Governor of Utah

Utah Governor
General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$182,900
2025 FY Budget:	$13,497,700
Term limits:	None
Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Utah Constitution, Article VII, Section I
Selection Method:	Elected
Current Officeholder
Governor of Utah Spencer Cox Republican Party Assumed office: January 4, 2021
Elections
Next election:	November 7, 2028
Last election:	November 5, 2024
Other Utah Executive Offices
Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Attorney General •Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Natural Resources Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commission

The Governor of the State of Utah is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office in Utah. The Governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is not subject to term limits.

Utah has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.

Utah has a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor and attorney general.

See also: Utah State Legislature, Utah House of Representatives, Utah State Senate

Current officeholder

The 18th and current governor is Spencer Cox (R).

Authority

The state Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Article VII, the Executive Department.

Under Article VII, Section 1 of the state's Constitution,

The Executive Department shall consist of Governor...

Qualifications

State Executives
Current Governors
Gubernatorial Elections
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Current Lt. Governors
Lt. Governor Elections
2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014

A candidate for governor must be:

• at least 30 years old
• a resident of Utah for at least five years on the day of the election
• a United States citizen
• a qualified elector of Utah at the time of election

Additionally, sitting governors may not hold any federal office, any state office other than the governorship, or be elected to the United States Senate during their terms.

Vacancies

See also: How gubernatorial vacancies are filled

If the elected Governor dies, resigns, is impeached, is removed, is absent, or is temporarily unable to discharge the office, then the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor.

Details of vacancies are addressed under Article VII, Section 11:

If a vacancy in the office of Governor occurs, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor, to serve until the first Monday in January of the year following the next regular general election after the vacancy occurs, if the vacancy occurs during the first year of the term of office; or for the remainder of the unexpired term, if the vacancy occurs after the first year of the term of office.

In the event of simultaneous vacancies in the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, next in the line of succession is the President of the Senate, who, while functioning as Governor, shall have the salary and emoluments of the office.

Elections

Utah state government organizational chart

Utah elects governors in the presidential elections, that is, in leap years. Legally, the gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the first Monday in the January following an election.

In Utah, the governor and lieutenant governor are always elected on a shared ticket in both the primary and the general elections, meaning the two officers will always belong to the same party.

In the event of a tie between two candidates, a joint session of the legislature shall cast ballots to choose among the top two vote-getters.

Term limits

See also: States with gubernatorial term limits

Utah governors do not face any term limits.

Partisan composition

The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Utah from 1992 to 2013.

2024

See also: Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024

General election

General election for Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Utah on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Cox (R)	52.7	781,431
		Brian King (D)	28.4	420,514
		Phil Lyman (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	13.5	200,551
		J. Robert Latham (L)	2.8	41,164
	Submit photo	Tommy Williams (Independent American Party)	1.9	27,480
		Tom Tomeny (Unaffiliated)	0.4	5,792
	Submit photo	Charlie Tautuaa (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	525
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	4,464

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,481,921
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Lyman (Unaffiliated)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Utah

Incumbent Spencer Cox defeated Phil Lyman in the Republican primary for Governor of Utah on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Cox	54.4	232,164
		Phil Lyman	45.6	194,639

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 426,803
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scott Robbins (R)
• Sylvia Miera Fisk (R)

Independent American Party primary election

The Independent American Party primary election was canceled. Tommy Williams advanced from the Independent American Party primary for Governor of Utah.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. J. Robert Latham advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Utah.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Governor of Utah

Brian King advanced from the Democratic convention for Governor of Utah on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Brian King (D)

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Republican convention

Republican Convention for Governor of Utah

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Phil Lyman in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Phil Lyman	67.5	2,495	832	Advanced (2)
		Spencer Cox	32.5	1,199	114	2
		Carson Jorgensen	0.0	0	-970	1
		Scott Robbins	0.0	0	-21	1
		Sylvia Miera Fisk	0.0	0	-20	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Phil Lyman	44.2	1,663	0	Advanced (2)
		Spencer Cox	28.9	1,085	0	2
		Carson Jorgensen	25.8	970	0	1
		Scott Robbins	0.6	21	0	1
		Sylvia Miera Fisk	0.5	20	0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 3,759
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Independent American Party convention

Independent American Party convention for Governor of Utah

Tommy Williams advanced from the Independent American Party convention for Governor of Utah on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Tommy Williams (Independent American Party)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Governor of Utah

J. Robert Latham advanced from the Libertarian convention for Governor of Utah on April 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		J. Robert Latham (L)

