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The 1996 Utah gubernatorial election took place on November 5 1996. Republican nominee and incumbent Governor Michael Leavitt won the election. Democrat Jim 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.
