Utah gubernatorial election, 2016

Utah gubernatorial election, 2016
Utah
November 8, 2016
 
Party Republican Democratic
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]

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 primary

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][2]

Candidates

Declared

Democratic primary

Candidates

Potential

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Governor Herbert says he will run for re-election in 2016". The Salt Lake Tribune. June 25, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Becky Lockhart, Utah’s first female House speaker, dies". FOX13. January 17, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Is a run for governor or Senate in Matheson’s future?". The Salt Lake Tribune. December 23, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Cheney, Kyle (December 29, 2014). "16 in '16: The new battle for the Senate". Politico. Retrieved December 29, 2014.

External links

Official campaign websites