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Election 1964 Results

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1964 Utah governor election

Calvin L. Rampton (Democrat) beat Mitchell Melich (Republican) in Utah in 1964, 57.0% to 43.0%, a margin of 14.0 points and 55,656 votes.

Utah changed party: in 1960 it went Republican, for George Dewey Clyde.

Democrats led in 15 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 14. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 180,873 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.2 points. The closest was Garfield, 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
Calvin L. Rampton won Democratic 226,956 57.0%
Mitchell Melich Republican 171,300 43.0%
Total398,256

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 105,947 58.6% 74,926 41.4% 180,873 D+17.2
Weber 30,709 63.0% 18,028 37.0% 48,737 D+26.0
Utah 25,281 56.6% 19,350 43.4% 44,631 D+13.3
Davis 15,631 54.8% 12,917 45.2% 28,548 D+9.5
Cache 7,840 49.0% 8,168 51.0% 16,008 R+2.0
Box Elder 6,167 51.8% 5,735 48.2% 11,902 D+3.6
Carbon 5,161 66.6% 2,583 33.4% 7,744 D+33.3
Tooele 5,245 68.2% 2,442 31.8% 7,687 D+36.5
Sanpete 2,570 50.1% 2,558 49.9% 5,128 D+0.2
Iron 2,180 47.7% 2,387 52.3% 4,567 R+4.5
Sevier 2,095 46.1% 2,447 53.9% 4,542 R+7.7
Uintah 2,099 46.3% 2,436 53.7% 4,535 R+7.4
Washington 1,924 45.2% 2,337 54.8% 4,261 R+9.7
Millard 1,506 44.0% 1,917 56.0% 3,423 R+12.0
Summit 1,515 53.7% 1,305 46.3% 2,820 D+7.4
Wasatch 1,422 55.3% 1,149 44.7% 2,571 D+10.6
Duchesne 1,307 51.4% 1,235 48.6% 2,542 D+2.8
Emery 1,237 49.0% 1,287 51.0% 2,524 R+2.0
San Juan 919 40.2% 1,367 59.8% 2,286 R+19.6
Grand 639 28.2% 1,626 71.8% 2,265 R+43.6
Juab 1,271 57.0% 960 43.0% 2,231 D+13.9
Beaver 1,159 58.7% 816 41.3% 1,975 D+17.4
Garfield 730 50.0% 731 50.0% 1,461 R+0.1
Morgan 814 58.0% 590 42.0% 1,404 D+16.0
Kane 439 39.2% 680 60.8% 1,119 R+21.5
Wayne 360 44.5% 449 55.5% 809 R+11.0
Rich 357 47.2% 399 52.8% 756 R+5.6
Piute 277 44.0% 352 56.0% 629 R+11.9
Daggett 155 55.8% 123 44.2% 278 D+11.5

Counties as they stood in 1964; 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