2022 Utah elections

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2022 Utah elections
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  2020
2024  

A general election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to elect candidates throughout Utah, as part of the 2022 midterm elections. The results of the elections showed strong Republican Party outcomes, although some races were unusually competitive for the traditionally Republican state.

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United States House of Representatives

All of Utah's four house seats were up in the 2022 elections, and all were won by Republicans following redistricting.

United States Senate

Evan McMullin, presidential candidate in 2016, ran as an independent, cutting a net 15 points into Lee's margin six years prior, leaving Lee with the lowest Republican vote for a Senate candidate since 1974.

2022 United States Senate election in Utah [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Lee (incumbent) 571,974 53.15% –15.00
Independent Evan McMullin 459,95842.74%N/A
Libertarian James Hansen31,7842.95%N/A
Independent American Tommy Williams12,1031.12%–1.33
Write-in 2420.02%N/A
Total votes1,076,061 100.0%
Republican hold

State treasurer

Oaks
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50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
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Oaks
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%
  90–100%

Incumbent treasurer Marlo Oaks, who had been appointed by Governor Spencer Cox in 2021, [2] held on to his seat with 74% of the vote.

2022 Utah State Treasurer election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Marlo Oaks (incumbent) 726,482 74.11% −0.46%
Libertarian Joseph Geddes Buchman97,1719.91%−4.98%
United Utah Thomas Alan Horne94,2659.62%+9.62%
Independent American Warren T. Rogers62,2956.36%−4.18%
Total votes980,213 100.0%
Republican hold

Ballot measures

Amendment A

Amendment A
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November 8, 2022

Limits on Emergency Appropriations

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No
  70–80%
  60–70%
  50–60%

  1. "2022 General Election State Canvass" (PDF).
  2. "Cox appoints a new state treasurer". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. "Utah Election Preliminary Results". electionresults.utah.gov. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  4. "Utah Ballot Measures 2022 | Live Election Results". www.politico.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  5. "2022 Utah Constitutional Amendment A - Raise Appropriations Limit Election Results". USA Today. USA Today Times. Retrieved October 10, 2023.