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Utah gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

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Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Utah
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Election details
Filing deadline: January 8, 2024
Primary: June 25, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Utah
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
Federal and state primary competitiveness
State executive elections in 2024
Impact of term limits in 2024
State government trifectas
State government triplexes
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 25, 2024, in Utah to determine which candidateswould earn the right to run as the party's nominee in the state's gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election on November 5, 2024.

This was one of 11 gubernatorial elections that took place in 2024. The governor serves as a state's top executive official and is the only executive office elected in all 50 states. At the time of the 2024 elections, there were 27 Republican governors and 23 Democratic governors. Click here for an overview of all 11 gubernatorial elections that took place in 2024.

Heading into the 2024 elections, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control. There were 25 Republican triplexes, 20 Democratic triplexes, and five divided governments where neither party held triplex control.

A state government trifecta refers to a situation where one party controls a state's governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. A state government triplex refers to a situation where the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state are all members of the same political party.

This page focuses on Utah's Democratic Party gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial primary. For more in-depth information on Utah's Republican gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Governor

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Democratic primary election

Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Utah

Election information in Utah: June 25, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: June 25, 2024
  • By mail: Received by June 14, 2024
  • Online: June 14, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: June 25, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by June 24, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

June 11, 2024 to June 21, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (MST)


Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.


See also: Presidential voting trends in Utah and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Utah, 2024
District Incumbent Party PVI
Utah's 1st Blake Moore Ends.png Republican R+12
Utah's 2nd Celeste Maloy Ends.png Republican R+11
Utah's 3rd John Curtis Ends.png Republican R+13
Utah's 4th Burgess Owens Ends.png Republican R+16


2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Utah[1]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Utah's 1st 37.9% 57.8%
Utah's 2nd 39.5% 56.7%
Utah's 3rd 38.3% 57.5%
Utah's 4th 34.8% 60.7%


2012-2020

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:


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.

Historical voting trends

Utah presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 7 Democratic wins
  • 24 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R R D R R R D D D D D R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Utah

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Utah.

U.S. Senate election results in Utah
Race Winner Runner up
2022 53.2%Republican Party 42.7%Grey.png (Independent)
2018 62.6%Republican Party 30.9%Democratic Party
2016 68.1%Republican Party 27.1%Democratic Party
2012 65.3%Republican Party 30.0%Democratic Party
2010 61.6%Republican Party 32.8%Democratic Party
Average 62.7 32.9

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Utah

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Utah.

Gubernatorial election results in Utah
Race Winner Runner up
2020 63.0%Republican Party 30.3%Democratic Party
2016 66.7%Republican Party 28.7%Democratic Party
2012 68.4%Republican Party 27.6%Democratic Party
2010 77.6%Republican Party 19.7%Democratic Party
2008 57.7%Republican Party 41.3%Democratic Party
Average 66.7 29.5
See also: Party control of Utah state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Utah's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Utah
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 4 6
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 4 6

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Utah's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Utah, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Spencer Cox
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Deidre Henderson
Attorney General Republican Party Sean D. Reyes

State legislature

Utah State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 6
     Republican Party 23
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 29

Utah House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 14
     Republican Party 60
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 75

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Utah Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Thirty-three years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

The table below details demographic data in Utah and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Utah
Utah United States
Population 3,271,616 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 82,595 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 82.4% 65.9%
Black/African American 1.1% 12.5%
Asian 2.4% 5.8%
Native American 1% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.2%
Other (single race) 5.3% 6%
Multiple 6.8% 8.8%
Hispanic/Latino 14.6% 18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 93.2% 89.1%
College graduation rate 36.1% 34.3%
Income
Median household income $86,833 $75,149
Persons below poverty level 5.7% 8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

State profile

Demographic data for Utah
 UtahU.S.
Total population:2,990,632316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):82,1703,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:87.6%73.6%
Black/African American:1.1%12.6%
Asian:2.2%5.1%
Native American:1.1%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0.9%0.2%
Two or more:2.6%3%
Hispanic/Latino:13.4%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:91.2%86.7%
College graduation rate:31.1%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$60,727$53,889
Persons below poverty level:12.7%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Utah.
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Utah

Utah voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
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