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Elections in Utah |
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Utah state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Aside from its presidential primaries held on March 3, its primary elections were held on June 30, 2020. [1]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Utah voters elected the Governor of Utah, 9 seats of its Board of Education, four of Utah's other executive officers, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Utah House of Representatives, and 15 of 29 seats in the Utah State Senate. Neither of the state's two U.S. Senate seats were up for election, but there were also seven ballot measures which were voted on. [1]
Utah, a stronghold for the Republican Party and thus a reliable "red state", has 6 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Donald Trump won with 58.13% of the vote to Joe Biden's 37.65% of the vote. On December 14, 2020, Utah cast its electoral votes for Donald Trump.
All 4 of Utah's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were up for election. The Republican Party candidates won all 4 seats, with the party gaining the 4th congressional district seat from the Democratic Party.
Incumbent lieutenant governor Spencer Cox ran against University of Utah law professor and former CFPB official Christopher Peterson. Cox was elected to be Governor of Utah. He was elected with 64.3% of the vote.
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Incumbent Republican attorney general Sean Reyes was elected for a third term with 60.6% of the vote in the general election. In the Republican primary, he faced challenger David O. Leavitt (Utah County attorney) after former attorney general John Swallow withdrew from the race. [2]
In the Democratic primary, attorney and ex-small claims court judge Greg Skordas, who was the Democratic nominee for the attorney general election in 2004, ran unopposed (following the withdrawal of Kevin Probasco). Rudy Bautista ran as a Libertarian. [2]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | David Leavitt | Sean Reyes | John Swallow | Undecided |
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Suffolk University/Salt Lake Tribune | June 4–7, 2020 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 26% | 30.8% | – | 43.2% |
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News | May 9–15, 2020 | 581 (LV) [lower-alpha 2] | – | 40% | 60% | – | – |
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News | March 21–30, 2020 | 704 (LV) [lower-alpha 3] | – | 32% | 54% | 15% | – |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sean Reyes (incumbent) | 275,207 | 54.0% | |
Republican | David Leavitt | 234,027 | 46.0% | |
Total votes | 509,234 | 100.0% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Kevin Probasco | Greg Skordas |
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Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News | March 21–30, 2020 | 223 (LV) | ± 6.6% | 28% | 72% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Sean Reyes (R) | Greg Skordas (D) | Other | Undecided |
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Lighthouse Research/Salt Lake Tribune | August 31–September 12, 2020 | 2,000 (RV) | ± 4.38% | 46% | 25% | 5% [lower-alpha 4] | 23% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Sean Reyes (incumbent) | 878,853 | 60.58% | |
Democratic | Greg Skordas | 489,500 | 33.74% | |
Libertarian | Rudy Bautista | 82,444 | 5.68% | |
Total votes | 1,450,797 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Dougall (incumbent) | 1,000,846 | 74.78% | |
United Utah | Brian Fabbi | 173,644 | 12.97% | |
Constitution | Jeffrey Ostler | 163,872 | 12.24% | |
Total votes | 1,338,362 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Damschen (incumbent) | 994,115 | 74.57% | |
Libertarian | Joseph Speciale | 198,549 | 14.89% | |
Independent American | Richard Proctor | 140,466 | 10.54% | |
Total votes | 1,333,130 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Matt Hymas | 99 | 70.2% | |
Republican | Laurieann Thorpe (incumbent) | 42 | 29.8% | |
Total votes | 141 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Matt Hymas | 43,331 | 59.5% | |
Democratic | Brett Garner | 29,533 | 40.5% | |
Total votes | 72,864 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Brent Strate | 124 | 53.4% | |
Republican | K'Leena Furniss | 108 | 46.6% | |
Total votes | 232 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Brent Strate | 76,774 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 76,774 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carol Barlow Lear (incumbent) | 80,993 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 80,993 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Janet Cannon (incumbent) | 72,201 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 72,201 | 100.0% |
Republican convention results [4] | ||||
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Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | |
David Linford | % | % | ||
Molly Hart | % | % | ||
Jeffrey Ferlo | % | Eliminated | ||
Inactive Ballots | 0 ballots | 0 ballots |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Molly Hart | 22,101 | 67.3% | |
Republican | David Linford | 10,741 | 32.7% | |
Total votes | 32,842 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Molly Hart | 81,974 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 72,201 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Natalie Cline | 162 | 64.8% | |
Republican | Mike Haynes (incumbent) | 88 | 35.2% | |
Total votes | 250 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Natalie Cline | 80,720 | 69.0% | |
Independent | Tony Zani | 36,232 | 31.0% | |
Total votes | 116,952 | 100.0% |
Republican convention results [4] [6] | ||||
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Candidate | Round 1 & 2 | Round 3 | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | |
