Jon Huntsman Jr., a former top U.S. diplomat in Russia under the Trump administration, announced he's running again for the Republican nomination to be the governor of Utah, a position he previously held from 2005 until 2009.
Jon Huntsman Jr., a former top U.S. diplomat in Russia under the Trump administration, announced he's running again for the Republican nomination to be the governor of Utah, a position he previously held from 2005 until 2009.
"We're not always competing against Nevada and Arizona and Idaho and Colorado -- we're competing against nation states. It's a global market place," he said."You can't just wish globalization away. It's here and we're either prepared to step up and deal with it and to win or we're going to fall behind and others are going to take our place. And that's just unacceptable.
A moderate Republican, he was first elected governor of Utah in 2004 and reelected in 2008. However, shortly after starting his second term, in May 2009, Obama named Huntsman, who campaigned for his 2008 opponent, the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, the U.S. ambassador to China. At the time of his departure, Huntsman was still very popular in the state, having handily won his re-election by a margin of 58 percentage points.
Huntsman's letter of resignation was obtained by ABC News in early August, and his resignation from the Trump administration was effective Oct. 3. At the time, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that he was considering another run for governor.
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