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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. This coverage extends to every office on the ballot for residents of these cities, including local trial court judges. Since this state did not have a city in the top 100, Ballotpedia did not cover local trial court judicial elections in this state in 2020.
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Election rules
Retention election
Judges are subject to a retention election at the first general election held more than three years after he or she was appointed. After that, local court judges stand for retention every six years. If the judge receives more yes votes than no votes in a retention election, the judge keeps that office for the duration of the term. If the judge is not retained, the seat becomes vacant on the first Monday in January after the election. Any judge that is not retained is ineligible for appointment to that seat until after the expiration of that term of office.[1]
Additional elections
- See also: Utah elections, 2020
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.[2][3]
| 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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Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedUtstatute - ↑ 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
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