Governor

Gary R. Herbert

Debates:

2012 Gubernatorial Debate

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Gary Richard Herbert is the 17th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Utah. Having served as the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009, he assumed the governorship on August 11, 2009, following the resignation of Jon Huntsman, Jr., who was appointed United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China by President Barack Obama. Herbert was elected to serve out the remainder of the term in a special election in 2010, defeating his opponent 64%-32%. He is seeking election to a full four-year term in 2012.

Peter S Cooke

Debates:

2012 Gubernatorial Debate

Party:

Democrat

Candidate Office:

Governor

Peter Cooke is a retired two-star general, small business owner, husband, father of five and a Democrat who is running to be Utah’s next Governor. Peter received a global education while his father worked for Pan American Airlines, spanning from New Jersey and Florida, to Thailand and Germany, where he graduated from Frankfurt American High School in 1967. Peter earned both a bachelor’s (1971) and a master’s degree (1973) in political science from Utah State University. His 39 year career in the military began in Logan where he enrolled in USU’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) in 1967.

Kirk D Pearson

Party:

Constitution

Candidate Office:

Governor

Ken Larsen

Party:

Libertarian

Candidate Office:

Governor

Ken Larsen was the Personal Choice Party candidate for governor of Utah in 2004, receiving 8,399 votes for 0.9%. He is a medical researcher in Salt Lake City and has a Ph.D. in Zoology from Brigham Young University. Larsen was a key player in the forming of the The Personal Choice Party in approximately 1997.