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Election 1996 Results

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1996 Utah governor election

Mike O. Leavitt (Republican) beat Jim Bradley (Democrat) in Utah in 1996, 75.0% to 23.3%, a margin of 51.7 points and 347,077 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1992, when Mike Leavitt also won.

Republicans led in 29 of the 29 counties. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 282,489 votes and went to the Republican by 36.3 points. The closest was Daggett, where 184 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
Mike O. Leavitt won Republican 503,693 75.0%
Jim Bradley Democratic 156,616 23.3%
All other candidates 11,570 1.7%
Total671,879

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 87,170 30.9% 189,680 67.1% 5,639 282,489 R+36.3
Utah 11,508 11.6% 86,852 87.2% 1,238 99,598 R+75.6
Davis 12,810 18.0% 57,137 80.4% 1,140 71,087 R+62.4
Weber 14,891 26.1% 41,173 72.0% 1,092 57,156 R+46.0
Cache 3,614 13.4% 22,872 85.1% 392 26,878 R+71.6
Washington 3,512 13.9% 21,324 84.7% 341 25,177 R+70.7
Box Elder 1,762 12.9% 11,695 85.7% 188 13,645 R+72.8
Iron 1,105 11.2% 8,608 87.2% 158 9,871 R+76.0
Tooele 2,664 28.0% 6,676 70.3% 161 9,501 R+42.2
Summit 3,101 33.0% 6,096 65.0% 188 9,385 R+31.9
Carbon 3,365 43.8% 4,215 54.9% 101 7,681 R+11.1
Uintah 1,264 16.8% 6,133 81.3% 144 7,541 R+64.6
Sevier 741 11.7% 5,486 86.9% 83 6,310 R+75.2
Sanpete 1,053 16.8% 5,088 81.0% 137 6,278 R+64.3
Wasatch 915 21.1% 3,370 77.7% 52 4,337 R+56.6
Millard 599 13.8% 3,652 84.3% 80 4,331 R+70.5
Duchesne 655 15.4% 3,545 83.3% 54 4,254 R+67.9
Emery 835 20.2% 3,236 78.2% 68 4,139 R+58.0
San Juan 1,550 37.9% 2,492 60.9% 49 4,091 R+23.0
Grand 1,094 33.4% 2,066 63.0% 118 3,278 R+29.7
Morgan 480 16.6% 2,395 82.7% 21 2,896 R+66.1
Juab 573 22.3% 1,967 76.6% 29 2,569 R+54.3
Kane 274 11.6% 2,054 86.6% 44 2,372 R+75.0
Beaver 392 18.0% 1,760 80.9% 24 2,176 R+62.9
Garfield 215 11.9% 1,582 87.6% 9 1,806 R+75.7
Wayne 162 14.3% 963 84.8% 10 1,135 R+70.6
Rich 109 13.8% 675 85.4% 6 790 R+71.6
Piute 95 13.5% 609 86.4% 1 705 R+72.9
Daggett 108 26.8% 292 72.5% 3 403 R+45.7

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