Barry Evan Short

Barry Evan Short (Libertarian Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Utah. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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A small business owner, Short and his wife, Theresa, live in Cedar City.^[1]

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Utah on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Deidre Henderson (R)	52.7	781,431
	Rebekah Cummings (D)	28.4	420,514
	Natalie Clawson (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	13.5	200,551
	Barry Evan Short (L)	2.8	41,164
	Archie Williams III (Independent American Party)	1.9	27,480
	William Taylor (Unaffiliated)	0.4	5,792
	Sylvia Miera Fisk (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	525
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	4,464

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,481,921
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Carol Lyman (Unaffiliated)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Rebekah Cummings advanced from the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Incumbent Deidre Henderson defeated Natalie Clawson in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Deidre Henderson	54.4	232,164
	Natalie Clawson	45.6	194,639

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 426,803
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Layne Bangerter (R)

Independent American Party primary election

The Independent American Party primary election was canceled. Archie Williams III advanced from the Independent American Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Barry Evan Short advanced from the Libertarian primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Short in this election.

2022

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 28

Incumbent Evan Vickers defeated Barry Evan Short and Patricia Bradford in the general election for Utah State Senate District 28 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Evan Vickers (R)	80.9	30,147
	Barry Evan Short (L)	10.1	3,766
	Patricia Bradford (United Utah Party)	9.0	3,354

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,267
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 28

Incumbent Evan Vickers defeated Patrick Larson in the Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 28 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Evan Vickers	70.2	13,507
	Submit photo	Patrick Larson	29.8	5,724

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,231
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Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Barry Evan Short advanced from the Libertarian primary for Utah State Senate District 28.

United Utah Party primary election

The United Utah Party primary election was canceled. Patricia Bradford advanced from the United Utah Party primary for Utah State Senate District 28.

Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 28

Incumbent Evan Vickers and Patrick Larson defeated Russell Sias in the Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 28 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Evan Vickers (R)	57.3	71
✔	Submit photo	Patrick Larson (R)	42.7	53
	Submit photo	Russell Sias (R)	0.0	0

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 124
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Utah State Senate District 28

Barry Evan Short advanced from the Libertarian convention for Utah State Senate District 28 on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Barry Evan Short (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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United Utah Party convention

United Utah Party convention for Utah State Senate District 28

Patricia Bradford advanced from the United Utah Party convention for Utah State Senate District 28 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Patricia Bradford (United Utah Party)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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2020

Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Utah on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deidre Henderson (R)	63.0	918,754
		Karina Andelin Brown (D)	30.4	442,754
		Barry Evan Short (L)	3.5	51,393
	Submit photo	Wayne Hill (Independent American Party of Utah)	1.8	25,810
	Submit photo	Ed Kennedy (Independent) (Unofficially withdrew) (Write-in)	1.3	18,988
	Submit photo	Gregory Johnson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,457,711
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Deidre Henderson defeated Michelle Kaufusi, Victor Iverson, and Robert Bishop in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Deidre Henderson	36.1	190,565
		Michelle Kaufusi	34.9	184,246
	Submit photo	Victor Iverson	21.0	110,835
		Robert Bishop	7.9	41,532

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 527,178
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Karina Andelin Brown advanced from the Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Utah on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Karina Andelin Brown (D)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Republican convention

Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Deidre Henderson and Victor Iverson defeated Drew Chamberlain and Dan McCay in the Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Utah on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Drew Chamberlain (R)
✔		Deidre Henderson (R)
✔	Submit photo	Victor Iverson (R)
		Dan McCay (R)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Note: Vote totals reported in the gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial races are the same since the candidates ran on a joint ticket, also known as a joint ballot.

2018

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 72

Rex Shipp defeated Zeno Parry and Barry Evan Short in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 72 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rex Shipp (R)	74.7	8,887
	Submit photo	Zeno Parry (D)	16.8	2,002
		Barry Evan Short (L)	8.4	1,001

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,890
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2016

Main article: Utah gubernatorial election, 2016

Incumbents Gary Herbert and Spencer Cox defeated Mike Weinholtz and Kim Bowman, Brian Kamerath and Barry Short, Dell Schanze and Gregory Duerden, and L.S. Brown in the Utah governor and lieutenant governor election.

Utah Governor, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Gary Herbert and Spencer Cox Incumbent	66.75%	750,828
	Democratic	Mike Weinholtz and Kim Bowman	28.67%	322,462
	Libertarian	Brian Kamerath and Barry Short	3.08%	34,687
	Independent American Party	Dell Schanze and Gregory Duerden	1.51%	16,936
	Write-in	L.S. Brown	0.00%	0
Total Votes				1,124,913
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office-Elections

2014

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Utah House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 20, 2014. Incumbent John Westwood defeated Blake Cozzens in the Republican convention. Westwood defeated Barry Short (L) in the general election.^[2]^[3]

**Utah House of Representatives District 72, General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John R. Westwood Incumbent	83.4%	5,210
	Libertarian	Barry Short	15.8%	990
	Write-In	Linda Lou Allen	0.8%	50
Total Votes				6,250

**Utah House of Representatives, District 72 Republican Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John R. Westwood Incumbent	71.8%	2,084
Blake Cozzens	28.2%	820
Total Votes		2,904

2012

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2012

Short ran for election in the 2012 election for Utah House of Representatives District 72. Short was defeated by John Westwood (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[4]

**Utah House of Representatives, District 72, General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	John Westwood	85.4%	10,451
	Libertarian	Barry Short	14.6%	1,786
Total Votes				12,237

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Barry Evan Short did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Barry Evan Short did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Barry Evan Short did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Short's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Excerpt: "I will seek to reduce taxes and reduce the size of government, not simply fight to slow their growth."
Excerpt: "I will fight to protect the rights of every person - even those whose choices I may not approve of."
Excerpt: "I will hold myself to the highest possible ethical standards."

Campaign finance summary

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Barry Evan Short campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	Utah State Senate District 28	Lost general	$3,094	$-694
2018	Utah House of Representatives District 72	Lost general	$1,493	N/A**
Grand total			$4,587	$-694
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named candlist
↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 22, 2014
↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Utah Election Preliminary Results," accessed July 9, 2014
↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2012 candidate filings," accessed July 23, 2014

[candlist-1] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named candlist

[2014candidate-2] Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 22, 2014

[3] Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Utah Election Preliminary Results," accessed July 9, 2014

[4] Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2012 candidate filings," accessed July 23, 2014

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Barry Evan Short

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Independent American Party primary election

Libertarian primary election

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 28

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 28

Libertarian primary election

United Utah Party primary election

Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 28

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Utah State Senate District 28

United Utah Party convention

United Utah Party convention for Utah State Senate District 28

2020

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

Republican convention

Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Utah

2018

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 72

2016

2014

2012

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

2020

2012

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