James Moss | 171 | 56.2% | 210 | 71.7% |
Lorri-Sue Blunt | 71 | 23.4% | 83 | 28.3% |
Joe Rivest | 62 | 20.4% | Eliminated | |
Inactive Ballots | 0 ballots | 11 ballots |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James Moss Jr. | 69,864 | 76.4% | |
Constitution | Catherine Rebekah Taylor | 21,625 | 23.6% | |
Total votes | 91,489 | 100.0% |
Republican convention results [4] | ||||
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Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Randy Boothe | % | % | ||
Alyson Williams | % | % | ||
Jeff Rust | % | Eliminated | ||
Inactive Ballots | 0 ballots | 0 ballots |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy Boothe | 14,094 | 52.1% | |
Republican | Alyson Williams | 12,978 | 47.9% | |
Total votes | 27,072 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy Boothe | 65,414 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 65,414 | 100.0% |
Republican convention results [4] | ||||
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Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Scott F. Smith | 140 | 45.6% | 161 | 53.8% |
Kristan Norton | 112 | 36.5% | 138 | 46.2% |
Dale M Brinkerhoff | 55 | 17.9% | Eliminated | |
Inactive Ballots | 0 ballots | 8 ballots |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kristan Norton | 27,351 | 61.2% | |
Republican | Scott Smith | 17,368 | 38.8% | |
Total votes | 27,072 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kristan Norton | 95,227 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 95,227 | 100.0% |
All 75 seats of the Utah House of Representatives and 15 of 29 seats of the Utah State Senate were up for election. Before the election the composition of the Utah State Legislature was:
State senate
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After the election, the composition was:
State senate
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Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,025,585 | 81.5 |
No | 232,407 | 18.5 |
Total votes | 1,257,992 | 100.00 |
Source: Ballotpedia |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,023,082 | 82.4 |
No | 218,804 | 17.6 |
Total votes | 1,257,992 | 100.00 |
Source: Ballotpedia |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,038,612 | 83.1 |
No | 211,810 | 16.9 |
Total votes | 1,250,422 | 100.00 |
Source: Ballotpedia |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 925,080 | 75.0 |
No | 308,015 | 25.0 |
Total votes | 1,233,095 | 100.00 |
Source: Ballotpedia |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 967,500 | 77.7 |
No | 277,924 | 22.3 |
Total votes | 1,245,424 | 100.00 |
Source: Ballotpedia |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 994,542 | 80.0 |
No | 248,153 | 20.0 |
Total votes | 1,242,695 | 100.00 |
Source: Ballotpedia |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,036,007 | 83.1 |
No | 210,290 | 16.9 |
Total votes | 1,246,297 | 100.00 |
Source: Ballotpedia |
Measure SJR 9 is a state constitutional amendment to allow income tax to fund programs for children and people with disabilities. [7]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | For SJR 9 | Against SJR 9 | Undecided |
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Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News | March 21–30, 2020 | 1,260 (LV) | ± 2.8% | 46% | 35% | 19% |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 828,629 | 57.69 |
No | 607,829 | 42.31 |
Total votes | 1,436,458 | 100.00 |
Source: Associated Press [3] |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,114,795 | 80.10 |
No | 276,897 | 19.90 |
Total votes | 1,391,692 | 100.00 |
Source: Associated Press [3] |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,138,974 | 80.48 |
No | 276,171 | 19.52 |
Total votes | 1,415,145 | 100.00 |
Source: Associated Press [3] |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 827,596 | 61.14 |
No | 525,985 | 38.86 |
Total votes | 1,353,581 | 100.00 |
Source: Associated Press [3] |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,063,212 | 74.92 |
No | 355,848 | 25.08 |
Total votes | 1,419,060 | 100.00 |
Source: Associated Press [3] |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 895,435 | 66.51 |
No | 450,835 | 33.49 |
Total votes | 1,346,270 | 100.00 |
Source: Associated Press [3] |
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 764,420 | 54.09 |
No | 648,840 | 45.91 |
Total votes | 1,413,260 | 100.00 |
Source: Associated Press [3] |
The 2020 election took place against a backdrop of uncertainty. The following data tables highlight voter registration rules, in-person voting procedures, and absentee voting procedures relevant to the November 3, 2020, general election in the state of Utah.
Voter registration in Utah [8] | |
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Registration URL | Link |
Registration status URL | Link |
Registration update URL | Link |
In-person registration deadline | October 23, 2020 |
Mail registration deadline | October 23, 2020 |
Mail postmark or receipt deadline | Received |
Online registration deadline | October 23, 2020 |
Same-day registration | Yes |
Early voting same-day registration | Yes |
In-person voting in Utah [9] | |
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All voters required to show ID | Yes |
ID types | Link |
ID source URL | Link |
Early voting start date | October 20, 2020 |
Early voting end date | October 30, 2020 |
Weekend voting? | Yes |
Early voting source URL | Link |
Election Day poll times | 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
Absentee voting in Utah [10] | |
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Are there limits on who can request a ballot? | No |
Mail request deadline | N/A |
Request postmark or receipt deadline | N/A |
Mail return deadline | November 2, 2020 |
Return postmark or receipt deadline | Postmarked |
Notary/witness requirements | No requirement |
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