Jeff Burningham

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Jeff Burningham

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April 25, 2020

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Jeff Burningham (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Utah. He lost in the Republican convention on April 25, 2020.

Burningham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jeff Burningham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burningham's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

My top three priorities are to maintain a strong economy, modernizing education and utilizing our public lands in responsible ways.

It’s not government policies, but the people of Utah who’ve built this strong economy. Government doesn’t create jobs. People do.

The government should not pick winners and losers. It’s time to eliminate unnecessary and onerous occupational licensing laws. We should keep taxes low and easy to administer.

Economic strength will make Utah less reliant on the federal government.

Game-changing leadership means acting now to modernize our education system to prepare our kids for the jobs that exist and those that are coming.

Parents and teachers know best what each child needs. It’s time to empower parents to choose the best education path for their child, and unshackle teachers from top-down mandates so they can do what they do best: teach.

Education should be handled at the state and local level and should be free from federal influence.

They are the foundation of our economy. Innovation and technological advances allow us to access our lands and natural resources in a responsible way, while leaving the land better than we found it.

Nobody loves Utah’s lands more than Utahns. We can access our abundant resources, enjoy recreation and hunting, allow for agriculture use, all while preserving our pristine landscapes.

Utah will realize its full potential when we manage our own lands and allow for responsible multiple use. It’s time to strengthen our rural economies and unlock our State Institutional Trust Lands, which were set aside to provide education funding for Utah’s school children.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Our state is ready to step onto the world stage! To seize this opportunity, we need to do the right things — right now. As an entrepreneur it's important to me that we have outsiders involved in public policy who understand how the economy works.

Change the way our state government thinks. The private sector is on the verge of making self-driving cars a reality but government still makes us stand in line for hours just to renew a driver’s license. Politicians largely operate within the status quo; they are enablers of the systems that made them. But entrepreneurs drive and embrace progress; they are disruptors who make bigger things possible. Utah needs to elect an innovative outsider to introduce new thinking in government.

Serve constituents in a new, better way. The private sector continually innovates to delight customers with less expensive, better-than-expected service. But big government operates in slow, linear bureaucracies. It’s time to get government out of the way, cut waste, and work to eliminate the hassles that people have come to expect from the public sector.

It’s time to stop kicking the can down the road for political gain. Utah needs bold leadership, no matter the political cost. Game-changing leadership is focused on doing the right things right now — not on winning re-election.

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