2012 Utah gubernatorial election

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Nominee	Gary Herbert	Peter Cooke
Party	Republican	Democratic
Running mate	Greg Bell	Vincent Rampton
Popular vote	624,678	253,514
Percentage	68.41%	27.58%

County results
Herbert: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

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Gary Herbert
Republican

Elected Governor

Gary Herbert
Republican

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The 2012 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012. It was won by Republican incumbent Governor Gary Herbert.

Republican nomination

Candidates

Gary Herbert, incumbent governor

Defeated at convention

David Kirkham, businessman and co-founder of the Utah tea party
Morgan Philpot, former state representative and nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010
Lane Ronnow
William Skokos, energy entrepreneur and CEO of Standard American Oil Company
Ken Sumsion, state representative

Declined

Stephen Sandstrom, state representative
Mark Shurtleff, state attorney general

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gary Herbert	David Kirkham	Morgan Philpot	Ken Sumison	Other/ Undecided
Mason-Dixon	April 9–11, 2012	422	± 4.9%	69%	2%	13%	1%	15%

Convention results

Republican convention, 1st round results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Herbert	2,253	57.67
	Republican	Morgan Philpot	905	23.16
	Republican	David Kirkham	358	9.16
	Republican	Ken Sumsion	254	6.50
	Republican	William Skokos	128	3.28
	Republican	Lane Ronnow	9	0.23
Total votes			3,907	100

Republican convention, 2nd round results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Herbert	2,464	63.26
	Republican	Morgan Philpot	1,431	36.74
Total votes			3,895	100

Democratic nomination

Candidate

Peter Cooke, businessman and retired major general in the United States Army Reserve

Declined

Jim Matheson, U.S. representative

General election

Candidates

Gary Herbert (Republican), incumbent governor

Running mate: Greg Bell, incumbent lieutenant governor

Peter Cooke (Democratic), businessman and retired major general in the United States Army Reserve

Running mate: Vincent Rampton, attorney and son of former Governor Cal Rampton

Kirk D Pearson (Constitution)

Running mate: Tim Aalders

Ken Larsen (Libertarian), medical researcher

Running mate: Robert Latham, attorney

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 11, 2012 - C-SPAN

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid R	November 1, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg Political Report	Safe R	November 2, 2012
Real Clear Politics	Safe R	November 5, 2012

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gary Herbert (R)	Peter Cooke (D)	Other/ Undecided
Deseret News/KSL	October 26–November 1, 2012	870	± 43.4%	69%	24%	5%
Key Research	October 9–13, 2012	500	± 4.4%	65%	19%	15%
Utah State University	October 8–13, 2012	n/a	± 7.6%	76%	17%	7%
Mason-Dixon	April 9–11, 2012	625	± 4%	65%	27%	8%

Results

2012 Utah gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Gary Herbert (incumbent)	688,592	68.41%	+4.34%
	Democratic	Peter Cooke	277,622	27.58%	−4.32%
	Libertarian	Ken Larsen	22,611	2.25%	+0.25%
	Constitution	Kirk D. Pearson	17,696	1.76%	N/A
	n/a	Write-ins	3	0.00%	N/A
Total votes			'*1,006,524'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Summit (largest municipality: Park City)

By congressional district

Herbert won all 4 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.

District	Herbert	Cooke	Representative
1st	72.67%	23.35%	Rob Bishop
2nd	63.67%	32.21%	Chris Stewart
3rd	73.79%	22.32%	Jason Chaffetz
4th	63.21%	32.75%	Jim Matheson

References

"Gov. Herbert wins first full term in office | Local News | heraldextra.com". www.heraldextra.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
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^ Gehrke, Robert; Canham, Matt (April 21, 2012). "Herbert wins nod, Philpot feels betrayed". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
Meyers, Donald W. (January 18, 2012). "Utah tea party founder Kirkham takes on Herbert". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
Hesterman, Billy (November 30, 2011). "Philpot to challenge Herbert in 2012". Daily Herald. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
Davidson, Lee (November 11, 2011). "Utah governor faces challenge from inside the GOP". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
Roche, Lisa Riley (November 10, 2011). "GOP lawmaker to run against Gov. Herbert". Deseret News. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
Romboy, Dennis (November 14, 2011). "Sandstrom announces bid for Utah's new congressional district seat". Deseret News. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
Roche, Lisa Riley (June 9, 2011). "Two Utah political heavyweights eyeing key races". Deseret News. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
^ Mason-Dixon
^ "Election Results: Utah Governor's Race". Utah Republican Party. April 21, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
Isenstadt, Alex (December 15, 2011). "Matheson to run for reelection". Politico. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
Toeplitz, Shira (December 15, 2011). "Matheson to Run in New Utah District". Roll Call. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
Gehrke, Robert (April 19, 2012). "Rampton named as Peter Cooke's running mate". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
"2012 Candidate Filings - Lieutenant Governor's Office: Elections". Elections.utah.gov. April 26, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
Ken Larsen Free Speech Message. "Ken Larsen". Vote Utah. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
"Why Choose Rob? « J. Robert Latham | Attorney at Law". Jrobertlatham.pro. January 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2013.
"2012 Governor Race Ratings for November 1, 2012". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
"PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
"2012 Gubernatorial Ratings". Gubernatorial Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
"2012 Elections Map - 2012 Governor Races". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
Deseret News/KSL
Key Research
Utah State University
"Historical Election Results – Utah Voter Information". voteinfo.utah.gov.
"Utah 2012 gov-by-cd".

External links

Utah Government Services – Elections Archived October 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Official campaign sites (Archived)

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