1996 Utah gubernatorial election

none related races 1996 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1996 Utah gubernatorial election Utah presidential Yes 1992 Utah gubernatorial election 1992 2000 Utah gubernatorial election 2000 November 5, 1996 1922 File:Mike Leavitt.jpg 150x150px Mike Leavitt Olene Walker Republican Party (United States) 503,693 74.97% 3x4.svg Jim Bradley Shari Holweg Democratic Party (United States) 156,616 23.31% 1996 Utah gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 230px County results Leavitt: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Governor Mike Leavitt Republican Party (United States) Mike Leavitt Republican Party (United States) 65.78% (of registered voters)Official Results - State of Utah General Election November 5, 1996 https://vote.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1996Gen.pdf 30 December 2025 The 1996 Utah gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1996. Republican nominee and incumbent Governor Michael Leavitt easily won reelection. Primary election Democrat E. James Bradley, who had been elected as a Salt Lake County Commissioner in 1990 and lost re-election in 1994, announced his candidacy on March 18, 1996, the last day for candidates to file. If he had not run, it was likely the Democratic party would not have had a candidate on the ballot.Bernick, Bob, Jr. (19 March 1996). Demos Get Bradley To Step Forward, The Deseret News Utah held a primary election on June 25, 1996. All candidates in the gubernatorial election were nominated without opposition and no names of gubernatorial candidates appeared on the ballot.Official Results - State of Utah Primary Election June 25, 1996 https://vote.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1996Pri.pdf 1 January 2026Official Primary Ballot https://www.newspapers.com/image/612952164/ 1 January 2026 The Salt Lake Tribune 23 June 1996 Salt Lake City 19 General election Campaign In a poll released in early April 1996, Bradley trailed Leavitt by 63 points.Bernick, Bob, Jr. (9 April 1996). Jim who? Bradley trailing Leavitt, The Deseret News Leavitt, with high popularity ratings as the incumbent Governor, maintained a formidable lead in subsequent polls as well.(17 July 1996). Dole, Leavitt and Graham Lead in Utah, The Deseret News Leavitt and Bradley participated in a televised debate on October 26, 1996, at Brigham Young University.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/76241-1 Utah Gubernatorial Debate - C-SPAN Video Library June 20, 2011 C-SPAN Winning by the greatest margin in the state's history, Leavitt won every county.http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1996&fips=49&f=0&off=5&elect=0 1996 Gubernatorial General Election Data Graphs - Utah June 20, 2011http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F364663FB47EF21&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM The Deseret News November 6, 1996 Leavitt Hints at 3rd Term After Record-Breaking Win June 20, 2011 Leavitt outspent Bradley four times over in his campaign, and raised over $650,000.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100FDAB4A76863C4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM November 3, 1996 June 20, 2011 The Salt Lake Tribune Leavitt Easily Wins Money-Raising and Spending Title Rolly Paul Candidates Major party candidates Mike Leavitt, Republican Jim Bradley, Democratic Other candidatesCandidates: Governor/Lt. Governor https://www.deseret.com/1996/11/3/19286140/candidates-governor-lt-governor/ 1 January 2026 The Deseret News 3 November 1996 Salt Lake CityGeneral Election Ballot for Wasatch County, Utah - November 5, 1996 https://www.newspapers.com/image/747159485/ 1 January 2026 The Wasatch Wave 23 Ken Larsen, Independent American Dub Richards, Independent Robert C. Lesh, Natural Law Results 1996 Utah gubernatorial electionGubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 82 Republican Party (United States) Mike Leavitt (incumbent) 503,693 74.97% +32.78% Democratic Party (United States) Jim Bradley 156,616 23.31% +0.07% Independent American Party Ken Larsen 4,741 0.71% +0.61% Independent politician Dub Richards 3,845 0.57% Natural Law Party (United States) Robert C. Lesh 2,969 0.44% #DCDCDC Write-in Linda Metzger-Agin 15 0.00% -0.12% 671,879 100.00% 347,077 51.66% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) +32.70% Results by county County Mike LeavittRepublican Jim BradleyDemocratic All OthersVarious Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # %Beaver1,76080.88%39218.01%241.10%1,36862.87%2,176Box Elder11,69585.71%1,76212.91%1881.38%9,93372.80%13,645Cache22,87285.10%3,61413.45%3921.46%19,25871.65%26,878Carbon4,21554.88%3,36543.81%1011.31%85011.07%7,681Daggett29272.46%10826.80%30.74%18445.66%403Davis57,13780.38%12,81018.02%1,1401.60%44,32762.36%71,087Duchesne3,54583.33%65515.40%541.27%2,89067.94%4,254Emery3,23678.18%83520.17%681.64%2,40158.01%4,139Garfield1,58257.60%21511.90%90.50%1,36775.69%1,806Grand2,06663.03%1,09433.37%1183.60%97229.65%3,278Iron8,60887.20%1,10511.19%1581.60%7,50376.01%9,871Juab1,96776.57%57322.30%291.13%1,39454.26%2,569Kane2,05486.59%27411.55%441.85%1,78075.04%2,372Millard3,65284.32%59913.83%801.85%3,05370.49%4,331Morgan2,39582.70%48016.57%210.73%1,91566.13%2,896Piute60986.38%9513.48%10.14%51472.91%705Rich67585.44%10913.80%60.76%56671.65%790Salt Lake189,68067.15%87,17030.86%5,6392.00%102,51036.29%282,489San Juan2,49260.91%1,55037.89%491.20%94223.03%4,091Sanpete5,08881.04%1,05316.77%1372.18%4,03564.27%6,278Sevier5,48686.94%74111.74%831.32%4,74575.20%6,310Summit6,09664.95%3,10133.04%1882.00%2,99531.91%9,385Tooele6,67670.27%2,66428.04%1611.69%4,01242.23%9,501Uintah6,13381.33%1,26416.76%1441.91%4,86964.57%7,541Utah86,85287.20%11,50811.55%1,2381.24%75,34475.65%99,598Wasatch3,37077.70%91521.10%521.20%2,45556.61%4,337Washington21,32484.70%3,51213.95%3411.35%17,81270.75%25,177Wayne96384.85%16214.27%100.88%80170.57%1,135Weber41,17372.04%14,89126.05%1,0921.91%26,28245.98%57,156Total503,69374.97%156,61623.31%11,5701.72%347,07751.66%671,879 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carbon Summit Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican Tooele Weber References Gubernatorial Utah 1996 Category:Long stubs with short prose