2024 Utah gubernatorial election
election for Governor of Utah
The 2024 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of Utah.
Incumbent Governor Spencer Cox ran for a second term, winning the Republican primary against state representative Phil Lyman with 54.4% of the vote; Lyman later mounted a write-in campaign for the general election. Cox won the general election in November, defeating Democratic nominee and state representative Brian King as well as Lyman.
This was the worst performance for a Republican gubernatorial candidate since 1992, which also saw a major independent candidate. Cox's 24.43% margin of victory was also the smallest since 2004.
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%.
Cox was first elected in 2020, defeating Christopher Peterson by 32.65%.
Republican primary
Incumbent Republican governor Spencer Cox faced criticism from many conservatives for his moderate political positions, including his veto of HB11, and opposition to former president Donald Trump. Cox was booed at the Utah Republican state convention in April 2024.
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