Gov. Gary Herbert confirms he asked Thomas Wright to drop out of Utah governor’s race

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert confirmed reports that he met recently over milkshakes with gubernatorial candidate Thomas Wright and encouraged him to step out of the race to support the outgoing governor’s chosen successor, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox. But asked whether he had attempted to induce Wright to drop out or if he had broken any state laws in the process, Herbert said the answer was “no and no.”“There’s no deal been made,” he added later.Four sources who were told