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Utah intermediate appellate court elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9 (mail), or Oct. 30 (online or in-person)
- Early voting: Oct. 23 - Nov. 2
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Yes
- Voter ID: Non-photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
| 2018 election dates | |
|---|---|
| Deadline to file candidacy | |
| July 16, 2018 | |
| General election | |
| November 6, 2018 | |
The term of one Utah Court of Appeals judge expired on January 6, 2019. That judge had to stand for retention by voters in 2018 in order to remain on the bench. A full term on the court is six years.
Candidates and results
Appleby's seat
General election candidates
- Mary Kate Appleby (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
Selection
The seven judges of the court of appeals are selected through assisted appointment followed by retention elections. When a vacancy occurs on the court, the governor appoints a replacement from a list of seven names recommended by a nominating commission. The nominee then must attain approval from the Utah Senate.[1][2] New appointees serve for at least three years, after which they must run in a yes-no retention election. If retained, judges serve subsequent terms of six years.[1]
Qualifications
To serve on the court, a judge must be:
- a citizen of the United States;
- a state resident for at least three years;
- admitted to practice law in the state;
- at least 25 years old; and
- no more than 75 years old.[1]
Selection of the chief judge
The chief judge of the court of appeals is selected by peer vote and serves a two-year term.[1]
State profile
| Demographic data for Utah | ||
|---|---|---|
| Utah | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 2,990,632 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 82,170 | 3,531,905 |
| 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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Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Utah. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Utah with 45.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate and Utah native Evan McMullin received 21.5 percent of the vote, his strongest showing in a state. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Utah cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same timeframe, Utah supported Republican candidates more often than Democrats, 73.3 to 23.3 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Utah. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[3][4]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won seven out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 20.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 19 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 21.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 68 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 54.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 56 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 30.7 points. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 9.42% | 89.03% | R+79.6 | 10.81% | 62.88% | R+52.1 | R |
| 2 | 9.49% | 88.76% | R+79.3 | 11.45% | 51.57% | R+40.1 | R |
| 3 | 12.34% | 85.57% | R+73.2 | 15.18% | 48.43% | R+33.2 | R |
| 4 | 22.96% | 73.62% | R+50.7 | 30.29% | 33.77% | R+3.5 | R |
| 5 | 10.92% | 87.18% | R+76.3 | 13.60% | 51.67% | R+38.1 | R |
| 6 | 10.18% | 87.91% | R+77.7 | 13.94% | 48.70% | R+34.8 | R |
| 7 | 22.58% | 75.17% | R+52.6 | 24.95% | 47.41% | R+22.5 | R |
| 8 | 32.39% | 64.89% | R+32.5 | 33.89% | 42.27% | R+8.4 | R |
| 9 | 30.35% | 67.18% | R+36.8 | 29.16% | 46.44% | R+17.3 | R |
| 10 | 34.81% | 62.01% | R+27.2 | 37.00% | 38.57% | R+1.6 | R |
| 11 | 24.47% | 73.17% | R+48.7 | 25.28% | 48.10% | R+22.8 | R |
| 12 | 20.44% | 77.27% | R+56.8 | 20.63% | 52.90% | R+32.3 | R |
| 13 | 19.95% | 77.67% | R+57.7 | 20.41% | 47.72% | R+27.3 | R |
| 14 | 21.75% | 75.91% | R+54.2 | 21.48% | 44.83% | R+23.4 | R |
| 15 | 13.20% | 85.22% | R+72 | 15.05% | 49.86% | R+34.8 | R |
| 16 | 22.55% | 75.36% | R+52.8 | 24.02% | 47.62% | R+23.6 | R |
| 17 | 15.44% | 82.73% | R+67.3 | 18.65% | 44.09% | R+25.4 | R |
