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2004 Utah governor election

Jon Huntsman Jr. (Republican) beat Scott Matheson Jr. (Democrat) in Utah in 2004, 57.7% to 41.3%, a margin of 16.4 points and 150,831 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2000, when Mike O. Leavitt won.

Republicans led in 25 of the 29 counties and Democrats in 4. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 360,681 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.3 points. The closest was Daggett, where 93 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
Jon Huntsman Jr. won Republican 531,190 57.7%
Scott Matheson Jr. Democratic 380,359 41.3%
All other candidates 8,411 0.9%
Total919,960

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 188,002 52.1% 168,818 46.8% 3,861 360,681 D+5.3
Utah 38,921 26.4% 107,429 72.9% 1,005 147,355 R+46.5
Davis 38,726 35.8% 68,545 63.4% 782 108,053 R+27.6
Weber 31,857 44.3% 39,330 54.7% 742 71,929 R+10.4
Washington 11,683 27.0% 31,295 72.3% 335 43,313 R+45.3
Cache 13,660 34.8% 25,307 64.5% 278 39,245 R+29.7
Box Elder 5,497 30.0% 12,631 69.0% 166 18,294 R+39.0
Tooele 7,106 43.1% 9,181 55.7% 192 16,479 R+12.6
Iron 4,526 29.5% 10,673 69.6% 137 15,336 R+40.1
Summit 8,822 58.4% 6,151 40.7% 123 15,096 D+17.7
Uintah 2,399 24.4% 7,345 74.6% 98 9,842 R+50.3
Carbon 5,111 60.8% 3,232 38.4% 68 8,411 D+22.3
Sanpete 2,799 33.6% 5,441 65.3% 90 8,330 R+31.7
Sevier 2,470 32.5% 5,059 66.6% 62 7,591 R+34.1
Wasatch 3,032 40.8% 4,353 58.5% 53 7,438 R+17.8
Duchesne 1,550 28.1% 3,939 71.3% 36 5,525 R+43.2
San Juan 2,244 46.1% 2,555 52.5% 72 4,871 R+6.4
Millard 1,654 34.1% 3,150 64.9% 50 4,854 R+30.8
Emery 1,848 39.7% 2,754 59.1% 56 4,658 R+19.5
Grand 2,239 54.3% 1,811 43.9% 73 4,123 D+10.4
Morgan 1,272 33.2% 2,535 66.2% 25 3,832 R+33.0
Juab 1,363 40.2% 1,995 58.8% 35 3,393 R+18.6
Kane 823 27.2% 2,168 71.7% 31 3,022 R+44.5
Beaver 991 38.9% 1,541 60.5% 17 2,549 R+21.6
Garfield 558 26.1% 1,562 73.0% 20 2,140 R+46.9
Wayne 458 34.2% 880 65.8% 1,338 R+31.5
Rich 317 30.9% 706 68.9% 2 1,025 R+38.0
Piute 237 31.3% 517 68.4% 2 756 R+37.0
Daggett 194 40.3% 287 59.7% 481 R+19.3

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