Utah lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2010
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The Utah lieutenant gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. The primary election in Utah is used in electing members of the State House, Congressional and Senatorial candidates, and candidates for county offices. Gubernatorial candidates were chosen at state conventions, held in May. The deadline for filing nomination papers was March 19.[1] Republican Gregory Bell, sharing a ticket with Gary Herbert, won a convincing victory over Democratic candidate Sheryl Allen. Bell took office in early 2011.
Registration deadlines are either 30 days prior to the election for postmarking an application or 15 days prior to the election if registering in person. Polling hours on all election days were 7:00 am to 8:00, local time.[2]
Under Utah's electoral system, major parties select gubernatorial candidates at nominating conventions held very early in the election year. In 2010, both parties convened on May 8th. Parties set their own critical thresholds for votes a candidates must earn to win the convention outright; the percentage is always somewhere between 50% and 60%. If a single gubernatorial hopeful meets the threshold, she or he becomes the nominee with no further voting and no primary.
Otherwise, a primary is scheduled and the top two vote-getters compete. Utah's primary was June 22nd, though both the Democrats and the Republicans had already chosen nominees.
As Utah nominated gubernatorial candidates at convention, the winning candidates for the state's highest office also chose their own running mates without any primary. Gary Herbert, the incumbent governor and gubernatorial candidate, ran with Greg Bell, his serving lt. governor. The Democratic challenger was Sheryl L. Allen, a registered Republican in a state that allows split tickets in gubernatorial elections.
Utah was not scheduled to have a gubernatorial or a lieutenant gubernatorial election until 2012. However, Governor Jon Huntsman resigned to accept an ambassadorial post under the Obama Administration and his Lt. Governor, Gary Herbert, took over as chief executive of the state of Utah.
As Herbert ran for a full term as Governor, the post of Lt. Governor was open and elected on November 2, 2010. The election was only to serve the remainder of the four-year term begun in 2008, as Utah still held its regular election cycle in 2012.
Utah elects a governor and lt. governor on a shared ticket, though the candidates need not affiliate with the same party. As such, though there was a Democratic ticket, there was no registered Democrat running for Lt. Governor.
| The November Ballot – Who Made It? Utah Lieutenant Governor[3] | |||||
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| Nominee | Affiliation | ||||
| Sheryl Allen | Democrat | ||||
| Gregory Bell | Republican | ||||
| Aric Cramer, Sr. | Libertarian | ||||
| Steve Maxfield | Independent | ||||
| This lists candidates who won their state's primary or convention, or who were unopposed, and who have since been officially certified for the November ballot by their state's election authority. | |||||
November 2, 2010 general election results
All precincts were certified as of November 22, 2010.[4]
| Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Gary Herbert/Greg Bell Incumbent |
64.2% | 381,531 | |
| Democratic | Peter Corroon/Sheryl Allen | 31.8% | 188,911 | |
| Independent | Farley M. Anderson/Steve Maxfield | 2% | 11,842 | |
| Libertarian | W. Andrew McCullough/Aric Cramer, Sr. | 2% | 11,723 | |
| Total Votes | 594,007 | |||
| Election results via Electionresults.utah.gov (dead link)' | ||||
Candidate
Democrat
- State Representative Sheryl L. Allen, a Republican, ran with Democrat Peter Corroon
Republican
- Gregory S. "Greg" Bell, the incumbent Lt. Governor under Gov. Herbert
Libertarian
- Aric M. Cramer, Sr., ran with W. Andrew McCullough
Independent
- Steve Maxfield, ran with Farley M. Anderson
External links
- State of Utah Elections Office
- Utah gubernatorial candidates at www.FollowTheMoney.com
- Utah governor special election at www.OurCampaigns.com
- Utah at www.FiveThirtyEight.com
- Utah governor's race at www.CQPolitics.com
- Election 2010: Utah Governor at www.RasmussenReports.com
See also
Articles
- Utah's high court to hear electronic signature case
- Utah Supreme Court may rule on validity of electronic signatures
Footnotes
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2010 Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance"
- ↑ State of Utah Elections Office, "Voter Information," accessed July 5, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ State of Utah Elections Office “2010 Candidates, accessed October 7, 2010
- ↑ Utah Secretary of State, "Utah Election Results, Governor/Lt. Governor," accessed November 15, 2010 and November 29, 2010 (dead link)
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