2024 Utah gubernatorial election

The 2024 Utah gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of Utah, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Spencer Cox is running for re-election to a second term in office. Primary elections took place on June 25, 2024.

Background
Utah is considered to be a strongly red state at the federal and state levels: Republicans control all statewide executive offices, the entire congressional delegation, and supermajorities in both state legislative chambers. In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump carried Utah by 20.5 percentage points.

Cox was first elected in 2020, defeating Christopher Peterson by 32.65 points.

Republican primary
Incumbent Republican governor Spencer Cox faced criticism from many conservatives for his moderate political positions, including his opposition to former President Donald Trump. Cox was booed at the Utah Republican state convention in April 2024. He faced a primary challenge from state representative Phil Lyman, who won over 67% of the vote at the convention. However, Cox collected enough signatures to appear on the primary ballot. Cox consistently led Lyman in polls and won re-nomination, though by a closer margin than expected.

Nominee

 * Spencer Cox, incumbent governor
 * Running mate: Deidre Henderson, incumbent lieutenant governor

Eliminated in primary

 * Phil Lyman, state representative
 * Running mate: Natalie Clawson, attorney
 * Previous running mate: Layne Bangerter, former special assistant to the president

Eliminated at convention

 * Sylvia Miera-Fisk, commercial pilot
 * Carson Jorgensen, former chair of the Utah Republican Party (2021–2023) and candidate for Utah's 2nd congressional district in 2020
 * Running mate: Corrine Johnson, activist
 * Scott Robbins, U.S. Marine Corps veteran

Declined

 * Jason Chaffetz, former U.S. Representative from Utah's 3rd congressional district (2009–2017)
 * Robert O'Brien, former U.S. National Security Advisor (2019–2021)

Primary
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Nominee

 * Brian King, state representative from the 23rd district (2009–present) and former Minority Leader of the Utah House of Representatives (2015–2023)
 * Running mate: Rebekah Cummings, director of digital matters at the University of Utah

Nominee

 * Robert Latham, attorney, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2012, and nominee for UT's 2nd congressional district in 2020

Nominee

 * Tommy Williams, perennial candidate and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022

Declared

 * Tom Tomeny, businessman