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2020

See also: Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020

General election

General election for Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Utah on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Cox (R)	63.0	918,754
		Chris Peterson (D)	30.3	442,754
		Daniel Cottam (L)	3.5	51,393
		Gregory Duerden (Independent American Party of Utah)	1.8	25,810
	Submit photo	Madeline Kazantzis (Independent) (Write-in)	1.3	18,988
		Kristena Conlin (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	937
		Richard Whitney (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	230
	Submit photo	Tyler Batty (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,458,878
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Utah

Spencer Cox defeated Jon Huntsman, Gregory Hughes, and Thomas Wright in the Republican primary for Governor of Utah on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Cox	36.1	190,565
		Jon Huntsman	34.9	184,246
		Gregory Hughes	21.0	110,835
		Thomas Wright	7.9	41,532

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 527,178
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jan Garbett (R)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the Democratic convention for Governor of Utah on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
		Neil Hansen (D)
	Submit photo	Ryan Jackson (D)
		Zachary Moses (D)
✔		Chris Peterson (D)
		Nikki Pino (D)
		Archie Williams III (D)

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Republican convention

Republican Convention for Governor of Utah

Select round: Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Gregory Hughes in round 6 , and Spencer Cox in round 6 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	55.0	1,884	396	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	45.0	1,544	437	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	0.0	0	-918	6
		Thomas Wright	0.0	0	0	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	42.4	1,488	201	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	31.5	1,107	206	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	26.1	918	215	6
		Thomas Wright	0.0	0	-658	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	36.3	1,287	64	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	25.4	901	182	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	19.8	703	163	6
		Thomas Wright	18.5	658	105	5
		Jeff Burningham	0.0	0	-530	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	34.3	1,223	141	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	20.2	719	45	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	15.1	540	32	6
		Thomas Wright	15.5	553	59	5
		Jeff Burningham	14.9	530	26	4
		Jon Huntsman	0.0	0	-315	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	30.2	1,082	1	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	18.8	674	11	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	14.2	508	8	6
		Thomas Wright	13.8	494	5	5
		Jeff Burningham	14.1	504	17	4
		Jon Huntsman	8.8	315	0	3
		Jason Christensen	0.0	0	-44	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Spencer Cox	30.2	1,081	0	Advanced (6)
		Gregory Hughes	18.5	663	0	Advanced (6)
		Aimee Winder Newton	14.0	500	0	6
		Thomas Wright	13.7	489	0	5
		Jeff Burningham	13.6	487	0	4
		Jon Huntsman	8.8	315	0	3
		Jason Christensen	1.2	44	0	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 3,579
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2016

See also: Utah gubernatorial election, 2016

The general election for governor and lieutenant governor was held on November 8, 2016.

Incumbents Gary Herbert and Spencer Cox defeated Mike Weinholtz and Kim Bowman, Brian Kamerath and Barry Short, Dell Schanze and Gregory Duerden, and L.S. Brown in the Utah governor and lieutenant governor election.

Utah Governor, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Gary Herbert and Spencer Cox Incumbent	66.75%	750,828
	Democratic	Mike Weinholtz and Kim Bowman	28.67%	322,462
	Libertarian	Brian Kamerath and Barry Short	3.08%	34,687
	Independent American Party	Dell Schanze and Gregory Duerden	1.51%	16,936
	Write-in	L.S. Brown	0.00%	0
Total Votes				1,124,913
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office-Elections

2012

See also: Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2012

Incumbents Gary Herbert and Greg Bell (R) won re-election in 2012. They defeated Democrats Peter Cooke and Vince Rampton, Libertarians Ken Larsen and Rob Latham, and Constitution Party candidates Kirk Pearson and Tim Alders in the November 6, 2012 general election.

Governor of Utah General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Cooke and Vince Rampton	27.7%	253,514
	Republican	Gary Herbert and Greg Bell Incumbent	68.4%	624,678
	Libertarian	Ken Larsen and Rob Latham	2.2%	19,956
	Constitution	Kirk Pearson and Tim Alders	1.7%	15,548
Total Votes				913,696
Election results via State of Utah

2010

Utah was not scheduled to hold a gubernatorial election until 2012. However, elected Republican Jon Huntsman gave up the seat to serve as U.S. Ambassador to China in August 2009. Lieutenant Governor Gary Herbert assumed the governorship upon Huntsman's departure.

On November 2, 2010, Gary Herbert/Greg Bell won re-election to the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah. They defeated Peter Corroon/Sheryl Allen, Farley M. Anderson/Steve Maxfield and W. Andrew McCullough/Aric Cramer, Sr. in the general election.

Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Gary Herbert/Greg Bell Incumbent	64.2%	381,531
	Democratic	Peter Corroon/Sheryl Allen	31.8%	188,911
	Independent	Farley M. Anderson/Steve Maxfield	2%	11,842
	Libertarian	W. Andrew McCullough/Aric Cramer, Sr.	2%	11,723
Total Votes				594,007
Election results via Electionresults.utah.gov (dead link).

2008

On November 4, 2008, Jon Huntsman/Gary Herbert won re-election to the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah. They defeated Bob Springmeyer/Valdez, Dell Schanze/Hobbs and Doughton in the general election.

Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jon Huntsman/Gary Herbert Incumbent	77.6%	734,049
	Democratic	Bob Springmeyer/Valdez	19.7%	186,503
	Libertarian	Dell Schanze/Hobbs	2.6%	24,820
	Write-In	Doughton	0%	153
Total Votes				945,525
Election results via Utah Lieutenant Governor.

2004

On November 2, 2004, Jon Huntsman/Gary Herbert won election to the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah. They defeated Matheson/Hale, Larsen/Shadowind and Fonua in the general election.

Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jon Huntsman/Gary Herbert	57.7%	531,190
	Democratic	Matheson/Hale	41.3%	380,359
	PC	Larsen/Shadowind	0.9%	8,399
	Write-In	Fonua	0%	12
Total Votes				919,960
Election results via Elections.utah.gov.

2000

On November 7, 2000, Michael Leavitt/Olene S. Walker won re-election to the office of Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah. They defeated Bill Orton/Hale and Jeremy Friedbaum/McKenzie in the general election.

Governor/Lt. Governor of Utah, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Leavitt/Olene S. Walker Incumbent	55.8%	424,837
	Democratic	Bill Orton/Hale	42.3%	321,979
	Independent American	Jeremy Friedbaum/McKenzie	2%	14,990
Total Votes				761,806
Election results via Elections.utah.gov.

Duties

The Governor upholds and executes all state laws and transacts state and executive business (§ 5).

The governor is responsible for presenting the annual state budget and "State of the State" speech. Additionally, the governor has the power to convene a special session of the state legislature (§ 6) and to appoint a board of pardons and parole with the consent of the Utah Senate (§ 12). He is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces (§ 4).

Other duties and privileges of the office include:

• Requiring written information from the officer of any executive department or the head of any state institution of any aspect of the duties, condition, and expenses of the department or institution (§ 5)

• Appointing investigative committees to look at any department or institution if the legislature is in recess. In such cases, the Governor must include the committee's findings in her next report to the legislature (§ 5)

• Convening the Senate alone in extraordinary session (§ 6)

• Adjourning the legislatures when the two chambers cannot agree to do so themselves (§ 7)

• Vetoing bills, including appropriations, subject to a two-thirds legislative override (§ 8)

• Filling vacancies in all offices not otherwise provided for, by a commission that expires at the next general election (§ 9)

• Appointing all offices not otherwise provided for, with the advice and consent of the Senate (§ 10)

• Sitting on the Board of Pardons with the Justices of the Utah Supreme Court and the Attorney General of Utah (§ 12)

• Sitting on both the Board of Examiners and the Board of State Prison Commissioners with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General (§ 13)

• Sitting on the Board of Insane Asylum Commissioners with the State Treasurer and the State Auditor (§ 14)

• Sitting on the Board of Reform School Commissioners with the Attorney General and the Utah Superintendent of Public Instruction (§ 15)

• Signing and sealing all grants and commissions made by the state of Utah (§ 21)

• Officially using "The Great Seal of the State of Utah" (§ 22)

Divisions

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State budget

Role in state budget

See also: Utah state budget and finances

The state operates on an annual budget cycle. The sequence of key events in the budget process is as follows:

1. Budget instructions are sent to state agencies in August of the year preceding the start of the new fiscal year.
2. Agencies submit their budget requests to the governor in October.
3. The governor submits his or her proposed budget to the state legislature in December.
4. The legislature typically passes a budget in March. A simple majority is required to pass a budget. The fiscal year begins July 1.

Utah is one of 44 states in which the governor has line item veto authority.

The governor is statutorily required to submit a balanced budget to the legislature. The legislature is constitutionally required to adopt a balanced budget.

Governor's office budget

The budget for the Governor/Lieutenant Governor's Office in Fiscal Year 2025 was $13,497,700.

