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Election 2020 Results

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2020 Utah governor election

Spencer J Cox (Republican) beat Chris Peterson (Democrat) in Utah in 2020, 63.2% to 30.5%, a margin of 32.7 points and 475,999 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2016, when Gary Herbert won.

Republicans led in 27 of the 29 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 533,343 votes and went to the Republican by 5.2 points. The closest was Grand, where 196 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
Spencer J Cox won Republican 918,753 63.2%
Chris Peterson Democratic 442,754 30.5%
All other candidates 92,382 6.4%
Total1,453,889

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 238,249 44.7% 266,177 49.9% 28,917 533,343 R+5.2
Utah 52,524 18.9% 208,514 75.2% 16,153 277,191 R+56.3
Davis 41,101 24.6% 115,501 69.2% 10,392 166,994 R+44.6
Weber 32,976 30.6% 68,804 63.9% 5,827 107,607 R+33.3
Washington 16,698 18.8% 61,125 68.9% 10,830 88,653 R+50.1
Cache 12,943 22.7% 39,952 70.1% 4,068 56,963 R+47.4
Tooele 7,058 23.2% 21,293 70.1% 2,045 30,396 R+46.8
Box Elder 3,507 13.6% 20,642 80.2% 1,591 25,740 R+66.6
Summit 13,066 52.0% 11,290 44.9% 792 25,148 D+7.1
Iron 3,854 15.8% 17,650 72.4% 2,871 24,375 R+56.6
Wasatch 4,911 28.2% 11,472 65.8% 1,043 17,426 R+37.7
Uintah 1,482 11.7% 10,290 81.4% 876 12,648 R+69.6
Sanpete 1,012 8.4% 10,326 85.4% 751 12,089 R+77.0
Sevier 882 9.0% 8,364 85.3% 559 9,805 R+76.3
Carbon 2,091 23.2% 6,506 72.1% 426 9,023 R+48.9
Duchesne 739 8.9% 6,095 73.0% 1,515 8,349 R+64.2
San Juan 2,642 40.6% 3,477 53.4% 393 6,512 R+12.8
Morgan 770 11.9% 5,190 80.0% 529 6,489 R+68.1
Millard 519 8.6% 4,528 75.0% 992 6,039 R+66.4
Juab 470 8.5% 4,606 83.7% 430 5,506 R+75.1
Grand 2,499 49.8% 2,303 45.9% 214 5,016 D+3.9
Emery 489 10.2% 3,918 82.1% 364 4,771 R+71.9
Kane 918 23.4% 2,802 71.3% 211 3,931 R+47.9
Beaver 291 9.8% 2,468 83.3% 205 2,964 R+73.4
Garfield 428 16.2% 2,123 80.3% 94 2,645 R+64.1
Wayne 321 20.9% 1,115 72.5% 101 1,537 R+51.7
Rich 158 11.8% 1,081 80.4% 105 1,344 R+68.7
Piute 65 8.1% 672 84.0% 63 800 R+75.9
Daggett 91 15.6% 469 80.2% 25 585 R+64.6

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