UTAH
      Nov. 2, 2010 Governor (Special Election)

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+Gary Herbert/Bell (R)
 412,151
 64.07%
Peter Corroon/Sheryl Allen (D) 205,246
 31.90%
Farley Anderson/Steve Maxfield (U) 13,038
 2.03%
W. Andrew McCullough/Eric Cramer  Sr. (L) 12,871  2.00%
write-in
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643,306
Registered voters: 1,267,250.  Total ballots cast: 653,274.   
Plurality: 206,905 votes (32.16 percentage points).
 UT Elections


Notes:  Gov. Gary Herbert (R) was elected to fill out the remainder of Gov. Jon Huntsman (R)'s term, defeating Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon (D) and two other candidates by a wide margin.  Herbert, who had been serving as lieutenant governor, was sworn in on Aug. 11, 2009 after Huntsman resigned to take up the post of U.S. Ambassador to China.  .  

Corroon was elected mayor in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.  He officially launched his campaign on Jan. 12, 2010   On May 3, he announced state Rep. Sheryl Allen (R), a Republican who was retiring after eight terms in the legislature, as his running mate (>).

Herbert and Corroon debated multiple times (according to news reports there were eight debates scheduled) including:

Sept. 23 - KUED-TV in Salt Lake City

Sept. 30 - at KUTV's studio in Salt Lake City;

Oct. 1 - in Provo;

Oct. 6 - at Utah Valley University in Orem;

Oct. 19 - town hall meeting broadcast by KSL-TV from the University of Utah.

Corroon repeatedly charged, in person and in campaign ads, that Herbert was being influenced by big donors, but drew criticism for running an unduly negative campaign.  Nonetheless, the outcome of this race never appeared in doubt; the last time a Democrat was elected governor was Gov. Scott Matheson's re-election in 1980.


Campaign Managers:
Gary Herbert:  Joe Demma
Chief of staff to Lt. Gov. Herbert, 2005-09.  Public affairs manager at R&R Partners, 2002-05.  Managed Herbert's short 2004 campaign  for governor.  Legislative assistant in the U.S. House, 2000-02.

Peter Corroon:  Donald Dunn
(Jan. 2010)  Chairman of the Utah State Democratic Party, Aug. 2003-June 2005.  Candidate for Congress in UT-3, July 1999-Nov. 2000.  Director of public affairs for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Mar. 1997-July 1999.   Office of political affairs at The White House, Apr. 1994-June 1996.  Northeast press desk on Clinton/Gore '96.  Coordinator of the Salt Lake City Mayor's Youth Council, 1990-91.  MsC in European politics and policy from The London School of Economics, 2003; B.S. in political science from University of Utah, 1993.


See also:
Jeremiah Stettler.  "Why Corroon lost—even in Salt Lake County."  The Salt Lake Tribune, Nov. 6, 2010.

Dan Bammes.  "Utah's Mid-Term Race for Governor."  KUER, Oct. 27, 2010.

Robert Gehrke and Lee Davidson.  "Spending in Utah guv race second-most in history."  The Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 27, 2010.

Frank Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb.  "Negative ads can work, even in Utah, but Corroon's went too far."  Deseret News, Oct. 24, 2010. 




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