| 18 | 14.51% | 83.99% | R+69.5 | 18.83% | 43.66% | R+24.8 | R |
| 19 | 19.24% | 78.78% | R+59.5 | 23.75% | 40.60% | R+16.8 | R |
| 20 | 21.05% | 77.07% | R+56 | 25.91% | 40.61% | R+14.7 | R |
| 21 | 27.07% | 70.44% | R+43.4 | 24.26% | 47.55% | R+23.3 | R |
| 22 | 37.41% | 59.20% | R+21.8 | 35.79% | 35.31% | D+0.5 | D |
| 23 | 56.84% | 39.68% | D+17.2 | 59.42% | 21.08% | D+38.3 | D |
| 24 | 61.48% | 33.07% | D+28.4 | 68.79% | 16.04% | D+52.8 | D |
| 25 | 69.65% | 23.70% | D+45.9 | 74.08% | 11.49% | D+62.6 | D |
| 26 | 60.94% | 32.81% | D+28.1 | 64.98% | 19.07% | D+45.9 | D |
| 27 | 6.44% | 92.24% | R+85.8 | 11.91% | 56.88% | R+45 | R |
| 28 | 54.60% | 41.73% | D+12.9 | 64.09% | 18.31% | D+45.8 | D |
| 29 | 13.06% | 85.33% | R+72.3 | 14.40% | 58.81% | R+44.4 | R |
| 30 | 36.99% | 60.36% | R+23.4 | 38.48% | 33.65% | D+4.8 | R |
| 31 | 43.06% | 54.05% | R+11 | 43.41% | 31.30% | D+12.1 | D |
| 32 | 27.09% | 70.42% | R+43.3 | 31.20% | 42.83% | R+11.6 | R |
| 33 | 44.21% | 52.69% | R+8.5 | 44.63% | 31.45% | D+13.2 | R |
| 34 | 39.64% | 57.37% | R+17.7 | 41.60% | 31.42% | D+10.2 | D |
| 35 | 51.49% | 44.22% | D+7.3 | 55.00% | 24.81% | D+30.2 | D |
| 36 | 42.19% | 54.94% | R+12.7 | 49.52% | 26.90% | D+22.6 | D |
| 37 | 40.42% | 56.67% | R+16.3 | 45.86% | 31.84% | D+14 | D |
| 38 | 37.19% | 59.58% | R+22.4 | 37.41% | 33.31% | D+4.1 | R |
| 39 | 35.46% | 61.95% | R+26.5 | 36.62% | 35.54% | D+1.1 | R |
| 40 | 50.87% | 45.38% | D+5.5 | 56.43% | 22.35% | D+34.1 | D |
| 41 | 16.24% | 81.72% | R+65.5 | 18.41% | 49.31% | R+30.9 | R |
| 42 | 23.97% | 73.84% | R+49.9 | 27.04% | 39.88% | R+12.8 | R |
| 43 | 30.88% | 66.58% | R+35.7 | 32.50% | 37.41% | R+4.9 | R |
| 44 | 37.44% | 59.36% | R+21.9 | 40.71% | 33.05% | D+7.7 | R |
| 45 | 34.33% | 62.63% | R+28.3 | 37.99% | 35.99% | D+2 | R |
| 46 | 41.80% | 55.26% | R+13.5 | 47.04% | 32.01% | D+15 | D |
| 47 | 29.03% | 68.70% | R+39.7 | 30.89% | 39.06% | R+8.2 | R |
| 48 | 8.85% | 89.34% | R+80.5 | 15.28% | 49.21% | R+33.9 | R |
| 49 | 33.11% | 64.55% | R+31.4 | 37.68% | 38.47% | R+0.8 | R |
| 50 | 18.79% | 79.57% | R+60.8 | 23.63% | 43.95% | R+20.3 | R |
| 51 | 22.76% | 75.35% | R+52.6 | 27.60% | 46.79% | R+19.2 | R |
| 52 | 18.13% | 79.66% | R+61.5 | 20.72% | 46.22% | R+25.5 | R |
| 53 | 24.78% | 72.98% | R+48.2 | 28.04% | 53.13% | R+25.1 | R |
| 54 | 36.66% | 60.93% | R+24.3 | 39.86% | 41.21% | R+1.3 | R |
| 55 | 8.36% | 90.17% | R+81.8 | 7.51% | 77.30% | R+69.8 | R |
| 56 | 8.26% | 89.97% | R+81.7 | 12.12% | 51.01% | R+38.9 | R |
| 57 | 8.06% | 90.22% | R+82.2 | 12.76% | 53.20% | R+40.4 | R |
| 58 | 9.98% | 88.32% | R+78.3 | 10.13% | 66.35% | R+56.2 | R |
| 59 | 10.79% | 87.00% | R+76.2 | 15.98% | 48.16% | R+32.2 | R |
| 60 | 10.30% | 87.22% | R+76.9 | 16.52% | 47.59% | R+31.1 | R |
| 61 | 13.38% | 84.32% | R+70.9 | 18.52% | 43.41% | R+24.9 | R |
| 62 | 13.30% | 85.02% | R+71.7 | 13.61% | 71.08% | R+57.5 | R |
| 63 | 11.11% | 86.48% | R+75.4 | 18.77% | 31.71% | R+12.9 | R |
| 64 | 14.96% | 81.98% | R+67 | 21.07% | 38.70% | R+17.6 | R |
| 65 | 9.38% | 88.79% | R+79.4 | 13.36% | 54.10% | R+40.7 | R |
| 66 | 8.98% | 89.30% | R+80.3 | 11.64% | 58.71% | R+47.1 | R |
| 67 | 9.57% | 88.60% | R+79 | 10.46% | 62.32% | R+51.9 | R |
| 68 | 15.24% | 82.39% | R+67.2 | 14.03% | 62.30% | R+48.3 | R |
| 69 | 26.06% | 71.16% | R+45.1 | 20.44% | 66.97% | R+46.5 | R |
| 70 | 15.90% | 81.72% | R+65.8 | 14.64% | 71.90% | R+57.3 | R |
| 71 | 14.57% | 83.10% | R+68.5 | 14.76% | 69.24% | R+54.5 | R |
| 72 | 13.87% | 83.89% | R+70 | 15.11% | 63.65% | R+48.5 | R |
| 73 | 24.42% | 73.56% | R+49.1 | 23.16% | 62.62% | R+39.5 | R |
| 74 | 17.87% | 80.76% | R+62.9 | 20.14% | 66.98% | R+46.8 | R |
| 75 | 13.77% | 84.32% | R+70.6 | 15.58% | 68.95% | R+53.4 | R |
| Total | 24.75% | 72.79% | R+48 | 27.46% | 45.54% | R+18.1 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Utah," archived October 6, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Utah; Judicial Nominating Commissions," archived January 13, 2014
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Utah • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Utah
State courts:
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State resources:
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