Compensation

See also: Comparison of gubernatorial salaries and Compensation of state executive officers

See statutes: UT Code § 67-22-1 (2014)

The governor, along with Utah's other elected executives, is entitled to a fixed salary, pursuant to Article VII, Section 18 of the Utah Constitution.

The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, and any other state officer as the Legislature may provide, shall receive for their services a fixed and definite compensation as provided by law.

The amount of compensation the governor receives annually is set by Title 67, Chapter 22, Section 1 of the Utah Code.

2023

In 2023, the officer's salary was $182,900, according to the Council of State Governments.

2022

In 2022, the officer's salary was $165,600, according to the Council of State Governments.

2021

In 2021, the governor received a salary of $165,600, according to the Council of State Governments.

2020

In 2020, the governor received a salary of $160,746, according to the Council of State Governments.

2019

In 2019, the governor received a salary of $150,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2018

In 2018, the governor received a salary of $150,000, according to the Council of State Governments.

2017

In 2017, the governor received a salary of $109,900, according to the Council of State Governments.

2016

In 2016, the governor’s salary was increased to $109,900, according to the Council of State Governments.

2015

In 2015, the governor received a salary of $109,470, according to the Council of State Governments.

2014

In 2014, the governor received a salary of $109,470, according to the Council of State Governments.

2013

In 2013, the governor's salary remained at $109,470.

Historical officeholders

There have been 18 governors of Utah since 1896. Of the 18 officeholders, 12 were Republicans and 6 were Democrats.

List of Former Officeholders from 1896-Present
#	Name	Tenure	Party
1	Heber Manning Wells	1896 - 1905	Republican
2	John Christopher Cutler	1905 - 1909	Republican
3	William Spry	1909 - 1917	Republican
4	Simon Bamberger	1917 - 1921	Democratic
5	Charles Rendell Mabey	1921 - 1925	Republican
6	George Henry Dern	1925 - 1933	Democratic
7	Henry Hooper Blood	1933 - 1941	Democratic
8	Herbert Brown Maw	1941 - 1949	Democratic
9	Joseph Bracken Lee	1949 - 1957	Republican
10	George Dewey Clyde	1957 - 1965	Republican
11	Calvin Lewellyn Rampton	1965 - 1977	Democratic
12	Scott M. Matheson	1977 - 1985	Democratic
13	Norman Howard Bangerter	1985 - 1993	Republican
14	Michael Okerlund Leavitt	1993 - 2003	Republican
15	Olene Smith Walker	2003 - 2005	Republican
16	Jon Huntsman	2005 - 2009	Republican
17	Gary Herbert	2009-2021	Republican
18	Spencer Cox	2021 - Present	Republican

History

Partisan balance 1992-2013

See also: Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States and Ballotpedia:Who Runs the States, Utah

Partisan breakdown of the Utah governorship from 1992-2013

Throughout every year from 1992-2013 there were Republican governors in office for Utah. Utah is one of eight states that were run by a Republican governor for more than 80 percent of the years between 1992-2013. Utah was under Republican trifectas for all 22 years of the study period.

Across the country, there were 493 years of Democratic governors (44.82%) and 586 years of Republican governors (53.27%) from 1992 to 2013.

Over the course of the 22-year study, state governments became increasingly more partisan. At the outset of the study period (1992), 18 of the 49 states with partisan legislatures had single-party trifectas and 31 states had divided governments. In 2013, only 13 states had divided governments, while single-party trifectas held sway in 36 states, the most in the 22 years studied.

The chart below shows the partisan composition of the Office of the Governor of Utah, the Utah State Senate and the Utah House of Representatives from 1992 to 2013.

SQLI and partisanship

The chart below depicts the partisanship of the Utah state government and the state's SQLI ranking for the years studied. For the SQLI, the states were ranked from 1-50, with 1 being the best and 50 the worst. During every year of the study Utah had Republican trifectas. Its SQLI ranking stayed consistently in the 20s range for the first half of the study, but gradually moved up, bringing it into the top-10 for five of the last six years of the study.

Chart displaying the partisanship of Utah government from 1992-2013 and the State Quality of Life Index (SQLI).

State profile

Demographic data for Utah
	Utah	U.S.
Total population:	2,990,632	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	82,170	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	87.6%	73.6%
Black/African American:	1.1%	12.6%
Asian:	2.2%	5.1%
Native American:	1.1%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.6%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	13.4%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	91.2%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	31.1%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$60,727	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	12.7%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Utah. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Utah

Utah voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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Contact information

Utah State Capitol Complex
350 North State Street, Suite 200
PO Box 142220
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2220
Phone:801-538-1000

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