The 2010 Utah gubernatorial special election took place November 2, 2010. It was a special election to fill the remainder of Governor

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's term. Huntsman resigned on August 11, 2009, to become

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. Lieutenant Governor

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assumed the governorship and went on to defeat his Democratic opponent,

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Mayor

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, in the 2010 election.

Candidates

Democratic

, Mayor of

Republican

Nominee

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Defeated at convention

*Richard Martin *Daniel Van Oaks, Jr.

Libertarian

*W Andrew McCullough

Other

*Farley Anderson

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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(largest municipality:

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)

References

External links

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