November 2016 Election, Utah

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This election is scheduled for the 8th of November 2016.[1]
The Republican Primay is scheduled for June 28th.

Candidates

Governor

Name Notes
Brian E Kamerath, Barry Evan Short Our pick.
Libertarian
L.S. Brown, Hal B. Massey Unaffiliated
Superdell Schanze, Gregory C. Duerden Independent American Party
Candidates to Not Vote for
Gary R. Herbert, Spencer J. Cox Republican. Incumbent. Signature gathering candidate.
Mike Weinholtz, Kim Bowman Democrat
Vaughn R. Cook, Jan Vandenberghe Garbett Democrat
Eliminated Candidates[2][3]
Jonathan Johnson, Robyn Bagley Our primary pick.
Republican. Caucus Candidate.
Gary R. Van Horn, Patricia Kent Independent American Party
Nate G. Jensen Republican. Suspended his campaign and endorsed Jonathan Johnson.[4]
Carlos J. Tavares Jr. Republican

Auditor

Name Notes
John Dougall Republican. Incumbent.
Jared Green Independent American Party. Can't find any sign of an actual campaign.
Candidates to Not Vote for
Mike Mitchell Democrat

Treasurer

Name Notes
Richard Proctor Constitution Party
David Damschen Republican. Incumbent.
Appointed, taking office in Jan 2016.
Candidates to Not Vote for
Neil A. Hansen Democrat

Attorney General

Name Notes
Michael W. IsBell Our Pick.
Independent American Party
Sean D. Reyes Republican. Incumbent.
W. Andrew McCullough Libertarian
Eliminated Candidates
Jon V. Harper Democrat. Withdrew from the race, citing health.[5]

Utah Senate - District 7

Name Notes
Deidre Henderson Our Pick.
Republican. Incumbent.
Andrew Apsley Democrat

See: District Map

Utah Senate - District 14

Name Notes
Joe Buchman Libertarian. Libertarian principles. Extraterrestrial enthusiast.
Dan Hemmert Republican. Caucus candidate. Supports Gary Herbert.
Curt Crosby Independent American Party. Not really campaigning. Libertarian principles, but apparently pro-Trump. Multilevel marketing.
Eliminated Candidates[6]
Morgan Philpot Our Primary Pick.
Republican. Caucus candidate.

None of these candidates is at all ideal.

See: District Map

Utah House - District 67

Name Notes
Marc Roberts Our pick.
Republican. Incumbent. Caucus candidate.
Eliminated Candidates[7]
Richard Moore Republican. Signature gathering candidate.

See: District Map

U.S. Senate

U.S. House - District 3

Name Notes
Jason Chaffetz Our pick.
Republican. Incumbent.
Candidates to Not Vote for
Stephen P. Tryon Democrat.

See: District Map

U.S. House - District 4

Name Notes
Mia B. Love Republican. Incumbent.
Collin R. Simonsen Constitution Party.
Candidates to Not Vote for
Doug Owens Democrat.

Both of these candidates seem pretty good.

See: District Map

County Elections

November 2016 Election, Utah County, Utah

External Resources

References

  1. Spencer J. Cox, "Notice of Election: 2016 General Election", Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 16 Nov 2015
  2. Lisa Riley Roche, "Gov. Gary Herbert, Jonathan Johnson headed to primary after GOP convention vote", KSL.com, Apr 23rd, 2016
  3. Josh Furlong, "LIVE: Utah primary election results", KSL.com, 28 Jun 2016
  4. Nate Jensen for Utah Governor - 2016, Facebook, 3 Apr 2016
  5. Dennis Romboy, "Democrat Jon Harper withdraws from Utah attorney general's race", KSL, 21 Sep 2016
  6. Josh Furlong, "LIVE: Utah primary election results", KSL.com, 28 Jun 2016
  7. Josh Furlong, "LIVE: Utah primary election results", KSL.com, 28 Jun 2016