2020 Utah gubernatorial election


The 2020 Utah gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of Utah, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Although incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert is eligible to run for re-election to a third full term, he initially announced shortly after being re-elected in 2016 that he would not run again, but indicated in January 2019 that he was open to the possibility of running again before ultimately deciding to retire and endorse his Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox. Utah has not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office in January 1985. This is the second longest active streak of one-party leadership, trailing only South Dakota, which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979.
The winner of the election will be the first non-incumbent gubernatorial candidate to be elected since Jon Huntsman Jr., who ran in this election before he was eliminated in the primaries, in 2004. The primaries took place on June 30, 2020. The filing deadline was on June 19, 2020.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Polling

;with Rob Bishop, Jason Chaffetz and Sean Reyes
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Rob
Bishop		Jason
Chaffetz		Spencer
Cox		Greg
Hughes		Greg
Miller		Sean
Reyes		Other /
Undecided
January 15–24, 2019311± 5.6%10%27%28%4%2%4%24%
October 3–9, 2018291± 6.0%11%25%16%3%2%7%36%
June 11–18, 2018510± 4.3%9%25%16%3%–9%37%

Convention results

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Polling

Convention results

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

;with Spencer Eccles
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Jeff
Burningham		Spencer
Cox		Spencer
Eccles		Greg
Hughes		Jon
Huntsman Jr.		Thomas
Wright		Other /
Undecided
Oct 3-10, 2019599 ± 4%2%26%5%2%33%4%21%

;with only Spencer Cox, Greg Hughes and Jon Huntsman
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Spencer
Cox		Greg
Hughes		Jon
Huntsman Jr.		Other /
Undecided
Jun 11-Jul 1, 2019801 –37%8%43%12%

;with Generic Democrat
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Spencer
Cox		Greg
Hughes		Jon
Huntsman Jr.		Aimee
Winder-Newton		Thomas
Wright		Generic
Democrat 		Other /
Undecided
Jun 11-Jul 1, 2019801 –33%5%32%2%5%11%13%

;with Bishop, Chaffetz, Cox, Dougall, Hughes, Miller, Newton, Reyes and Generic Democrat
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
Rob
Bishop		Jason
Chaffetz		Spencer
Cox		Generic
Democrat 		Other /
Undecided
Jan 3-15, 2019822 ± 3.4%7%18%24%11%39%

Results