1980 Utah gubernatorial election
The 1980 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1980. Democratic incumbent Scott M. Matheson defeated Republican nominee Bob Wright with 55.16% of the vote. As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat was elected Governor of Utah.
Q29552
Democratic
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Q889109
Scott M. Matheson
PER
Q29468
Republican
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Q8017643
Bob Wright
PER
Q96333308
1980 Utah gubernatorial election
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1980-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1980
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1980-11-04T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
November 4, 1980
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2021-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2021
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+55.16^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
55.16
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successful candidate
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member of political party
opposite of
member of political party