Every four years, ahead of a gubernatorial election, the nonprofit Utah Foundation surveys Utahns about what issues they are most concerned about. In a panel discussion put on by the foundation on Thursday, candidates for the governor’s race were given a chance to respond to those concerns.
The polling found that Utahns’ top three priorities in 2016 are healthcare, air quality and K-12 education. Gov. Gary Herbert is running for reelection. He says he is proud of the things he’s worked for so far, including growing the economy and putting more money into education.
“We’ve put about 1.8 billion dollars of new money into education,” he said. “We want to be in control of our education system. We want to make sure we have state and local control of the standards, the curriculum, the textbook acquisition and the testing.”
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