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Elections / 2012 · Governor · UT

Gary Herbert won Utah's 2012 governor's race.

Gary Herbert (Republican) led by 40.7 points statewide.

Statewide result
Utah 2012 governor — certified statewide results.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gary HerbertRRepublican624,67868.4%
Peter CookeDDemocratic253,51427.7%

Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era.

presidential baselinePresident 2012R+47.9Governor 2012R+42.3vs. baselineD+5.6

Utah's 2012 governor race ran 5.6 points more Democratic than the presidential race on the same ballot.

Same ballot, 2012UT