials Gary Herbert, Governor of Utah[73] Local officials Holly Daines, mayor of Logan[37] Mike Caldwell, mayor of Ogden[37] Randy Lewis, mayor of Bountiful[37] Jon Pike, mayor of St. George[37] Dawn Ramsey, mayor of South Jordan[37] Aimee Winder Newton, Salt Lake County councilwoman and former Republican candidate in 2020 Utah gubernatorial election[74] Organizations Utah Education Association (UEA)[75] Utah Public Employees Association (UPEA)[76] Individuals Gail Miller, Utah Jazz owner[41][42]

Christopher Peterson (D)
State Legislators Patrice M. Arent, State Representative[60] Brian King, Utah House Minority Leader[60] Local Officials Shireen Ghorbani, member of the Salt Lake County Council, At Large[60]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 10]	Margin of error	Spencer Cox (R)	Christopher Peterson (D)	Daniel Cottam (L)
FiveThirtyEight	July 27-August 1, 2020	1000 (RV)	± 4%	49%	17%	3%

Hypothetical polling

with Spencer Eccles Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 10] Margin of error Jeff Burningham Spencer Cox Spencer Eccles Greg Hughes Jon Huntsman Jr. Thomas Wright Other / Undecided Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Oct 3-10, 2019 599 (LV) ± 4% 2% 26% 5% 2% 33% 4% 21% with only Spencer Cox, Greg Hughes and Jon Huntsman Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 10] Margin of error Spencer Cox Greg Hughes Jon Huntsman Jr. Other / Undecided Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Jun 11-Jul 1, 2019 801 (LV) – 37% 8% 43% 12% with Generic Democrat Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 10] Margin of error Spencer Cox Greg Hughes Jon Huntsman Jr. Aimee Winder-Newton Thomas Wright Generic Democrat (D) Other / Undecided Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce Jun 11-Jul 1, 2019 801 (LV) – 33% 5% 32% 2% 5% 11% 13% with Bishop, Chaffetz, Cox, Dougall, Hughes, Miller, Newton, Reyes and Generic Democrat (D) Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 10] Margin of error Rob Bishop Jason Chaffetz Spencer Cox Generic Democrat (D) Other / Undecided Dan Jones & Associates/UtahPolicy Jan 3-15, 2019 822 (RV) ± 3.4% 7% 18% 24% 11% 39%[lower-alpha 11]

Results

2020 Utah gubernatorial election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Spencer Cox
	Democratic	Christopher Peterson
	Libertarian	Daniel Cottam
	Write-in
Total votes				100.0%

Notes

Additional candidates

1. "Prefer not to answer" with 19%
2. Including registered Republican likely primary voters and currently unaffiliated likely primary voters
3. "Don't know/refused" with 9%
4. Including voters who lean towards a given candidate
5. Undecided with 4%
6. Including registered Republican likely primary voters and currently unaffiliated likely primary voters
7. Including registered Republican likely primary voters and currently unaffiliated likely primary voters
8. Christensen with <1%
9. Rob Bishop with 9% and Sean Reyes with 5%
10. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
11. Undecided with 26%, Reyes with 5%; "Other" with 3%; Miller and Winder-Newton with 2%; Hughes with 1%; Dougall with 0%

General

1. Poll sponsored by Cox' campaign

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External links

Official campaign websites

• Daniel Cottam (L) for Governor
• Spencer Cox (R) for Governor
• Christopher Peterson (D) for Governor