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Parents > United States > Utah > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline March 17, 2020 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 03, 2020 - 08:05am Central
Polls Close November 03, 2020 - 09:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2021 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2025 - 12:00pm
ContributorKyle
Last ModifiedRBH November 23, 2020 05:00pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/2016
NameGary Herbert Votes750,850 (66.74%)
Term01/03/2017 - 01/03/2021 Margin427,501 (+38.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2024
NameSpencer J. Cox Votes781,431 (52.89%)
Term01/03/2025 - 01/03/2029 Margin360,917 (+24.43%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Apr 25, 2020 UT Governor - R Convention
Spencer J. Cox
R 3,428
Apr 25, 2020 UT Governor - D Convention
Chris Peterson
D 1,000
Jun 30, 2020 UT Governor - R Primary
Spencer J. Cox
R 527,178
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
05/05/2018 11/03/2020
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Spencer J. Cox 1 --1 23
Leaning Call: Spencer J. Cox (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Spencer J. Cox (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

07/27/2020 10/24/2020

CANDIDATES
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Name Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox Chris Peterson Daniel Rhead Cottam Gregory C. Duerden (W) Madeline Kazantzis (W) Kristena M. Conlin (W) Richard T. Whitney
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Independent American Unaffiliated Unaffiliated Unaffiliated
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 918,754 (62.98%) 442,754 (30.35%) 51,393 (3.52%) 25,810 (1.77%) 18,988 (1.30%) 937 (0.06%) 230 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -476,000 (-32.63%) -867,361 (-59.45%) -892,944 (-61.21%) -899,766 (-61.68%) -917,817 (-62.91%) -918,524 (-62.96%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website]
Entry Date 03/17/2020 03/00/2020 03/00/2020 03/00/2020 03/17/2020 03/17/2020 03/00/2020
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MATCHUP POLLS (6 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg52.72%-- 28.16%-- 4.18%-- 1.22%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
y2 Analytics 
10/15/20-10/24/20
58.00% 1.0 33.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Hinckley Institute of Politics 
10/12/20-10/17/20
50.00% 2.0 26.00% 7.0 6.00% 2.0 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
y2 Analytics 
09/26/20-10/04/20
57.00% -- 29.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Lighthouse Research 
08/31/20-09/12/20
55.00% -- 19.60% -- 5.00% -- 2.80% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Hinckley Institute of Politics 
09/07/20-09/12/20
52.00% -- 19.00% -- 4.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Hinckley Institute of Politics 
07/27/20-08/01/20
49.00% -- 17.00% -- 3.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Tyler Scott Batty  
PartyUnaffiliated  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 12 (0.00%)  
Margin-918,742 (-62.98%)  
Predict Avg.0.00%  
Cash On Hand $--  
Website  
Entry Date 03/17/2020  
MATCHUP POLLS (6 from 3 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%--  
y2 Analytics 
10/15/20-10/24/20
0.00% --
Hinckley Institute of Politics 
10/12/20-10/17/20
0.00% --
y2 Analytics 
09/26/20-10/04/20
0.00% --
Lighthouse Research 
08/31/20-09/12/20
0.00% --
Hinckley Institute of Politics 
09/07/20-09/12/20
0.00% --
Hinckley Institute of Politics 
07/27/20-08/01/20
0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 

DROPPED OUT - NO VOTES
Jon Huntsman, Jr. (I)
Aug 28, 2020

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R:7501Maryland Republican ( 3666.8198 points)
Mon, August 10, 2020 11:44:58 PM UTC0:00
Sounds like the door is back open for Huntsman to run as a write-in [Link]

 
R:7114Kyle ( 706.9630 points)
Tue, August 11, 2020 06:27:33 AM UTC0:00
Maryland Republican: Sounds like the door is back open for Huntsman to run as a write-in [Link]

The speculation I have been hearing is that this is very serious and more likely than not.

 
R:7501Maryland Republican ( 3666.8198 points)
Tue, August 11, 2020 08:13:52 AM UTC0:00
That’s interesting Kyle, do you think a Huntsman bid can gain any traction? Could this be a scenario like Kansas Senate in 2014; where the Democrat drops out in support of Huntsman? Huntsman got his strongest support in Salt Lake City it looked like.

 
R:7114Kyle ( 706.9630 points)
Wed, August 12, 2020 07:17:50 PM UTC0:00
Maryland Republican: That’s interesting Kyle, do you think a Huntsman bid can gain any traction? Could this be a scenario like Kansas Senate in 2014; where the Democrat drops out in support of Huntsman? Huntsman got his strongest support in Salt Lake City it looked like.

It depends on which way ideologically Huntsman decides to go. Rumor was that some people were looking to get Greg Hughes to run as Huntsman's running mate-making it the Trumpy ticket for the general. The other possibility is that Huntsman moderate and try to pick up center and center-left support from Peterson (Murkowski 2010 style.) If that were the case, maybe he could convince Peterson to drop out.

The dilemma for Huntsman is that his biggest opening would be the state's coronavirus response. However, cases are down big time over the last few weeks. Additionally, Huntsman ran to the right of Cox/Herbert on the covid response in the primary.

The fact that he already ran as a conservative in the primary would make it hard for him to ideologically shape-shift dramatically for the general election. Plus, the idea that he lost the convention and the primary, but would run a write-in in the general really would alienate a lot of people.

But, he does have the money and name recognition. If anyone could pull it off, it would be him.

 
R:7114Kyle ( 706.9630 points)
Sat, August 29, 2020 03:15:49 AM UTC0:00
Huntsman announces he will NOT run write-in campaign for governor.

Spencer Cox is de-facto governor elect.

 
D:1RP ( 5618.8218 points)
Tue, October 20, 2020 07:34:15 PM UTC0:00

 
D:1989RBH ( 5686.1743 points)
Mon, November 23, 2020 11:12:41 PM UTC0:00
Kazantzis was involved with groups such as "Moms Against Masks" if you're curious about how one gets almost 19k write-in votes in this election