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Election 1936 Results

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1936 Utah governor election

Henry H. Blood (Democrat) beat Ray E. Dillman (Republican) in Utah in 1936, 50.9% to 37.2%, a margin of 13.7 points and 29,538 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1932, when Henry H. Blood also won.

Democrats led in 19 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 10. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 86,246 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.9 points. The closest was Piute, where 1 vote 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
Henry H. Blood won Democratic 109,656 50.9%
Ray E. Dillman Republican 80,118 37.2%
Harman W. Peery Progressive-Independent 24,754 11.5%
All other candidates 700 0.3%
Total215,228

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 47,912 55.6% 29,024 33.7% 9,310 86,246 D+21.9
Weber 9,112 40.1% 5,126 22.6% 8,485 22,723 D+17.5
Utah 9,861 47.9% 8,524 41.4% 2,182 20,567 D+6.5
Cache 6,871 57.8% 4,164 35.0% 858 11,893 D+22.8
Box Elder 3,680 51.2% 2,808 39.1% 700 7,188 D+12.1
Sanpete 3,070 45.8% 3,294 49.2% 336 6,700 R+3.3
Carbon 3,639 56.4% 2,142 33.2% 674 6,455 D+23.2
Davis 3,285 56.2% 2,061 35.2% 504 5,850 D+20.9
Sevier 1,942 40.9% 2,521 53.1% 285 4,748 R+12.2
Millard 1,855 48.6% 1,883 49.3% 79 3,817 R+0.7
Summit 1,657 44.1% 1,733 46.1% 367 3,757 R+2.0
Juab 1,661 49.9% 1,401 42.1% 268 3,330 D+7.8
Tooele 1,747 53.2% 1,169 35.6% 367 3,283 D+17.6
Iron 1,598 48.8% 1,498 45.7% 180 3,276 D+3.1
Uintah 1,365 41.8% 1,822 55.7% 82 3,269 R+14.0
Washington 1,618 51.5% 1,466 46.7% 58 3,142 D+4.8
Duchesne 1,362 45.0% 1,569 51.9% 94 3,025 R+6.8
Emery 1,360 47.6% 1,273 44.5% 225 2,858 D+3.0
Wasatch 901 38.8% 1,369 58.9% 54 2,324 R+20.1
Beaver 1,082 48.1% 1,077 47.9% 90 2,249 D+0.2
Garfield 802 45.4% 940 53.2% 26 1,768 R+7.8
Morgan 482 39.5% 619 50.7% 119 1,220 R+11.2
San Juan 493 51.9% 447 47.1% 10 950 D+4.8
Piute 460 48.8% 459 48.7% 23 942 D+0.1
Kane 325 36.1% 561 62.3% 14 900 R+26.2
Rich 441 50.4% 414 47.3% 20 875 D+3.1
Wayne 450 52.6% 397 46.4% 8 855 D+6.2
Grand 498 61.6% 274 33.9% 36 808 D+27.7
Daggett 127 60.5% 83 39.5% 210 D+21.0

Counties as they stood in 1936; 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