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Election 2008 Results

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2008 Utah governor election

Jon Huntsman Jr. (Republican) beat Bob Springmeyer (Democrat) in Utah in 2008, 77.7% to 19.7%, a margin of 58.0 points and 548,546 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2004, when Jon Huntsman Jr. also won.

Republicans led in 29 of the 29 counties. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 362,663 votes and went to the Republican by 40.5 points. The closest was Daggett, where 278 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jon Huntsman Jr. won Republican 735,049 77.7%
Bob Springmeyer Democratic 186,503 19.7%
All other candidates 24,973 2.6%
Total946,525

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 103,290 28.5% 250,311 69.0% 9,062 362,663 R+40.5
Utah 15,801 10.1% 136,753 87.1% 4,476 157,030 R+77.0
Davis 16,103 14.7% 90,998 82.8% 2,778 109,879 R+68.2
Weber 13,784 19.0% 56,855 78.4% 1,845 72,484 R+59.4
Washington 6,445 13.2% 41,254 84.5% 1,142 48,841 R+71.3
Cache 4,967 12.1% 34,909 85.3% 1,048 40,924 R+73.2
Box Elder 1,681 8.9% 16,619 88.0% 589 18,889 R+79.1
Tooele 3,276 19.0% 13,442 77.9% 536 17,254 R+58.9
Summit 4,469 26.9% 11,771 70.9% 369 16,609 R+44.0
Iron 1,702 10.5% 14,060 86.5% 498 16,260 R+76.0
Uintah 995 10.0% 8,697 87.4% 257 9,949 R+77.4
Sanpete 1,182 13.7% 7,125 82.4% 339 8,646 R+68.7
Wasatch 1,407 16.7% 6,834 81.1% 182 8,423 R+64.4
Sevier 1,074 13.7% 6,488 82.9% 264 7,826 R+69.2
Carbon 2,412 31.8% 4,943 65.1% 233 7,588 R+33.4
Duchesne 586 10.3% 4,961 87.3% 136 5,683 R+77.0
San Juan 1,879 37.1% 3,050 60.2% 139 5,068 R+23.1
Millard 676 14.5% 3,743 80.1% 255 4,674 R+65.6
Emery 854 19.4% 3,418 77.7% 127 4,399 R+58.3
Morgan 374 9.1% 3,615 87.9% 123 4,112 R+78.8
Grand 1,295 32.8% 2,505 63.4% 149 3,949 R+30.6
Juab 542 17.1% 2,464 77.9% 156 3,162 R+60.8
Kane 575 18.5% 2,447 78.8% 82 3,104 R+60.3
Beaver 386 15.6% 2,038 82.3% 51 2,475 R+66.7
Garfield 251 11.7% 1,834 85.7% 56 2,141 R+73.9
Wayne 234 18.3% 1,018 79.4% 30 1,282 R+61.2
Rich 89 9.0% 878 89.0% 19 986 R+80.0
Piute 95 12.1% 662 84.5% 26 783 R+72.4
Daggett 79 17.9% 357 80.8% 6 442 R+62.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Utah governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Spencer Cox (R) R+24.4
2020 Spencer J Cox (R) R+32.7
2016 Gary Herbert (R) R+37.9
2012 Gary R. Herbert (R) R+40.8
2010 Gary Herbert (R) R+32.2
2008 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+58.0
2004 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+16.4
2000 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+13.5
1996 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+51.7
1992 Mike Leavitt (R) R+19.0
1988 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+1.7
1984 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+12.1
1980 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+10.7
1976 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+6.1
1972 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+39.4
1968 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+37.4
1964 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+14.0
1960 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+5.3
1956 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+4.8
1952 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.2
1948 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.0
1944 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+0.4
1940 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+4.4
1936 Henry H. Blood (D) D+13.7
1932 Henry H. Blood (D) D+14.6
1928 George H. Dern (D) D+17.4
1924 George H. Dern (D) D+6.0
1920 Charles R. Mabey (R) R+18.5
1916 Simon Bamberger (D) D+13.2
1912 William Spry (R) R+5.8
1908 William Spry (R) R+8.6
1904 John C. Cutler (R) R+12.6
1900 Heber M. Wells (R) R+3.4
1895 Heber M. Wells (R) R+5.6