2010 Utah gubernatorial special election

For related races, see 2010 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 2010 Utah gubernatorial special 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

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Nominee Gary Herbert Peter Corroon Party Republican Democratic Running mate Greg Bell Sheryl Allen Popular vote 412,151 205,246 Percentage 64.07% 31.90%

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

Candidates

Democratic

• Peter Corroon, Mayor of Salt Lake County^[2]

Republican

Nominee

• Gary Herbert, Governor^[2]

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	24.6
	Republican	Richard Martin	141	4.2

Libertarian

• W Andrew McCullough^[2]

Other

• Farley Anderson^[2]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report[4]	Safe R	October 14, 2010
Rothenberg[5]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics[6]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
CQ Politics[8]	Safe R	October 28, 2010

Polling

Poll source	Dates administered	Gary Herbert (R)	Peter Corroon (D)
Rasmussen Reports[9]	October 13, 2010	66%	29%
Dan Jones & Associates[10]	September 7–13, 2010	52%	31%
Rasmussen Reports[11]	August 23, 2010	60%	29%
Rasmussen Reports[12]	June 23, 2010	58%	31%
Rasmussen Reports[13]	April 8, 2010	57%	29%
Mason-Dixon[14]	January 18–20, 2010	55%	30%
Dan Jones & Associates[15]	January 12–13, 2010	48%	35%
Dan Jones & Associates[16]	November 19–23, 2009	56%	32%

Results

2010 Utah special gubernatorial election^[17]

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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Summit (largest municipality: Park City)

See also

• 2010 United States gubernatorial elections
• Dan Jones & Associates