2010 Utah gubernatorial special election

The 2010 Utah gubernatorial 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]

2010 Utah gubernatorial special election
November 2, 2010
 
Nominee Gary Herbert Peter Corroon
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Greg Bell Sheryl Allen
Popular vote 412,151 205,246
Percentage 64.1% 31.9%
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

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Candidates

Democratic

Nominee

Defeated at convention
  • Richard Martin[2]
  • Daniel Van Oaks, Jr.[2]
State Republican Convention results (first round)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gary R. Herbert (incumbent) 2,386 70.8
Republican Daniel Van Oaks, Jr. 830 24.63
Republican Richard Martin 141 4.18

Libertarian
  • W Andrew McCullough[2]

Other
  • Farley Anderson[2]

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report Solid R[4] October 23, 2010
Rothenberg Safe R[5] October 22, 2010
Swing State Project Likely R
RealClearPolitics Safe R[6] October 23, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R[7] October 21, 2010
CQ Politics Safe R[8] October 22, 2010

Polling
Poll source Dates administered Gary Herbert (R) Peter Corroon (D)
Rasmussen Reports October 13, 2010 66% 29%
Dan Jones & Associates September 7–13, 2010 52% 31%
Rasmussen Reports August 23, 2010 60% 29%
Rasmussen Reports June 23, 2010 58% 31%
Rasmussen Reports April 8, 2010 57% 29%
Mason-Dixon January 18–20, 2010 55% 30%
Dan Jones & Associates January 12–13, 2010 48% 35%
Dan Jones & Associates November 19–23, 2009 56% 32%

Results
2010 Utah special gubernatorial election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Gary Herbert (incumbent) 412,151 64.07% -13.56%
Democratic Peter Corroon 205,246 31.90% +12.18%
Independent Farley Anderson 13,038 2.03% +2.03%
Libertarian W. Andrew McCullough 12,871 2.00% -0.62%
Majority 206,905 32.16% -25.75%
Turnout 643,306
Republican hold Swing

See also

2010 United States gubernatorial elections
Dan Jones & Associates

References
  1. Roche, Lisa Riley (November 3, 2010). "Gov. Gary Herbert defeats Peter Coroon in special election for Utah's governor". Deseret News.
  2. "2010 Candidates". Utah Lieutenant Governor. Archived from the original on 2010-04-29. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  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. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  5. "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  6. "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  7. "2010 Governor Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  8. "Races for Governor in 2010". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  9. "Historical Election Results – Utah Voter Information". voteinfo.utah.gov.
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