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Gary Richard Herbert (born May 7, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 17th governor of Utah from 2009 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party , he chaired the National Governors Association during the 2015–2016 cycle.
The governor of Utah is the head of government of Utah [2] and the commander-in-chief of its military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws [2] as well as the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Utah Legislature. [4] The governor may also convene the legislature on "extraordinary occasions". [5]
In 2019, Herbert announced he would not seek a third full term in 2020, and endorsed then-Lieutenant Governor Cox for governor. [1] In the 2020 Utah gubernatorial election, Cox was elected governor, after first defeating former Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., former Utah GOP chair Thomas Wright, and former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes in the ...
Cox was elected as a Sanpete County Commissioner in 2012, succeeding his fourth cousin, Spencer Cox, when Spencer was elected to the Utah House of Representatives. [2] Republican Party delegates chose Jon Cox to succeed Spencer as the member of the Utah House for the 58th district following his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Utah , [ 3 ...
On May 14, 2019, after Herbert announced that he would not seek reelection, Cox announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of Utah in 2020. [14] With 36% of the vote in the primary, he defeated former governor Jon Huntsman Jr., former Utah GOP chair Thomas Wright, and former Utah House speaker Greg Hughes. [15]
Herbert Brown Maw (March 11, 1893 – November 17, 1990) was an American politician and educator who was the eighth governor of Utah. He served as governor from 1941 to 1949. He served as governor from 1941 to 1949.
The 2010 Utah gubernatorial special election took place November 2, 2010. It was a special election to fill the remainder of Governor Jon Huntsman 's term. Huntsman resigned on August 11, 2009, to become United States Ambassador to China .
Governor Herbert may refer to: Gary Herbert (born 1947), 17th Governor of Utah; Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke (1734–1794), Governor of Portsmouth; John Herbert (Conservative politician) (1895–1943), Governor of Bengal from 1939 to 1943; Thomas J. Herbert (1894–1974), 56th Governor of Ohio