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Last updated: Oct. 23, 2024
Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.
This page provides an overview of all elections happening in Utah within our coverage scope on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include office for one U.S. Senator, four U.S. Representatives, for governor, five state executives, 75 state Representatives, 15 state Senators, one supreme court justice and one intermediate appellate court justice. Additionally, there are two statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Utah. On this page, you will also find information regarding:
- How to vote in Utah
- The elected offices that Utah voters can expect to see on their ballots
- The races in Utah that Ballotpedia is covering as battlegrounds
- The ballot measures that voters in Utah will decide on
- Ballotpedia's Sample Ballot Lookup Tool
- The partisan balance of Utah's congressional delegation and state government
- Past presidential election results in Utah
- The competitiveness of legislative elections in Utah
- The candidates who are on the ballot in Utah
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Utah
What's on the ballot?
2024 elections
- See also: Utah elections, 2024
Utah voters will elect one U.S. Senator. Caroline Gleich (D), John Curtis (R), Carlton Bowen (Independent American Party of Utah) and Laird Hamblin (Unaffiliated) are running.
Utah voters will elect four U.S. Representatives. Incumbents are running in three districts. One seat is open because incumbent John Curtis (R) is running for U.S. Senate.
The governor of Utah is up for election. Incumbent Spencer Cox (R), Brian King (D), and six other candidates are running.
In addition to the governor, five statewide executive offices are up for election: Lieutenant Governor of Utah, Utah Treasurer, Utah Attorney General, and Utah Auditor. Additionally, the Utah Board of Education has eight seats up for election. Incumbents are running for lieutenant governor and treasurer while the auditor and attorney general races are open. The lieutenant governor runs on a joint ticket with the governor.
All 75 seats in the state House are up for election. 14 seats in the state Senate are up for a regularly scheduled election. One senate seat is up for a special election.
One seat on the state supreme court and one seat on the state court of appeals are up for election. Utah is one of 20 states that use retention elections at the state supreme court level and one of 19 states that use this method for at least one type of court below the supreme court level. Incumbents hold all the seats.
School board elections are being held in eight districts. These districts are among the 475 school districts included in Ballotpedia's coverage of school board elections. This includes all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment.
Below is a list of Utah elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:
| Utah elections, 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Elections? | More information |
| U.S. Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| U.S. House | ✓ | Click here |
| Congress special election | — | — |
| Governor | ✓ | Click here |
| Other state executive | ✓ | Click here |
| State Senate | ✓ | Click here |
| State House | ✓ | Click here |
| Special state legislative | ✓ | Click here |
| State Supreme Court | ✓ | Click here |
| Intermediate appellate courts | ✓ | Click here |
| School boards | ✓ | Click here |
| Municipal government | — | — |
| Recalls | — | — |
| Ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
| Local ballot measures | ✓ | Click here |
Legend: ✓ election(s) / — no elections
Subject to Ballotpedia's scope
Your ballot
- See also: Sample Ballot Lookup
Noteworthy elections
As of Oct 22, Ballotpedia has not identified any elections as noteworthy.
Ballot measures
- See also: Utah 2024 ballot measures
There are two statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Utah in November.
| Type | Title | Description | Result | Yes Votes | No Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amendment B | Raise the annual distribution limit from the State School Fund for public education from 4% to 5% |
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1,004,901 (71%) |
402,865 (29%) |
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| Amendment C | Establish in the state constitution that every county shall elect a sheriff to serve for four-year terms |
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1,165,753 (83%) |
244,196 (17%) |
From 1996 to 2022, 61 ballot measures were on the ballot in Utah. Voters approved 52 measures and defeated 9.
State analysis
Partisan balance
Republicans represent all four districts in Utah's U.S. House delegation. In the U.S. House, Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.
Both of Utah's U.S. Senators—Mike Lee and Mitt Romney—are Republicans. Democrats have a majority in the U.S. Senate. There are 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and four independents. Three independents caucus with the Democratic Party, and one other counts towards the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
Republicans have a 23-6 majority in the state Senate and a 61-14 majority in the state House. Republicans have held a majority in the state Senate since 1979 and in the state House since 1977.
Because the governor is a Republican, Utah is one of 23 states with a Republican trifecta. It had held this status since 1985. This makes Utah one of 25 states with Republican triplexes. It has held this status since 2001 when Mark Shurtleff (R) took office as attorney general.
Past presidential election results in Utah
- See also: Presidential election in Utah, 2024
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 62.2% of Utahns lived in one of the state's 26 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 37.5% lived in one of two Trending Democratic counties: Salt Lake and Summit. Overall, Utah was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Utah following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Utah county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Republican | 26 | 62.2% | |||||
| Trending Democratic | 2 | 37.5% | |||||
| New Democratic | 1 | 0.3% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 3 | 37.8% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 26 | 62.2% | |||||
State legislative competitiveness
According to Ballotpedia's annual state legislative competitiveness report, Utah had a Competitiveness Index of 32.7, ranking it 24th of the 44 states that held elections.
- 16 of the 89 seats up for election were open (18%).
- 12 of the 74 incumbents who ran for re-election faced contested primaries (16%).
- 57 of the 89 seats up for election were contested by both major parties (64%).
2010-2024
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| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Utah, 2010-2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | Rank | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 10.0% | 11.1% | 78.9% | 33.3 | 23 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 16.5% | 17.9% | 76.9% | 37.1 | 20 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 13.5% | 5.2% | 77.5% | 32.1 | 15 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 15.6% | 7.9% | 62.2% | 28.6 | 28 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 27.0% | 4.6% | 77.5% | 36.4 | 21 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 14.4% | 15.6% | 65.6% | 31.9 | 24 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 8.9% | 18.3% | 51.1% | 26.1 | 40 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 18.0% | 16.2% | 64.0% | 32.7 | 24 / 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
In 2024
Hover over column headings to learn more about their contents. Click on headings for more state-specific information.
| State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Utah, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber | Open seats | Incs. in contested primaries | Major party competition | Competitiveness Index | ||||||||||||||||||||
| House | 18.7% | 12.9% | 65.3% | 32.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Senate | 14.3% | 33.3% | 57.1% | 34.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 18.0% | 16.2% | 64.0% | 32.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
List of candidates
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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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 Brent Strate Incumbent | Republican | Lost Primary | |
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 Molly Hart Incumbent | Republican | Won General | |
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 Natalie Cline Incumbent | Republican | Lost Convention | |
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 | Utah State Senate District 12 (Special election) | Democratic | Won General |
Utah State Senate District 12 (Special election) | Republican | Lost General | |
 Kathleen Riebe Incumbent | Democratic | Won General | |
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 Walt Brooks Incumbent | Republican | Won General | |
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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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 Mark Clement Incumbent | Nonpartisan | Won General | |
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See also
Footnotes
