Spencer Cox
Lt. Governor and Candidate for Governor
February 18, 2020
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
BUS 126
Spencer graduated from North Sanpete High School, Snow College, and Utah State University, earning a BA degree in Political Science with a minor in Spanish. While at USU, Spencer was recognized by his department as the Student of the Year and graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. He then graduated from the Washington and Lee School of Law with honors, while distinguishing himself with several accolades including Law Review.
Upon graduation, Spencer and his wife moved to Davis County where Spencer had the opportunity to serve as a law clerk to Federal District Judge Ted Stewart. Following the clerkship, Spencer began his career as an attorney at the law firm of Fabian and Clendenin in Salt Lake City.
In 2003, Spencer and his wife decided to return and raise their family in rural Utah. Spencer accepted the position of Vice President with CentraCom, a rural telecommunications company. Shortly after arriving, Spencer helped to design and implement an aggressive expansion plan to grow the company's rural footprint and, for the first time, bring service to enterprise customers on the Wasatch Front. Since his arrival, CentraCom has doubled in size from 45 employees to more than 90, despite the severe economic downturn.
During his time in Fairview, Spencer has served as Fairview City Councilman, Fairview City Mayor, Sanpete County Commissioner and represented District 58 in the Utah House of Representatives (covering most of Sanpete and Juab Counties).
Spencer Cox was appointed Utah's eighth Lieutenant Governor on October 16, 2013.
In his spare time, Spencer loves running as well as camping and hiking with his family throughout Utah's amazing backcountry. He is fluent in Spanish. He also enjoys playing the bass guitar with his brother in a local band.