2024 Utah gubernatorial election

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2024 Utah gubernatorial election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
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NomineeTBD Brian King
Party Republican Democratic
Running mateTBDTBD

Incumbent Governor

Spencer Cox
Republican



The 2024 Utah gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of Utah, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Spencer Cox is running for re-election to a second term in office. Primary elections will take place on June 25, 2024. [1]

Contents

Background

Utah is considered to be a strongly red state at the federal and state levels: Republicans control all statewide executive offices, the entire congressional delegation, and supermajorities in both state legislative chambers. In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump carried Utah by 20.5 percentage points. [2] [3]

Cox was first elected in 2020, defeating Christopher Peterson by 32.65 points. [4]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Eliminated at convention

Declined

Endorsements

Phil Lyman
Political parties
Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Spencer
Cox
Sylvia
Fisk
Carson
Jorgensen
Phil
Lyman
Scott
Robbins
Other/Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates January 16-21, 2024428 (RV)± 4.74%50%3%3%3%5%37%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Brian King, state representative from the 23rd district (2009–present) and former Minority Leader of the Utah House of Representatives (2015–2023) [12]
    • Running mate: TBA

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Presumptive nominee

Independent American Party

Candidates

Presumptive nominee

  • Tommy Williams, perennial candidate and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022 [13]

Independents

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [14] Solid RJuly 21, 2023
Inside Elections [15] Solid RJuly 14, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe RJuly 13, 2023
Elections Daily [17] Safe RJuly 12, 2023

Results

2024 Utah gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican TBD
TBD
Democratic Brian King
TBD
Libertarian Robert Latham
TBD
Independent American Tommy Williams
TBD
Independent Tom Tomeny
TBD
Total votes

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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