Spencer Cox

Spencer Cox
Cox in 2024
18th Governor of Utah
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2021
Lieutenant	Deidre Henderson
Preceded by	Gary Herbert
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office July 14, 2023 – July 12, 2024
Preceded by	Phil Murphy
Succeeded by	Jared Polis
8th Lieutenant Governor of Utah
In office October 16, 2013 – January 4, 2021
Governor	Gary Herbert
Preceded by	Greg Bell
Succeeded by	Deidre Henderson
Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 58th district
In office January 1, 2013 – October 16, 2013
Preceded by	Stephen Sandstrom
Succeeded by	Jon Cox
Personal details
Born	Spencer James Cox (1975-07-11) July 11, 1975 (age 49) Mount Pleasant, Utah, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Abby Palmer
Children	4
Residence	Governor's Mansion
Education	Snow College (AA) Utah State University (BA) Washington and Lee University (JD)
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Spencer James Cox (born July 11, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 18th governor of Utah since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Utah from 2013 to 2021. In Fairview, Utah, where Cox lives and was raised, he was elected to the city council in 2004 and then as mayor in 2005. In 2008, he was elected as a Sanpete County commissioner.^[1]

He was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2012. In October 2013, Governor Gary Herbert appointed Cox to replace Greg Bell as lieutenant governor; he was confirmed unanimously by the Utah State Senate. Cox was elected to the lieutenant governorship as Herbert's running mate in 2016, and was elected governor in 2020. He was reelected to a second term in 2024.