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2000 Utah governor election

Mike O. Leavitt (Republican) beat Bill Orton (Democrat) in Utah in 2000, 55.8% to 42.3%, a margin of 13.5 points and 102,858 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1996, when Mike O. Leavitt also won.

Republicans led in 24 of the 29 counties and Democrats in 5. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 304,963 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.2 points. The closest was Daggett, where 71 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 424,837 55.8%
Bill Orton Democratic 321,979 42.3%
All other candidates 14,990 2.0%
Total761,806

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 157,564 51.7% 141,698 46.5% 5,701 304,963 D+5.2
Utah 36,202 30.6% 79,626 67.2% 2,639 118,467 R+36.7
Davis 30,972 35.8% 54,324 62.7% 1,333 86,629 R+27.0
Weber 28,468 46.0% 32,340 52.2% 1,109 61,917 R+6.3
Cache 8,264 25.3% 23,949 73.3% 458 32,671 R+48.0
Washington 9,059 28.5% 21,693 68.1% 1,085 31,837 R+39.7
Box Elder 5,107 33.4% 9,910 64.8% 275 15,292 R+31.4
Iron 3,450 27.9% 8,472 68.4% 457 12,379 R+40.6
Tooele 5,804 47.1% 6,318 51.3% 190 12,312 R+4.2
Summit 6,819 57.3% 4,914 41.3% 171 11,904 D+16.0
Uintah 3,018 36.7% 5,026 61.1% 180 8,224 R+24.4
Sanpete 2,596 35.3% 4,498 61.2% 261 7,355 R+25.9
Carbon 4,630 63.6% 2,566 35.2% 88 7,284 D+28.3
Sevier 1,971 28.3% 4,858 69.7% 145 6,974 R+41.4
Wasatch 2,662 47.3% 2,895 51.4% 70 5,627 R+4.1
San Juan 2,424 51.2% 2,213 46.8% 93 4,730 D+4.5
Millard 1,733 36.7% 2,862 60.5% 133 4,728 R+23.9
Duchesne 1,857 41.0% 2,597 57.3% 79 4,533 R+16.3
Emery 1,867 42.0% 2,493 56.1% 87 4,447 R+14.1
Grand 1,771 50.6% 1,630 46.5% 102 3,503 D+4.0
Morgan 1,243 39.3% 1,862 58.9% 58 3,163 R+19.6
Kane 760 27.7% 1,881 68.7% 98 2,739 R+40.9
Juab 1,134 41.6% 1,524 55.9% 70 2,728 R+14.3
Beaver 798 35.8% 1,396 62.7% 34 2,228 R+26.8
Garfield 629 32.9% 1,224 64.1% 58 1,911 R+31.1
Wayne 450 38.0% 733 62.0% 1,183 R+23.9
Rich 341 38.0% 553 61.6% 4 898 R+23.6
Piute 211 27.9% 536 70.8% 10 757 R+42.9
Daggett 175 41.4% 246 58.2% 2 423 R+16.8

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