The 2008 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. The deadline to file for the primary was June 24, 2008.[1] Incumbent Republican Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. won re-election in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Bob Springmeyer and Libertarian nominee Dell Schanze.
2008, utah, gubernatorial, election, related, races, 2008, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, held, november, 2008, deadline, file, primary, june, 2008, incumbent, republican, governor, huntsman, election, landslide, defeating, democratic, nominee, spri. For related races see 2008 United States gubernatorial elections The 2008 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4 2008 The deadline to file for the primary was June 24 2008 1 Incumbent Republican Governor Jon Huntsman Jr won re election in a landslide defeating Democratic nominee Bob Springmeyer and Libertarian nominee Dell Schanze 2008 Utah gubernatorial election 2004 November 4 2008 2010 special Nominee Jon Huntsman Jr Bob Springmeyer Party Republican Democratic Running mate Gary Herbert Josie Valdez Popular vote 734 049 186 503 Percentage 77 6 19 7 County resultsHuntsman 60 70 70 80 80 90 Governor before election Jon Huntsman Jr Republican Elected Governor Jon Huntsman Jr Republican Contents 1 Candidates 1 1 Republican Party 1 2 Democratic Party 1 3 Libertarian Party 2 General election 2 1 Predictions 2 2 Polling 2 3 Results 2 3 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 3 References 4 External linksCandidates editRepublican Party edit Jon Huntsman Jr incumbent Governor 2 Democratic Party edit Bob Springmeyer businessman 2 Libertarian Party edit Dell Schanze businessman 2 General election editPredictions edit Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report 3 Safe R October 16 2008 Rothenberg Political Report 4 Safe R November 2 2008 Sabato s Crystal Ball 5 Safe R November 3 2008 Real Clear Politics 6 Safe R November 4 2008 Polling edit Source Date JonHuntsman Jr R BobSpringmeyer D Dan Jones Deseret News September 8 11 2008 77 13 Mason Dixon Salt Lake Tribune August 13 15 2008 73 9 Rasmussen Reports June 25 2008 66 19 Results edit 2008 Utah gubernatorial election 7 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jon Huntsman Jr incumbent 735 049 77 63 19 89 Democratic Bob Springmeyer 186 503 19 72 21 62 Libertarian Dell Schanze 24 820 2 62 Write ins 153 0 02 Majority 547 546 57 91 41 51 Turnout 945 525 Republican hold Swing Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit Carbon largest municipality Price Grand largest municipality Moab Salt Lake largest city Salt Lake City Summit largest city Park City References edit 2008 Election Dates Archived 2008 06 25 at the Wayback Machine from the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah a b c 2008 Candidates Archived 2008 09 24 at the Wayback Machine from the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah 2008 Governor Race ratings The Cook Political Report Retrieved March 4 2021 2008 Gubernatorial Ratings Gubernatorial Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report Retrieved May 25 2021 THE LAST LAST WORD The Crystal Ball s Final Projections for the 2008 Election Sabato s Crystal Ball Retrieved December 25 2021 2008 Utah Governor Race RealClearPolitics November 4 2008 Retrieved March 5 2021 Archived copy Archived from the original on June 11 2009 Retrieved November 28 2008 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link External links editUtah State Board of Elections Utah State Board of Elections Official Results 2008 General Election Utah Governor candidates at Project Vote Smart Utah Governor race from OurCampaigns com Utah Governor race from 2008 Race Tracker Campaign contributions permanent dead link from Follow the Money Huntsman R i vs Springmeyer D graph of collected poll results from Pollster com Official campaign websites Archived Jon Huntsman Republican incumbent nominee Bob Springmeyer Democratic nominee Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Utah gubernatorial election amp oldid 1216285758, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
