# Spencer Cox

Spencer Cox is the Republican governor of Utah.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Governor of Utah
- Current term: Current term

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-UT-spencer-cox (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

5.1% of Cox’s statements claim credit, the lowest of 22 Republican governors (average 29%).

## What Cox says (Current term)

413 classified statements: 413 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the Republican governors average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Cox | Republican governors average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.7% | 0.9% | 10 of 22 |
| Policy criticism | 3.4% | 4.4% | 12 of 22 |
| Policy discussion | 9.4% | 40.0% | 21 of 22 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.7% | 13 of 22 |
| Credit claiming | 5.1% | 29.0% | 22 of 22 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 1.7% | 15 of 22 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 23% (Republican governors 18%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (Republican governors 19%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 10% (Republican governors 1.0%); Commerce 7.7% (Republican governors 5.5%); Energy 7.7% (Republican governors 7.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.05), from 3,765 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.0% of Republican governors score lower.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2114336714957180940
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111857504720461989
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111861582628262063
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111875040065233250
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111893657217593812
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111902464236810521
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111906505649992049
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111913443456626834
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111933044055798048
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerJCox/status/2111231089671045157

## Links

- Official site: https://governor.utah.gov
- Campaign site: https://www.votecox.com/
- X: https://x.com/SpencerJCox

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/gov-UT-spencer-cox