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Governor • Lt. Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Schools • Insurance Commissioner • Controller • Agriculture Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commissioner

Elections

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Ballotpedia covers 12 state executive offices in the state of Utah. The executive branch is governed by Article VII of the Utah Constitution.

State executive organization

Executive officials in Utah are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges. The executive branch of Utah's state government includes appointed and elected officials. The following chart details the relationship among different offices in Utah's executive branch:

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Current officeholders

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of Utah	Derek Brown	Republican	January 7, 2025
Governor of Utah	Spencer Cox	Republican	January 4, 2021
Lieutenant Governor of Utah	Deidre Henderson	Republican	January 4, 2021
Utah Commissioner of Agriculture and Food	Kelly Pehrson	Nonpartisan	May 21, 2025
Utah Commissioner of Insurance	Jon Pike	Nonpartisan	February 4, 2021
Utah Commissioner of Labor	Jaceson Maughan	Nonpartisan	2016
Utah Director of Natural Resources	Joel Ferry	Nonpartisan	July 5, 2022
Utah Public Service Commission	David Clark	Nonpartisan	January 1, 2013
Utah Public Service Commission	Jerry Fenn	Nonpartisan	April 17, 2024
Utah Public Service Commission	John Harvey	Nonpartisan	May 11, 2023
Utah State Auditor	Tina Cannon	Republican	January 6, 2025
Utah State Board of Education District 1	Jennie Earl	Republican	2019
Utah State Board of Education District 2	Joseph Kerry	Republican	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 3	Rod Hall	Republican	January 6, 2025
Utah State Board of Education District 4	LeAnn Wood	Republican	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 5	Sarah Reale	Democratic	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 6	Carol Barlow Lear	Democratic	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 7	Erin Longacre	Republican	August 14, 2025
Utah State Board of Education District 8	Christina Boggess	Republican	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 9	Amanda Bollinger	Republican	January 6, 2025
Utah State Board of Education District 10	Matt Hymas	Republican	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 11	Cindy Davis	Republican	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 12	Cole Kelley	Republican	January 6, 2025
Utah State Board of Education District 13	Randy Boothe	Republican	January 4, 2021
Utah State Board of Education District 14	Emily Green	Republican	January 2, 2023
Utah State Board of Education District 15	Joann Brinton	Republican	January 6, 2025
Utah Superintendent of Public Instruction	Molly Hart	Nonpartisan	July 1, 2025
Utah Treasurer	Marlo Oaks	Republican	July 20, 2021

Elections

2026

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2026

The following state executive offices are up for election in Utah in 2026:

State Board of Education (7 seats)

2025

There were no state executive elections in Utah in 2025.

2024

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2024

The following state executive offices were up for election in Utah in 2024:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
State Board of Education (8 seats)

2023

There were no state executive elections in Utah in 2023.

2022

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2022

The following state executive offices were up for election in Utah in 2022:

Treasurer
State Board of Education (8 seats)

2021

There were no state executive elections in Utah in 2021.

2020

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2020

The following state executive offices were up for election in Utah in 2020:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Auditor
Treasurer
State Board of Education (9 seats)

2019

There were no state executive offices up for election in Utah in 2019.

2018

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2018

The following state executive office was up for election in Utah in 2018:

State board of education

2017

There were no state executive offices up for election in Utah in 2017.

2016

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2016

Five state executive offices were up for election in 2016:

• Governor and Lt. Governor (joint ticket)
• Attorney General
• Treasurer
• Auditor

2015

There were no state executive elections in Utah in 2015.

2014

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2014

The following state executive office was up for election in Utah in 2014:

• Attorney General

2013

There were no state executive elections in Utah in 2013.

2012

See also: Utah state executive official elections, 2012

The following state executive offices were up for election in Utah in 2012:

• Governor of Utah
• Lieutenant Governor of Utah
• Attorney General of Utah
• Utah Treasurer
• Utah State Auditor

Footnotes

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Features

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