2016 Utah Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2016 Utah Gubernatorial Election?

Gary Herbert won the 2016 Utah Gubernatorial Election. Gary Herbert received 750,850 popular votes (66.74%). The main challenger was Mike Weinholtz (28.74%).

See the full head-to-head between Herbert and Weinholtz

Herbert +38.0 pts · won by 427,501 votes
750,850 votes
323,349 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.