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1920 Utah governor election

Charles R. Mabey (Republican) beat Thomas N. Taylor (Democrat) in Utah in 1920, 56.8% to 38.2%, a margin of 18.5 points and 26,605 votes.

Utah changed party: in 1916 it went Democratic, for Simon Bamberger.

Republicans led in 29 of the 29 counties as they stood then. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 48,927 votes and went to the Republican by 21.2 points. The closest was Grand, where 24 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
Charles R. Mabey won Republican 81,518 56.8%
Thomas N. Taylor Democratic 54,913 38.2%
All other candidates 7,143 5.0%
Total143,574

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 18,500 37.8% 28,865 59.0% 1,562 48,927 R+21.2
Utah 6,475 44.8% 7,582 52.5% 382 14,439 R+7.7
Weber 4,897 35.0% 7,469 53.4% 1,619 13,985 R+18.4
Cache 4,142 44.1% 5,179 55.1% 79 9,400 R+11.0
Sanpete 2,366 38.1% 3,778 60.8% 67 6,211 R+22.7
Box Elder 2,202 38.0% 3,547 61.2% 50 5,799 R+23.2
Davis 1,217 29.7% 2,869 70.0% 15 4,101 R+40.3
Sevier 1,418 35.7% 2,506 63.2% 43 3,967 R+27.4
Carbon 1,484 42.0% 1,719 48.7% 330 3,533 R+6.7
Millard 1,194 33.9% 2,202 62.6% 123 3,519 R+28.6
Juab 1,289 40.8% 1,709 54.1% 163 3,161 R+13.3
Summit 853 34.0% 1,536 61.2% 119 2,508 R+27.2
Duchesne 844 34.2% 1,504 61.0% 118 2,466 R+26.8
Tooele 903 36.8% 1,408 57.4% 143 2,454 R+20.6
Emery 1,002 41.9% 1,315 55.0% 72 2,389 R+13.1
Uintah 863 38.3% 1,322 58.7% 69 2,254 R+20.4
Washington 985 45.9% 1,154 53.8% 6 2,145 R+7.9
Iron 532 26.5% 1,430 71.3% 43 2,005 R+44.8
Beaver 725 39.6% 1,068 58.3% 39 1,832 R+18.7
Wasatch 695 40.1% 1,029 59.3% 11 1,735 R+19.3
Garfield 424 29.6% 995 69.4% 14 1,433 R+39.8
Morgan 373 39.3% 571 60.2% 4 948 R+20.9
Piute 282 33.5% 540 64.1% 21 843 R+30.6
San Juan 284 35.5% 496 62.0% 20 800 R+26.5
Kane 202 29.3% 485 70.3% 3 690 R+41.0
Rich 205 30.8% 460 69.2% 665 R+38.3
Wayne 245 38.2% 383 59.8% 13 641 R+21.5
Grand 280 47.0% 304 51.0% 12 596 R+4.0
Daggett 32 25.0% 93 72.7% 3 128 R+47.7

Counties as they stood in 1920; 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