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Election 1940 Results

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1940 Utah governor election

Herbert B. Maw (Democrat) beat Don B. Colton (Republican) in Utah in 1940, 52.1% to 47.7%, a margin of 4.4 points and 10,806 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Henry H. Blood won.

Republicans led in 21 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 102,503 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.7 points. The closest was Juab, 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
Herbert B. Maw won Democratic 128,519 52.1%
Don B. Colton Republican 117,713 47.7%
All other candidates 580 0.2%
Total246,812

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 58,234 56.8% 44,140 43.1% 129 102,503 D+13.7
Weber 14,776 56.9% 11,048 42.6% 129 25,953 D+14.4
Utah 12,434 51.9% 11,480 47.9% 53 23,967 D+4.0
Cache 5,918 45.0% 7,184 54.6% 51 13,153 R+9.6
Box Elder 3,821 48.3% 4,056 51.3% 26 7,903 R+3.0
Carbon 4,298 58.7% 2,970 40.6% 49 7,317 D+18.1
Sanpete 3,172 43.9% 4,041 55.9% 12 7,225 R+12.0
Davis 2,882 43.3% 3,762 56.5% 16 6,660 R+13.2
Sevier 2,126 40.7% 3,094 59.2% 4 5,224 R+18.5
Millard 1,990 47.1% 2,234 52.8% 4 4,228 R+5.8
Tooele 2,141 52.7% 1,915 47.1% 7 4,063 D+5.6
Iron 1,646 41.6% 2,307 58.3% 6 3,959 R+16.7
Summit 1,790 45.4% 2,140 54.3% 14 3,944 R+8.9
Washington 1,303 36.1% 2,300 63.8% 4 3,607 R+27.6
Juab 1,761 50.0% 1,760 49.9% 4 3,525 level
Uintah 1,435 42.2% 1,941 57.1% 24 3,400 R+14.9
Duchesne 1,600 48.8% 1,670 50.9% 12 3,282 R+2.1
Emery 1,515 52.0% 1,378 47.3% 18 2,911 D+4.7
Wasatch 1,060 39.6% 1,614 60.3% 2 2,676 R+20.7
Beaver 1,099 46.2% 1,279 53.8% 2,378 R+7.6
Garfield 670 36.3% 1,175 63.7% 1,845 R+27.4
Morgan 548 43.4% 711 56.3% 3 1,262 R+12.9
San Juan 413 40.4% 604 59.1% 5 1,022 R+18.7
Kane 268 26.6% 737 73.3% 1 1,006 R+46.6
Rich 368 40.2% 547 59.8% 915 R+19.6
Piute 332 37.0% 564 62.9% 1 897 R+25.9
Wayne 406 46.1% 472 53.6% 2 880 R+7.5
Grand 369 43.0% 487 56.7% 3 859 R+13.7
Daggett 144 58.1% 103 41.5% 1 248 D+16.5

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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