![Issac Hale Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ec2c98b22ec74bc8ae246751a19c79c1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
![Issac Hale Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f0250e1798b543f0ae56da575694c4eb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
![Issac Hale Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, speaks as Utah Rep. Phil Lyman listens during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate, at the Eccles Broadcast Center, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/53fa56f8e48f423cace696f6801be751/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, speaks as Utah Rep. Phil Lyman listens during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate, at the Eccles Broadcast Center, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP)
![Issac Hale Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, talks with Utah Rep. Phil Lyman after Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d29347afb7de4a00a1eccb9d130db83e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, talks with Utah Rep. Phil Lyman after Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
![Rick Egan From left to right, Derek Brown, Frank Mylar and Rachel Terry appear on stage during a attorney general GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/056671af3e89492ebad17d9b4be0b03f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
From left to right, Derek Brown, Frank Mylar and Rachel Terry appear on stage during a attorney general GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune, via AP, Pool)
![Hannah Schoenbaum FILE - Supporters of Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman, a candidate for governor, and other Republican delegates, boo incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox as he takes the stage at the Utah Republican Party Convention, April 27, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Cox and Lyman are set to dual on the debate stage, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0c9eb8ac6be64e3e8dc1ed3cab91878c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Supporters of Utah state Rep. Phil Lyman, a candidate for governor, and other Republican delegates, boo incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox as he takes the stage at the Utah Republican Party Convention, April 27, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Cox and Lyman are set to dual on the debate stage, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)
![Issac Hale Utah Rep. Phil Lyman speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ad3344ded3f544e687dd3759ba7cda7d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Utah Rep. Phil Lyman speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
![Issac Hale Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/60f37dabe2334258a2f3a482a6ea3343/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
![Issac Hale Utah Rep. Phil Lyman speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate against incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, at the Eccles Broadcast Center, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c5c03015169f484bab9745b697fcaf9d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Utah Rep. Phil Lyman speaks during Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate against incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, at the Eccles Broadcast Center, Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
![Issac Hale Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, shakes hands with Utah Rep. Phil Lyman after Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f6be8e3177324820bd72eea9065277e9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, left, shakes hands with Utah Rep. Phil Lyman after Utah's gubernatorial GOP primary debate on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Isaac Hale/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)