Zachary Moses

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Zachary Moses

Democratic Party

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Last convention

April 25, 2020

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Birthplace

Vancouver, Wash.

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Zachary Moses (Democratic Party) ran for election for Governor of Utah. He lost in the Democratic convention on April 25, 2020.

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Biography

Zachary Moses was born in Vancouver, Washington. He pursued his undergraduate education at the University of Utah. Moses' career experience includes working as the CEO of HE Travel.

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
	Submit photo	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
	Submit photo	Tyler Batty (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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)
	Submit photo	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

Select round: Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

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.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	55.0	1,884	396	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	45.0	1,544	437	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	0.0	0	-918	6
		Thomas Wright	0.0	0	0	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	42.4	1,488	201	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	31.5	1,107	206	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	26.1	918	215	6
		Thomas Wright	0.0	0	-658	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	36.3	1,287	64	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	25.4	901	182	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	19.8	703	163	6
		Thomas Wright	18.5	658	105	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	-530	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	34.3	1,223	141	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	20.2	719	45	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	15.1	540	32	6
		Thomas Wright	15.5	553	59	5
		Jeff Burningham	14.9	530	26	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	-315	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	30.2	1,082	1	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	18.8	674	11	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	14.2	508	8	6
		Thomas Wright	13.8	494	5	5
		Jeff Burningham	14.1	504	17	4
		Jon Huntsman	8.8	315	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	-44	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	30.2	1,081	0	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	18.5	663	0	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	14.0	500	0	6
		Thomas Wright	13.7	489	0	5
		Jeff Burningham	13.6	487	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	8.8	315	0	3
		Jason Christensen	1.2	44	0	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 3,579
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Campaign themes

2020

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Zachary Adam Moses is married to Trisha Moses and has a son named Archimedes. Zachary was the stay-at-home parent for the first 3 years and says "The world does not revolve around one family type. Parenting styles must be individualized."

His travel career began, touring as a standup comedian. Considered among the top minds in travel, Zach is now the CEO of HeTravel.com. Hired in 2010 as the "think-outside-the-box-millennial," Zachary spearheaded re-imagining the brand. Recovering from the Great Recession, HE Travel became the world's largest LGBTQ+ tour operator.

Voted one of the top 35 travel professionals under the age of 30 in 2013, Zachary served two years on the National Tour Association's Board of Directors. He founded Perch Innovations, a venture capital and private equity company, specializing in virtual-reality-travel-modules and environment restoring concepts.

To reduce carbon pollution, most employees & contractors working for Zachary's companies, work from home. His tree planting program started in July of 2017, sequesters the carbon from his customer's flights. Zachary's Concept for restoring the Great Salt Lake and other saline lakes has been selected for a TEDx talk in August of 2020.

Zachary's travel stories are also featured in online blogs and other various publications.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We have a viable plan to fully restore the Great Salt Lake, and other western saline lakes
• Introducing the concept of "Utah's Contract with Capitalism"
• Restoring the Will of the People by Strengthening Public Referendums

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Areas of public policy I'm personally passionate about:

• Restoring the Great Salt Lake and the other dried-out western saline lakes
• Strengthening and restoring our constitutional right to public referendums
• Planning for future-forward infrastructure like hyper loops, and spaceports
• Prison and Law enforcement reform
• Housing for the Homeless
• Wage inequality
• Ending the landlord monopolies
• Restoring our ecosystem and reforestation
• Mass Transit expansion.

• Utah's New Contract with Capitalism

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To protect the people of Utah. That is the governor's number one duty. The governor should represent everyone, regardless of political affiliation, religion, profession, criminal records, gender, lifestyles etc. A good governor can walk in anyone's shoes and understand the world from that person's perspective.

The selection/appointment of who runs the various departments of the state is paramount. The decisions made for who will be these department heads, sets the tone of the state and our industries for years, and even decades. This is an incredibly important and delicate duty. If we want to be the Pioneers of the Future, we need to push the old outdated ideas out, and bring in the next wave of dreamers to bring about our new tomorrow.

As governor I would sit on the board of pardons. The governor has a unique ability and duty to step in and protect people when the law has gone too far. We've tolerated as our state has become a punitive state, rather than the Mentor-State. Regarding people's freedom, there can be no malice, and there can be no revenge. The Governor must be the last chance for compassion, and forgiveness. The decisions made with pardons can change the course of history.

However, the most important duty of all for the governor, is to look to the future and see what is coming. The governor should be putting multi-decade plans into motion, to make sure that Utah, is always at the front of the pack. We are the Pioneers of the Future and our most honored offices need to be filled by ambitious, driven, and youthful pioneers. We want a future that's a future, and a future that is worth inheriting.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would like to bring about the terraforming of the west desert. Restore the Great Salt Lake, and bring back the water, and the wildlife. We can restore the Great Salt Lake and other western saline-lakes, using the technology of today. I've lived my whole life watching industry take advantage of Utah without thinking holistically or giving back to the system.

I want to be remembered for having the foresight to see the challenges nobody else was seeing. I want to be remembered for having a solution to every problem. Because, that's who I am. A compulsive fix-it guy. I will take every challenge that is thrown at me, and turn it into an opportunity. Problems will be fixed fast and permanently. That's what I want to be remembered for. For fixing things quickly.

We have some big problems facing us with changing climate. I say bring it on. Together, we've got this.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was as a Paperboy. I had the job for four years. I would carry the papers on my handlebars of my bike. On Sunday mornings, my mom would help me, and drive me around, because the papers were too heavy for me to have on my handlebars.

What is your favorite book? Why?

The Four Hour Work Week.

I could never find enough time to do all the things I wanted to do with my career. Tim's strategies to free up time were brilliant. I used several of the suggestions to free up my own time, which I was able to use for much better things like growing my company in new and exciting ways. I also personally identified with Tim's childhood. I always felt like there were more efficient ways to do everything, but whoever is in power, just tries to force their own way regardless of being efficient. As a compulsive systems engineer, this book really resonated with me.

In most states, governors have the power to make line-item vetoes. If that is true in your state, what would be your philosophy for how and when to use this power?

This power can and should be exercised whenever a reasonable, and necessary bill has passed our legislature, but that bill is littered with unconstitutional asks and/or ridiculous and wasteful "pork barrel" spending. This ability to selectively veto provisions, allows the Governor the ability to cast the special interests out, while still passing meaningful legislation. I vote yes.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

The legislature should write the laws, and the governor should help shepherd that legislation through the lawmaking process. With that in mind, the governor should also stand as a symbol of the people, fighting for the collective will of our One Human Family, regardless of the will of our legislature. Our governor should enact checks and balances on our legislature, to ensure that the shared 50/50-lawmaking-authority between the legislature and the people, which is guaranteed by our constitution, be upheld. A governor must protect the will of the people, even if that will conflicts with the will of the legislature.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Our rapidly changing climate must be met head on. We need to take the crises of today and turn it into the opportunities of tomorrow. We will be faced with ever dwindling water supplies, and progressively more air pollution, as our Great Salt Lake and other western saline-lakes continue to collapse. Along with these collapses, so collapses the reliability of our lake-effect snowfall. With our state population projected to double by 2050, we must also increase the supply of freshwater available to us. This is going to require a restoration of the Great Basin, which historically generated and moderated much of the weather of our region.

Each year, our Governor declares several environmental states of emergency. Fires burn across our state at unacceptable rates. This trend will continue into the foreseeable future. We can solve this, and turn our local climate clock backward. We can do this holistically and profitably. Restoration to make electricity, restoration to clean our air, and restoration to bring back tour water supplies. The new mantra for the future? To be the Pioneers of the Future!

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