The 2008 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 2008. The deadline to file for the primary was June 24, 2008.2008 Election Dates from the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah Incumbent Republican governor Jon Huntsman Jr. won re-election in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Bob Springmeyer and Libertarian nominee Dell Schanze.
Candidates Republican Party Jon Huntsman, Jr., incumbent governor2008 Candidates from the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah
Democratic Party Bob Springmeyer, businessman
Libertarian Party Dell Schanze, businessman
General election
Predictions SourceRankingAs ofThe Cook Political ReportOctober 16, 2008 Rothenberg Political Report November 2, 2008 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 3, 2008Real Clear PoliticsNovember 4, 2008
Polling Source Date Dan Jones/Deseret NewsDan Jones/Deseret News September 8–11, 2008 77% 13%Mason-Dixon/Salt Lake TribuneMason-Dixon/Salt Lake Tribune August 13–15, 2008 73% 9%Rasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports June 25, 2008 66% 19%
Results
Results by county County Jon HuntsmanRepublican Bob SpringmeyerDemcoratic Dell SchanzeLibertarian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Beaver2,03882.34%38615.60%512.06%1,65266.75%2,475Box Elder16,61987.98%1,6818.90%5893.12%14,93879.08%18,889Cache34,90985.30%4,96712.14%1,0452.55%29,94273.16%40,924Carbon4,94365.14%2,41231.79%2333.07%2,53133.36%7,588Daggett35780.77%7917.87%61.36%27862.90%442Davis90,99882.82%16,10314.66%2,7242.48%74,89568.16%109,879Duchesne4,96187.30%58610.31%1362.39%4,37576.98%5,683Emery3,41877.70%85419.41%1272.89%2,56458.29%4,399Garfield1,83485.66%25111.72%562.62%1,58373.94%2,141Grand2,50563.43%1,29532.79%1493.77%1,21030.64%3,949Iron14,06086.47%1,70210.47%4983.06%12,35876.00%16,260Juab2,46477.93%54217.14%1564.93%1,92260.78%3,162Kane2,44778.83%57518.52%822.64%1,87260.31%3,104Millard3,74380.08%67614.46%2555.46%3,06765.62%4,674Morgan3,61587.91%3749.10%1232.99%3,24178.82%4,112Piute66284.55%9512.13%263.32%56772.41%783Rich87889.05%899.03%191.93%78980.02%986Salt Lake250,31169.02%103,29028.48%8,9782.48%147,02140.54%362,663San Juan3,05060.18%1,87937.08%1392.74%1,17123.11%5,068Sanpete7,12582.41%1,18213.67%3393.92%5,94368.74%8,646Sevier6,48882.90%1,07413.72%2643.37%5,41469.18%7,826Summit11,77170.87%4,46926.91%3692.22%7,30243.96%16,609Tooele13,44277.91%3,27618.99%5363.11%10,16658.92%17,254Uintah8,69787.42%99510.00%2572.58%7,70277.41%9,949Utah136,75387.09%15,80110.06%4,4642.84%120,95277.02%157,030Wasatch6,83481.13%1,40716.70%1822.16%5,42764.43%8,423Washington41,25484.47%6,44513.20%1,1422.34%34,80971.27%48,841Wayne1,01879.41%23418.25%302.34%78461.15%1,282Weber56,85578.44%13,78419.02%1,8452.55%43,07159.42%72,484Total734,04977,63%186,50319.72%24,8202.62%547,54657.91%945,525
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carbon (largest municipality: Price) Grand (largest municipality: Moab) Salt Lake (largest city: Salt Lake City) Summit (largest city: Park City)
Notes
References
External links Utah State Board of Elections Utah Governor candidates at Project Vote Smart Utah Governor race from OurCampaigns.com Utah Governor race from 2008 Race Tracker Campaign contributions from Follow the Money Huntsman (R-i) vs Springmeyer (D) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com Official campaign websites (Archived) Jon Huntsman, Republican incumbent nominee Bob Springmeyer, Democratic nominee