Corroon is a first cousin to Howard Dean, former Vermont governor and former head of the Democratic National Committee.

[citation needed] In November 2008, Corroon was re-elected to a second term as Salt Lake County Mayor over Republican challenger Michael Renckert with 66% of the vote.

In January 2010, Corroon announced his candidacy for governor of the state of Utah to challenge incumbent Republican Gary Herbert.

[4] In May, he announced his running mate would be Republican State Representative Sheryl Allen.

Despite their eventual defeat in the 2010 Election, they were the first "bipartisan" gubernatorial ticket in Utah history.