Utah gubernatorial election, 2016

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Nominee	Gary Herbert	Mike Weinholtz
Party	Republican	Democratic
Running mate	Spencer Cox	Kim Bowman
Popular vote	750,850	323,349
Percentage	66.7%	28.7%

Governor before election

Gary Herbert
Republican

Elected Governor

Gary Herbert
Republican

The 2016 Utah gubernatorial election was held 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. Republican challenger Jonathan E. Johnson defeated Herbert in the state convention to secure a spot on the primary ballot, but Herbert won the June 28, 2016 primary and secured the nomination.

The Democrats nominated former CHG Healthcare Services CEO Mike Weinholtz at the Utah Democratic convention in April.

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.

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