Benjamin Wood

Government reporter

Benjamin joined The Tribune in the fall of 2014 as an education reporter. He currently covers Utah state government and hosts "Trib Talk," the Tribune's weekly general news podcast. Benjamin is a native Utahn and an alumnus of Utah State University.

(Photo Courtesy of Zachary Moses) Photo submitted by Zachary Moses shows the Democratic candidate for Utah governor hiking with wife, Trisha.

Zachary Moses, a Democratic candidate for governor, wants to break up Republican control of Utah and build a space port

By Benjamin Wood | April 10, 2020, 7:07 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Republican Jeff Burningham announces that he is running for governor during a news conference at the Utah Capitol, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.

Jeff Burningham declares his candidacy for Utah governor

By Benjamin Wood | April 10, 2020, 7:07 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton talks with her brother, state Rep. Mike Winder, R-West Valley City, at the Salt Lake County Republican Party Organizing Convention at Cottonwood High School on April 14, 2018.

Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton is running for Utah governor

By Benjamin Wood | Taylor Stevens | April 10, 2020, 7:07 p.m.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Thomas Wright says a few words during a news conference with second lady Karen Pence at the Utah Sate Capitol, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.

Former Utah GOP Chairman Thomas Wright is running for governor. Greg Hughes to announce bid next week.

By Benjamin Wood | April 10, 2020, 7:04 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spencer Cox, Greg Hughes, and Jeff Burningham look on as Thomas Write answers a question during a panel featuring gubernatorial candidates at the annual Utah Eagle Forum convention in Sandy, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020.

Utah Eagle Forum tests Utah’s GOP candidates for governor

By Benjamin Wood | April 10, 2020, 7:04 p.m.

Jan Garbett says she’s running for governor to give Trump-skeptical Utahns a choice

By Benjamin Wood | April 10, 2020, 7:03 p.m.

(Patrick Semansky | AP file photo) Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., departs Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, after the Senate passed a second coronavirus response bill.

Bernie Sanders is awarded 16 of Utah’s 29 Democratic delegates

By Benjamin Wood | March 26, 2020, 3:03 a.m.

(Courtesy photo) State Auditor John Dougall on Tuesday became the running mate of Republican gubernatorial candidate Aimee Winder Newton.

Aimee Winder Newton picks Utah Auditor John Dougall as her running mate in the governor’s race

By Benjamin Wood | March 24, 2020, 10:22 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Hope Preston welcomes home her brother Elder Kaleb Preston, from his mission in the Philippines, at the Salt Lake City International Airport. The Prestons are from Kaysville, Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Coronavirus brings hundreds of LDS missionaries back to Utah

By Benjamin Wood | David Noyce | March 24, 2020, 2:24 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Department of Health state epidemiologist Angela Dunn announces the first death in Utah attributed to the coronavirus, during a news conference at the Utah Health Department, Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Utah’s first coronavirus death was a Davis County man over age 60

By Benjamin Wood | March 23, 2020, 1:49 a.m.