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.

Gov. Spencer J. Cox will deliver his 2025 State of the State address to the people of Utah and the Utah State Legislature. He will present his priorities, vision and goals to build a stronger January

Gov. Spencer J. Cox is a husband, father, farmer, recovering attorney, and Utah’s 18th governor. He also served as the 2023-2024 chairman of the National Governors Association.

Nov 6, 2024 · SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has won reelection, beating a Democratic state lawmaker to secure his second term in office despite recent confusion about the governor’s political leanings. Cox, long seen as a moderate Republican, was heavily favored to win in deep red Utah.

Jan 23, 2025 · Utah Gov. Spencer Cox committed to work with lawmakers to advance an abundance agenda that places innovative growth at the center of every government policy. This strategy is what elevated Utah from a barren desert to one of the best destinations for families, businesses and new technologies, Cox told the combined Utah Legislature in his annual ...

Oct 21, 2015 · Spencer Cox (Republican Party) is the Governor of Utah. He assumed office on January 4, 2021. His current term ends on January 1, 2029. Cox (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Governor of Utah. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024. Cox was born in July 1975 and grew up on a farm in Fairview, Utah.

Jan 23, 2025 · Gov. Spencer Cox leaned on familiar themes in his first State of the State of his second term. "We must build" the governor told the gathered audience at the Utah State Capitol, leaning into Utah's continued success among states, its values and its own peculiar brand of "weird."Like his inaugural address, and lawmakers this session, the governor is focused on housing, permitting reform and energy.

Dec 31, 2024 · As Gov. Spencer Cox prepares to be sworn in for his second — and, he says, final — term this week, there is a two-headed monster he’s focused on conquering: housing affordability and energy...

Jan 16, 2025 · Gov. Spencer J. Cox will deliver his 2025 State of the State address to the people of Utah and the Utah State Legislature. He will present his priorities, vision and goals to build a stronger future for Utah.

Jan 22, 2025 · Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said he supports the Trump administration’s early action to secure the U.S. border and expressed hope that the country can arrive at a balanced immigration policy. The United States has “always been a country of immigrants,” Cox told the Deseret News in an interview on Tuesday. “But we have to control who and when ...