Monday, 07 July 2025

[WATCH] “I’ll Write Somebody In”: Republican Governor Will Not Vote For Donald Trump

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, said he will not vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.

In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, the GOP governor said “I haven’t voted for the top of the ticket since 2012.”

“I’ve certainly had my concerns, one of those is what happened on January 6th. I’m hopeful. I want my party to win. They chose a candidate this time around that was not my first choice, wasn’t my choice last time either. But the party’s spoken,” Cox said.

“I’m not going to vote for either presidential candidate this year. I’ll write somebody in as I’ve done in the past,” he added.

Cox threw his support behind North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for vice president.

WATCH:

From Colorado Politics:

During the interview, Cox touched on recent news that fake electors involved with efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election will be sent to the Republican National Convention next week.

“Obviously, it’s not the best look, Kaitlan, but I’m very hopeful that at the national convention, the Republicans will have an opportunity to turn the page on that stuff and present a hopeful message to the country. I think that the country is desperate for some normalcy right now, and neither party has been giving them that normalcy,” Cox said.

Cox also touched on his “worries” surrounding election denialism. This year, Cox faced an unsuccessful primary challenger, who has yet to concede and is considering legal options.

He explained a situation when he was lieutenant governor and secretary of state in 2016 in which Hillary Clinton supporters tried to overturn the vote of the electors who were bound to Trump, noting “of course it got worse in 2020 with my party.”

“I do worry that this is happening with the fringes of the party and now more of the mainstream of the party. I’m just a big believer that we should actually be trying to win elections the right way and try to convince people that we have the message that matters,” Cox said.

Watch a longer clip from the interview below:

The Washington Times noted:

Mr. Cox has faced his own election troubles. Candidate Phil Lyman, who launched a primary challenge against Mr. Cox, lost to him in June but refuses to concede.


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