Election Results
Utah voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, continuing its status as a reliably Republican state despite historical skepticism of Trump among some Utah conservatives.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Governors
Spencer Cox, a Republican, has served as Governor of Utah since 2021, continuing a long streak of Republican governorships.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Spencer Cox | Republican | 2021–present |
| Jon Huntsman | Republican | 2005–2009 |
| Olene Smith Walker | Republican | 2003–2005 |
| Michael Okerlund Leavitt | Republican | 1993–2003 |
| Norman Howard Bangerter | Republican | 1985–1993 |
| Scott M. Matheson | Democrat | 1977–1985 |
| Calvin Lewellyn Rampton | Democrat | 1965–1977 |
| George Dewey Clyde | Republican | 1957–1905 |
| Joseph Bracken Lee | Republican | 1949–1957 |
| Herbert Brown Maw | Democrat | 1941–1949 |
| Henry Hooper Blood | Democrat | 1933–1941 |
| George Henry Dern | Democrat | 1925–1933 |
| Charles Rendell Mabey | Republican | 1921–1925 |
| Simon Bamberger | Democrat | 1917–1921 |
| William Spry | Republican | 1909–1917 |
| John Christopher Cutler | Republican | 1905–1909 |
| Heber Manning Wells | Republician | 1896–1905 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
Senators
Utah's two U.S. Senators, Mike Lee and John Curtis, are both Republicans as of 2024.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Representatives
Utah has four U.S. House seats, all held by Republicans as of 2024.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Utah
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Utah has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1964, though margins have narrowed somewhat in growing suburban areas like Salt Lake County.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Party Distribution
Republicans dominate Utah's state legislature and congressional delegation, though Salt Lake County leans more Democratic than the rest of the state.