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2008 Gubernatorial General Election Results
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Gubernatorial
Candidate
Lt. Gubernatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Gary Herbert
Republican
734,049
77.63%
Bob Springmeyer
Josie Valdez
Democratic
186,503
19.72%
Dell Schanze
Joe Hobbs
Libertarian
24,820
2.62%
Write-ins
-
Write-in
153
0.02%
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Election Notes:
Special Election to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Gov. Jon Huntsman (Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert assumed the Governorship on Aug 11 2009 when Gov. Huntsman resigned to become US Ambassador to China)
Demographic Data
2010 Population:
2,763,885
Enum.
2010 Population Density:
13.0
persons/km
2
2008 Population:
2,663,029
Est.
2008 Population Density:
12.5
persons/km
2
2000 Population:
2,233,169
Enum.
2000 Population Density:
10.5
persons/km
2
Land Area (2000):
212,751
km
2
Annual Pop Growth Rate:
2.2
%
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Data Sources:
Source for Popular Vote data: Utah State Elections Office.
Governor & Lieutenant Governor
, Utah State Elections Office ( ) (accessed 24 Nov 2008)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
Results for and Individual County:
Beaver County
Box Elder County
Cache County
Carbon County
Daggett County
Davis County
Duchesne County
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Garfield County
Grand County
Iron County
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Kane County
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Sevier County
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Primary Documentation:
2008 Official County Documents
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