2010_Utah_gubernatorial_special_election

2010 Utah gubernatorial special election
	County results ; Herbert: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Corroon: 50–60%
Governor before election; Gary Herbert; Republican	Elected Governor ; Gary Herbert; Republican

2010 Utah gubernatorial special election

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The 2010 Utah gubernatorial special election took place November 2, 2010. It was a special election to fill the remainder of Governor Jon Huntsman's term. Huntsman resigned on August 11, 2009, to become United States Ambassador to China. Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert assumed the governorship and went on to defeat his Democratic opponent, Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, in the 2010 election.^[1]

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	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Gary R. Herbert (incumbent)	2,386	70.8
Republican	Daniel Van Oaks, Jr.	830	24.63
Republican	Richard Martin	141	4.18

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report^[4]	Safe R	October 14, 2010
Rothenberg^[5]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics^[6]	Safe R	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[7]	Safe R	October 28, 2010
CQ Politics^[8]	Safe R	October 28, 2010

Poll source	Dates administered	Gary Herbert (R)	Peter Corroon (D)
Rasmussen Reports	October 13, 2010	66%	29%
Dan Jones & Associates	September 7–13, 2010	52%	31%
Rasmussen Reports	August 23, 2010	60%	29%
Rasmussen Reports	June 23, 2010	58%	31%
Rasmussen Reports	April 8, 2010	57%	29%
Mason-Dixon	January 18–20, 2010	55%	30%
Dan Jones & Associates	January 12–13, 2010	48%	35%
Dan Jones & Associates	November 19–23, 2009	56%	32%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Gary Herbert (incumbent)	412,151	64.07%	-13.56%
	Democratic	Peter Corroon	205,246	31.90%	+12.18%
	Independent	Farley Anderson	13,038	2.03%	+2.03%
	Libertarian	W. Andrew McCullough	12,871	2.00%	-0.62%
Majority			206,905	32.16%	-25.75%
Turnout			643,306
	Republican hold		Swing

2010_Utah_gubernatorial_special_election

2010 Utah gubernatorial special election

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Nominee

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General election

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Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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