Utah gubernatorial election, 2016

Utah gubernatorial election, 2016
Utah
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Mike Weinholtz
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Kim Bowman
Incumbent Governor

Gary Herbert
Republican

The 2016 Utah gubernatorial election will take place 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.

Incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert is running for re-election to a third term in office.[1] Herbert faces Republican challenger Jonathan "JJ" Johnson who successfully defeated Herbert in the state convention to secure a spot on the primary ballot, forcing Herbert into a primary even though Herbert has made a career out of politics.[2].

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.[1][3]

Candidates

Declared

There will be a Republican gubernatorial primary election on June 28th, 2016 since Republican Jonathan "JJ" Johnson has defeated Gary Herbert at the state Republican convention.

In addition to Johnson's victory at the Republican state convention, he has already affected the Herbert administration's policy in education. Johnson has been campaigning on the issue of more local control in education, Herbert, since his defeat at the Republican convention, has followed Johnson's lead in reversing his former policy of depositing control of education, in Washington D.C.[4]

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Defeated at convention

Potential

Declined

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Gary
Herbert (R)		 Jim
Matheson (D)		 Other Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates March 30–April 7, 2015 601 ± 4.0% 57% 33% — 11%

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Governor Herbert says he will run for re-election in 2016". The Salt Lake Tribune. June 25, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Fox 13 Utah: Governor Gary Herbert Forced Into Primary Election by Jonathan "JJ" Johnson".
  3. ↑ "Becky Lockhart, Utah’s first female House speaker, dies". FOX13. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Governor Gary Herbert's flip flop over Common Core Puzzling".
  5. ↑ Frandsen, Eric (March 13, 2015). "Former Overstock CEO speaking in Logan Monday and wants to be Utah's next governor". Cache Valley Daily. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ Gehrke, Robert. "Democrat relies on outsider status, business success in bid for Utah governor". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  7. ↑ Leonard, Wendy (April 23, 2016). "Utah Dems nominate Weinholtz to run for governor". Deseret News.
  8. ↑ Cook, Vaughn. "Personal Note from Vaughn Cook". Utah County Democrats Facebook Page. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  9. ↑ Schott, Bryan (November 30, 2015). "2016 Candidate Tracker - Congressional and Statewide Offices". Utah Policy. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Is a run for governor or Senate in Matheson’s future?". The Salt Lake Tribune. December 23, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  11. ↑ Cheney, Kyle (December 29, 2014). "16 in '16: The new battle for the Senate". Politico. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ "GOP Utah governor candidate Johnson to debate Democratic lawmaker Dabakis". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 25, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

External links

Official campaign websites
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