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Elections / 2016 · Governor · UT

Gary Herbert won Utah's 2016 governor's race.

Gary Herbert (Republican) led by 38.0 points statewide.

Statewide result
Utah 2016 governor — certified statewide results.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gary HerbertRRepublican750,85066.7%
Mike WeinholtzDDemocratic323,34928.7%

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 2016R+17.9Governor 2016R+39.8vs. baselineR+21.9

Utah's 2016 governor race ran 21.9 points more Republican than the presidential race on the same ballot.

Same ballot, 2016UT