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Herbert elected full-term as Utah Governor

Posted at 9:53 PM, Nov 06, 2012
and last updated 2012-11-07 00:10:32-05

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Republican incumbent Gary Herbert will continue to serve as governor of Utah, after beating his Democrat opponent, Peter Cooke.

It was expected that Herbert would win his re-election campaign as Utah has not had a Democratic governor in almost 28 years.

Herbert took office in August 2009 when then-Gov. Jon Huntsman resigned to become U.S. ambassador to China. He won a 2010 special election to complete the rest of Huntsman's term and received 64 percent of the vote over Peter Corroon, the mayor of Salt Lake County.

Herbert's challenger, Peter Cooke, is a businessman and retired two-star major general with the U.S. Army Reserve.