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The Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012. Declarations of candidacy were due to the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Utah between the 2nd and 3rd Friday in March, that is, between March 9 and 16, 2012. Candidates pay a $536 filing fee and minor party and independent candidates additionally must turn in 1,000 signatures. Write-in candidacies must be declared no later than 30 days prior to the election.

Gary Herbert and Greg Bell (R) Incumbents
Peter Cooke and Vince Rampton (D)
Ken Larsen and Rob Latham (L)
Kirk Pearson and Tim Alders (Con)

In Utah, candidates for the two major parties are selected at statewide party conventions, with a primary election occurring only in the event that a candidate does not receive at least 60% of the convention delegate vote. Third party candidates are nominated during a traditional primary election, which was held on June 26, 2012.

Incumbent Gary Herbert and running mate Greg Bell ran successfully for re-election on November 6, 2012, defeating Peter Cooke and Vince Rampton (D) and two pairs of third party challengers with over 68% of the total vote.^[1]

In July 2011, polling indicated that Herbert would have no trouble getting re-elected unless he were to face Congressman Jim Matheson.^[2] Matheson, though, opted to run for Congress in Utah's newly created 4th district- Matheson ultimately won the election. At the statewide Republican Party nominating convention in late April, Herbert captured 63 percent of the Republican delegates, beating out five other candidates for his party's nomination.^[3] At the Democratic Party's convention, Peter Cooke and his running mate Vince Rampton were unopposed and easily won their party's nod.^[3]

Though the Democrats and Republicans select their gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial candidates during their statewide convention in Utah, third party candidates are still chosen in the primary elections. The two pairs of major party candidates were met in November's general election by Libertarian Party candidate Ken Larsen and his running mate Rob Latham, along with Kirk Pearson (Utah) of the Constitution Party, who defeated Brandon Nay in the June 26 primary, and Pearson's running mate Tim Alders.

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Governor of Utah General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Cooke and Vince Rampton	27.7%	253,514
	Republican	Gary Herbert and Greg Bell Incumbent	68.4%	624,678
	Libertarian	Ken Larsen and Rob Latham	2.2%	19,956
	Constitution	Kirk Pearson and Tim Alders	1.7%	15,548
Total Votes				913,696
Election Results via State of Utah.

Key dates

Administrative deadlines are at close of business (5:00) unless otherwise noted.

Deadline	Event
Mar. 9 - Mar. 15	Candidate filing period
June 26	Primary election
Nov. 6	General election

Race ratings

2011 Race Rankings - Governor of Utah
Race Tracker		Race Rating
The Cook Political Report^[4]		Solid Republican
Governing Politics^[5]		Safe Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball^[6]		Solid Republican
Rasmussen Reports Gubernatorial Scorecard^[7]		No prediction yet
The Rothenberg Political Report^[8]		Safe Republican
Overall Call		Republican

General election candidates

Constitution Party primary election

Governor of Utah, Constitution Party Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kirk Pearson	66.2%	2,102
Brandon Nay	33.8%	1,073
Total Votes		3,175

Results are unofficial.

Former candidates

In Utah, Democratic and Republican candidate for governor are selected during the statewide partisan conventions. The following candidates did not receive their party's nomination at the April 21 statewide convention:^[9]

Primary polls

Republican

Governor of Utah (Republican primary)
Response	Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. April 9-11, 2012	Average
Gary Herbert	69%	69%
Morgan Philpot	13%	13%
David Kirkham	2%	2%
Kenneth Sumison	1%	1%

Number polled	625	625
Margin of error	+/-4.0	4%
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org

General election

Governor of Utah (Hypothetical)
Response	Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. April 9-11, 2012	Average
Gary Herbert	65%	65%
Peter Cooke	27%	27%
Undecided	8%	8%

Number polled	625	625
Margin of error	+/-4.0	4%
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org

Gary Herbert

Utah Education Association's PAC^[10]

Democrat

Peter Cooke Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$54,244.36	$(41,485.09)	$12,759.27
Primary Report	June 18, 2012	$12,759.27	$116,698.54	$(44,690.29)	$63,240.90
Post-Primary Report	August 31, 2012	$63,240.90	$0	$(85,777.04)	$94,162.40
Pre-General^[11]	October 25, 2012	$94,162.40	$93,639.20	$(122,366.74)	$65,434.86
			Running totals
			$264,582.1	$(294,319.16)

Republican

Gary Herbert Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$879,231.88	$(446,126.09)	$433,105.79
Primary Report	June 18, 2012	$433,105.79	$265,099.88	$(227,904.42)	$470,301.25
Post-Primary Report	August 31, 2012	$470,301.25	$319,797.96	$(292,083.24)	$498,015.97
Pre-General^[12]	October 25, 2012	$	$	$()	$
			Running totals
			$1,464,129.72	$(966,113.75)

Libertarian

Ken Larson Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$0	$(0)	$0
Primary Report	June 18, 2012	$	$	$()	$
Post-Primary Report	August 31, 2012	$0	$60.00	$(60.00)	$0
			Running totals
			$60	$(60)

Constitution

Brandon Nay Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$536.00	$(536.00)	$0
Primary Report	June 18, 2012	$0	$0	$(0)	$0
			Running totals
			$536	$(536)

Kirk Pearson Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$536.00	$(536.00)	$0
Primary Report	June 18, 2012	$0	$0	$(0)	$0
Post-Primary Report	August 31, 2012	$0	$0	$(0)	$0
			Running totals
			$536	$(536)

Former candidates

David Kirkham Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$123,744.96	$(90,867.21)	$32,877.75
Primary Report	June 18, 2012	$32,877.75	$17,033.50	$(47,354.36)	$2,556.89
			Running totals
			$140,778.46	$(138,221.57)

Morgan Philpot Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$40,508.40	$(16,642.10)	$23,866.30
			Running totals
			$40,508.4	$(16,642.1)

Kenneth Sumsion Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$23,744.55	$(20,454.92)	$3,289.63
Primary Report	June 18, 2012	$3,289.63	$5,456.00	$(6,956.95)	$1,788.68
Post-Primary Report	August 31, 2012	$1,788.68	$0	$(0)	$1,788.68
			Running totals
			$29,200.55	$(27,411.87)

Lane Ronnow Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$12,470.00	$(10,340.53)	$2,129.48
			Running totals
			$12,470	$(10,340.53)

William Skokos Campaign Finance Reports
Report	Date Filed	Beginning Balance	Total Contributions for Reporting Period	Expenditures	Cash on Hand
Convention Report	April 12, 2012	$0	$1,636.00	$(1,636.00)	$0.00
			Running totals
			$1,636	$(1,636)

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