2010 Utah gubernatorial special election

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2010 Utah gubernatorial special election
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Nominee Gary Herbert Peter Corroon
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Greg Bell Sheryl Allen [a]
Popular vote412,151205,246
Percentage64.07%31.90%
2010 Utah gubernatorial special election results map by county.svg
County results
Herbert:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Corroon:     50–60%
Governor before election

Gary Herbert
Republican

Elected Governor

Gary Herbert
Republican

The 2010 Utah gubernatorial special election took place November 2, 2010. It was a special election to fill the remainder of Governor Jon Huntsman's term. Huntsman resigned on August 11, 2009, to become United States Ambassador to China. Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert assumed the governorship and went on to defeat his Democratic opponent, Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, in the 2010 election. [1]

Contents

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Nominee

Defeated at convention

  • Richard Martin [2]
  • Daniel Van Oaks, Jr. [2]
State Republican Convention results (first round) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gary R. Herbert (incumbent)2,38670.8
Republican Daniel Van Oaks, Jr.83024.6
Republican Richard Martin1414.2

Libertarian

Other

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [4] Safe ROctober 14, 2010
Rothenberg [5] Safe ROctober 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics [6] Safe RNovember 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe ROctober 28, 2010
CQ Politics [8] Safe ROctober 28, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredGary Herbert (R)Peter Corroon (D)
Rasmussen Reports [9] October 13, 201066%29%
Dan Jones & Associates [10] September 7–13, 201052%31%
Rasmussen Reports [11] August 23, 201060%29%
Rasmussen Reports [12] June 23, 201058%31%
Rasmussen Reports [13] April 8, 201057%29%
Mason-Dixon [14] January 18–20, 201055%30%
Dan Jones & Associates [15] January 12–13, 201048%35%
Dan Jones & Associates [16] November 19–23, 200956%32%

Results

2010 Utah special gubernatorial election [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Gary Herbert (incumbent) 412,151 64.07% −13.56%
Democratic Peter Corroon 205,24631.90%+12.18%
Independent Farley Anderson13,0382.03%+2.03%
Libertarian W. Andrew McCullough12,8712.00%−0.62%
Majority206,90532.16%−25.75%
Turnout 643,306
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ↑ Roche, Lisa Riley (November 3, 2010). "Gov. Gary Herbert defeats Peter Coroon in special election for Utah's governor". Deseret News.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2010 Candidates". Utah Lieutenant Governor. Archived from the original on April 29, 2010. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ Round 1 Results: Candidates for Utah Governor Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine Accessed May 8, 2010
  4. ↑ "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report . Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  6. ↑ "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics . Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  7. ↑ "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  10. ↑ Dan Jones & Associates
  11. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  12. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  13. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  14. ↑ Mason-Dixon
  15. ↑ Dan Jones & Associates
  16. ↑ Dan Jones & Associates
  17. ↑ "Historical Election Results – Utah Voter Information". voteinfo.utah.gov.

Notes

  1. ↑ Corroon, selected Allen who is a republican as his running mate for the office of lieutenant governor,

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