Former Ambassador Jon Huntsman Announces Bid for Utah Governor

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) looks at US ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman during a ceremony of receiving diplomatic credentials from foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow on Oct. 3, 2017. Pavel Golovkin/AFP via Getty Images

Jon Huntsman, a former ambassador in the Trump and Obama administrations, said he’s running to be governor of Utah.

Huntsman said in a campaign announcement video posted on Nov. 14: “Utah is home and is have been for a very long time, and will be for a very long time. Utah must stay ahead of the curve and ahead of the dysfunction in Washington to protect our state’s rights and our way of life.”