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Jan Garbett
Jan Garbett (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Utah. She was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on June 30, 2020.
Garbett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Garbett was a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Utah in 2016.[1]
Biography
Jan Garbett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University and the University of Utah, where she obtained an undergraduate degree in 1978. In a 2020 survey to Ballotpedia, Garbett described her profession as "Entrepreneur, Mother."[2]
Before joining Democrat Vaughn R. Cook's ticket for governor and lieutenant governor of Utah in 2016, Garbett was a registered Republican, though she had previously been a Democrat in college. Her husband, Bryson Garbett, served two terms in the Utah House of Representatives in the 1980s. The couple owns a large home development company called Garbett Homes. Garbett is also the founder of EPIK Deliberate Digital and co-founder of the Escalera Foundation.[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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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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2018
General election
Incumbent Chris Stewart defeated Shireen Ghorbani and Jeffrey Whipple in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 2 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Utah District 2
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Stewart (R) | 56.1 | 151,489 |
 | Shireen Ghorbani (D) | 38.9 | 105,051 | |
| Jeffrey Whipple (L) | 5.0 | 13,504 | ||
| Total votes: 270,044 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jan Garbett (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Utah Democratic Party held a nominating convention on April 28, 2018. Shireen Ghorbani was selected as the Democratic nominee for U.S. House Utah District 2.[3]
Republican primary election
The Utah Republican Party held a nominating convention on April 21, 2018. Incumbent Chris Stewart was selected as the Republican nominee for U.S. House Utah District 2.[4]
2016
- Main article: Utah gubernatorial election, 2016
Garbett ran as a Democratic candidate in the 2016 election for Utah lieutenant governor on a joint ticket with gubernatorial candidate Vaughn R. Cook.[1] The two were defeated at the Democratic state convention.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jan Garbett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Garbett's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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• In partnership with her husband, Bryson, co-founded Garbett Homes, a company nationally recognized for its solutions to environmental issues (Zero Energy Ready homes) • Sustained the business through the 2008 recession through forward-thinking strategy changes
Caring Philanthropist • Co-founder of Fundación Escalera, raising $11 million to provide children in México with good education and local opportunities; over 100,000 students helped • Co-founder of the Benjamin Foundation, providing grants for start-up nonprofits in Utah
Community Servant • Advisor, Utah State PTA Family Life and Digital Citizenship Committees (2017-2019) • Salt Lake County Commission on Youth member (2015-2018) • Civic Engagement Leadership External Advisory Board Member, Brigham Young University (2015-2018) • Founder of EPIK Deliberate Digital an organization dedicated to collaborative cross-sector efforts to help youth be mindful digital users • Women for Decency president (2011-2014) • Provider of internships, scholarships, and project funding for students • Direct supporter of local community arts programs • Involved citizen, including serving several times as a party delegate
Dedicated Mother and Grandmother • Raised eight children • Grandmother of seven • Heavily involved in PTA as a parent, helping introduce some innovative programs in her children's schools
• Understands first-hand the challenge of balancing family and work needs- Our greatest challenges demand and invite us to move beyond the pull of partisan special interests and instead engage in collaborative problem-solving
- I have lived experience as a family business owner, an innovator, an activist, a parent, and a community change leader.
- I know how to bring people together, and I'm not afraid of tackling hard things.
-Utah has significant challenges with teacher shortages, teacher salaries, and funding for its schools. Education will be a priority for me as governor.
-Education isn't just an issue for children. As changes come in our world, we can reskill ourselves. Adults need not look forward to the future with fear.
Healthy Air
-I've been in the trenches working to do something about Utah's air. I don't just talk about clean air; I've done something about it.
- There are things in Utah we could have done yesterday to clean up our air. We can start now to make things better.
Health Care
-I want Utah to be a leader in changing how we talk and think about health care. I will invite Utah stakeholders to consider what kinds of innovative, collaborative solutions we can create to bring healthcare costs down and make all elements of healthcare (including mental health services and pharmaceuticals) more accessible and affordable. Some thought leaders are already working on such creative problem-solving and I will encourage others to follow suit.
Growth
-I will ask hard questions about things like housing shortages, economic development strategies, and caring well for the precious natural resources (air, land, water) in our beautiful desert state.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Salt Lake Tribune, "Three Utah governor candidates name running mates," April 18, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 5, 2020
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Democratic front-runners Ben McAdams and Jenny Wilson defeat challengers to avoid primary elections," April 28, 2018
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Republican delegates force Mitt Romney into a primary election with state lawmaker Mike Kennedy in the race for the U.S. Senate," April 24, 2018
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