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Aimee Winder Newton
Aimee Winder Newton (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Utah. She lost in the Republican convention on April 25, 2020.
Winder Newton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Aimee Winder Newton was born in Granger, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. Newton’s career experience includes working as a small business owner.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020
Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)
General election
General election for Governor of Utah
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Utah on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Spencer Cox (R) | 63.0 | 918,754 |
 | Chris Peterson (D)  | 30.3 | 442,754 | |
 | Daniel Cottam (L) | 3.5 | 51,393 | |
 | Gregory Duerden (Independent American Party of Utah) | 1.8 | 25,810 | |
| Madeline Kazantzis (Independent) (Write-in) | 1.3 | 18,988 | ||
 | Kristena Conlin (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 937 | |
 | Richard Whitney (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 230 | |
| Tyler Batty (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 12 | ||
| Total votes: 1,458,878 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Utah
Spencer Cox defeated Jon Huntsman, Gregory Hughes, and Thomas Wright in the Republican primary for Governor of Utah on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Spencer Cox | 36.1 | 190,565 |
 | Jon Huntsman | 34.9 | 184,246 | |
 | Gregory Hughes | 21.0 | 110,835 | |
 | Thomas Wright | 7.9 | 41,532 | |
| Total votes: 527,178 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jan Garbett (R)
Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Governor of Utah
The following candidates ran in the Democratic convention for Governor of Utah on April 25, 2020.
Candidate | ||
 | Neil Hansen (D) | |
| Ryan Jackson (D) | ||
 | Zachary Moses (D) | |
| ✔ | | Chris Peterson (D) |
 | Nikki Pino (D) | |
 | Archie Williams III (D) | |
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Republican convention
Republican Convention for Governor of Utah
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Gregory Hughes in round 6 , and Spencer Cox in round 6 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 3,579 |
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Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Aimee Winder Newton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Winder Newton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Her focus includes improving education, ending the teacher shortage, strengthening Utah's workforce, and creating long-term plans to tackle growth issues like housing, air quality, transportation and water.
Aimee currently serves on the Salt Lake County Council - where she's overseen the state's second largest budget and fought for innovative solutions to intergenerational poverty, mental health, and criminal justice. She was elected by her peers to serve as chair of the council in 2018.
Her 25 years of local government experience also includes helping to incorporate Taylorsville City, serving on a planning commission and school community councils, and working for city government in communications and economic development.
Aimee and her husband, Matt, have been married for 26 years and have four children, ages 16-24. She has been a small business owner since 2003.- Every child deserves a high quality education. Each student is different and there should never be a one-size-fits-all program for our kids. I will advocate for changes to how we measure schools, improve ways to track student growth, incentivize high-performing teachers, and focus on policies that bring in more quality teachers to fill the teacher shortage. I will continue to support the rights of parents to choose the best education for their child, whether they attend a school in a school district, charter school, private school, online school or homeschool. The federal government should not be involved in education decisions in Utah, and I oppose any efforts to usurp local control.
- Utah is experiencing tremendous growth in many areas of our state, which brings with it concerns over housing affordability, infrastructure for water and transportation, and air quality. As Governor, I will restore a strong planning component as one of the key functions of the Governor's office. We will coordinate with legislators, local leaders, and our metropolitan planning organizations to ensure that we are promoting smart growth that balances the character of our communities with new opportunities. Decisions regarding economic development, workforce, housing, and transportation can no longer happen in silos. As Governor, I will work towards comprehensive local, regional, and state government coordination.
- I firmly believe that government leaders need to take more seriously their charge to use tax dollars in a responsible way. On the county council I come prepared with ideas on how to cut wasteful spending and to better utilize dollars to make long-term impact and investment for the state's second largest budget. In 2015 I proposed $4 million and in 2019 I proposed $12 million in budget cuts. Nothing bothers me more than hearing government officials talk about a tax-payer funded budget item by saying, "But it's only $____ (insert dollar figure here)." As Governor, I will bring that same diligence and fiscal conservatism to the state budget.
My dad was one of Taylorsville's first city councilmen, served as a trustee on the Granger-Hunter Improvement District, and was an honorable businessman. Besides serving in the community, they taught their kids to take time in their lives to give back. They were also wonderful parents who taught us about God, Family and Country.
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2016 Republican National Convention
| Aimee Winder Newton | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 4 |
| State: | Utah |
| Bound to: | Ted Cruz |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Aimee Winder Newton was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Utah. All 40 delegates from Utah were bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[2] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Utah primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Utah, 2016
| Utah Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Ted Cruz |
69.2% | 122,567 | 40 | |
| John Kasich | 16.8% | 29,773 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 14% | 24,864 | 0 | |
| Totals | 177,204 | 40 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Utah had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any district-level delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide caucus vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[3][4]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. Utah's at-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any at-large delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she won all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[3][4]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ’’Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 17, 2020’’
- ↑ Utah GOP, "National/Alternate National Delegate & Elector Official Results," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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