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Utah

6 electoral votes

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Trump (R) has won. We estimate around all votes cast have been counted.

Illustration of Joe Biden
Biden
37.6%
560,282
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Trump
58.1%
865,140
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Governor

Spencer Cox (R) is projected to defeat Chris Peterson (D) and leads by 476,000 votes.

VotesPct.
CoxGOP
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918,754
63.0%
PetersonDEM442,754
30.3

U.S. House District 4

Burgess Owens (R) is projected to defeat Ben McAdams (D) and leads by 3,765 votes.

VotesPct.
OwensGOP
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179,688
47.6%
McAdamsDEM175,923
46.6

Utah has four U.S. House races. Jump to results

How much of the vote has been counted?

The Post estimates around all votes were counted here within 3 months.

100%

Polls closed

Final results

Note: Maps on this page won’t indicate a leading candidate in each county until an estimated 35 percent of the vote has been reported there.

Updated Nov 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. ET

Presidential results

In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won Utah by a margin of 17.9 points, adding six electoral college votes to his total.

Salt Lake City

Ogden

Provo

St. George

LEAD/WON

Trump

Biden

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Donald Trump *Trump *GOP		865,14058.1%
Joe Biden Biden DEM		560,28237.6
Jo Jorgensen Jorgensen LIB		38,4472.6
Kanye West West IND		7,2130.5
Don Blankenship Blankenship CST		5,5510.4
Howie Hawkins Hawkins GRN		5,0530.3
Brock Pierce Pierce IND		2,6230.2
Joe McHugh McHugh UNA		2,2290.1
Gloria La Riva La Riva PSL		1,1390.1
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		6120.0
We estimate around all votes cast have been counted.
* Incumbent
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Governor results

In the Utah governor race, Spencer Cox (R) is running against Chris Peterson (D).

Salt Lake City

Ogden

Provo

St. George

LEAD/WON

Peterson

Cox

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Spencer Cox Cox GOP		918,75463.0%
Chris Peterson Peterson DEM		442,75430.3
Daniel Cottam Cottam LIB		51,3933.5
Greg Duerden Duerden IAP		25,8101.8
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		20,1671.4
An estimated 98% of votes have been counted.

U.S. House results

Salt Lake City

Ogden

Provo

St. George

LEAD/WON

Republican

Seat

Current leader

* Incumbent

Statewide ballot measures

Amendment A

Update gender terminology

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		828,62957.7%
No No 		607,82942.3
1,436,458 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Constitutional Amendment B

Adjust cut-offs for lawmaker age eligibility

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		1,114,79580.1%
No No 		276,89719.9
1,391,692 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Constitutional Amendment C

Remove slavery exception for criminal punishment

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		1,138,97480.5%
No No 		276,17119.5
1,415,145 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Constitutional Amendment D

Revise local water rights

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		827,59661.1%
No No 		525,98538.9
1,353,581 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Constitutional Amendment E

Add right to hunt and fish

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		1,063,21274.9%
No No 		355,84825.1
1,419,060 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Constitutional Amendment F

Change legislative session dates

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		895,43566.5%
No No 		450,83533.5
1,346,270 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Constitutional Amendment G

Expand allowed uses for income and property tax

ResponseVotes Pct.
Yes Yes 		764,42054.1%
No No 		648,84045.9
1,413,260 votes reported from 100% of precincts.

Results by state

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Sources: Edison Research, Associated Press, ProPublica, U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Cook Political Report. Illustrations by Ben Kirchner for The Washington Post.