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1900 Utah governor election

Heber M. Wells (Republican) beat James H. Moyle (Democrat) in Utah in 1900, 51.7% to 48.3%, a margin of 3.4 points and 3,153 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1895, when Heber M. Wells also won.

Republicans led in 17 of the 27 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 26,354 votes and went to the Republican by 3.1 points. The closest was Summit, where 14 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Heber M. Wells won Republican 47,600 51.7%
James H. Moyle Democratic 44,447 48.3%
Total92,047

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 12,763 48.4% 13,591 51.6% 26,354 R+3.1
Utah 5,389 48.7% 5,678 51.3% 11,067 R+2.6
Weber 3,927 45.8% 4,650 54.2% 8,577 R+8.4
Sanpete 2,444 40.7% 3,559 59.3% 6,003 R+18.6
Cache 2,996 50.9% 2,894 49.1% 5,890 D+1.7
Juab 1,937 55.1% 1,576 44.9% 3,513 D+10.3
Summit 1,669 50.2% 1,655 49.8% 3,324 D+0.4
Box Elder 1,466 47.1% 1,646 52.9% 3,112 R+5.8
Sevier 1,265 44.4% 1,583 55.6% 2,848 R+11.2
Davis 1,407 53.7% 1,215 46.3% 2,622 D+7.3
Tooele 1,082 45.5% 1,296 54.5% 2,378 R+9.0
Millard 835 46.8% 949 53.2% 1,784 R+6.4
Wasatch 765 50.8% 740 49.2% 1,505 D+1.7
Emery 796 54.4% 667 45.6% 1,463 D+8.8
Uintah 752 53.2% 661 46.8% 1,413 D+6.4
Washington 994 70.6% 414 29.4% 1,408 D+41.2
Carbon 619 45.1% 752 54.9% 1,371 R+9.7
Iron 689 51.6% 647 48.4% 1,336 D+3.1
Beaver 624 47.8% 681 52.2% 1,305 R+4.4
Garfield 396 38.0% 645 62.0% 1,041 R+23.9
Morgan 357 47.0% 403 53.0% 760 R+6.1
Rich 288 43.0% 382 57.0% 670 R+14.0
Wayne 282 46.4% 326 53.6% 608 R+7.2
Piute 272 45.2% 330 54.8% 602 R+9.6
Kane 166 29.9% 390 70.1% 556 R+40.3
Grand 201 52.5% 182 47.5% 383 D+5.0
San Juan 66 42.9% 88 57.1% 154 R+14.3

Counties as they stood in 1900; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Utah governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Spencer Cox (R) R+24.4
2020 Spencer J Cox (R) R+32.7
2016 Gary Herbert (R) R+37.9
2012 Gary R. Herbert (R) R+40.8
2010 Gary Herbert (R) R+32.2
2008 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+58.0
2004 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+16.4
2000 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+13.5
1996 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+51.7
1992 Mike Leavitt (R) R+19.0
1988 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+1.7
1984 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+12.1
1980 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+10.7
1976 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+6.1
1972 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+39.4
1968 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+37.4
1964 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+14.0
1960 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+5.3
1956 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+4.8
1952 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.2
1948 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.0
1944 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+0.4
1940 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+4.4
1936 Henry H. Blood (D) D+13.7
1932 Henry H. Blood (D) D+14.6
1928 George H. Dern (D) D+17.4
1924 George H. Dern (D) D+6.0
1920 Charles R. Mabey (R) R+18.5
1916 Simon Bamberger (D) D+13.2
1912 William Spry (R) R+5.8
1908 William Spry (R) R+8.6
1904 John C. Cutler (R) R+12.6
1900 Heber M. Wells (R) R+3.4
1895 Heber M. Wells (R) R+5.6