Political party strength in Utah facts for kids
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Utah:
- Governor
- Secretary of State/Lieutenant Governor
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- State Auditor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Populist (P), and Republican (R).
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||||
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| Governor | Lt. Gov./Secy. of State | Attorney General | State Treasurer | State Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1896 | Heber Manning Wells (R) | 12R, 6D | 31R, 14D | Frank J. Cannon (R) | Arthur Brown (R) | Clarence Emir Allen (R) | William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D)  |
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| 1897 | 17R, 1P | 40R, 3P, 2D | Joseph L. Rawlins (D) | William H. King (D) | |||||||
| 1898 | Frank J. Cannon (Silver Republican) | ||||||||||
| 1899 | 14D, 2R, 2I | 26D, 15R, 4I | Vacant | ||||||||
| 1900 | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt(R)  |
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| 1901 | M. A. Breeden (R) | 10D, 8R | 28R, 17D | Thomas Kearns (R) | George Sutherland (R) | ||||||
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| 1903 | 12R, 6D | 38R, 7D | Reed Smoot (R) | Joseph Howell (R) | |||||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) |
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| 1905 | John Christopher Cutler (R) | Charles S. Tingey (R) | James Christiansen (R) | J. A. Edwards (R) | 15R, 3D | 41R, 4D | George Sutherland (R) | ||||
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| 1907 | 18R | 38R, 7D | |||||||||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) |
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| 1909 | William Spry (R) | Arthur R. Barnes (R) | David M. Mattson (R) | Jesse D. Jewkes (R) | 43R, 2D | ||||||
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| 1911 | 16R, 2D | 38R, 7D | |||||||||
| 1912 | William Howard Taft and Nicholas M. Butler (R) |
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| 1913 | David M. Mattson (R) | Jesse D. Jewkes (R) | Lincoln Kelly (R) | 17R, 1D | 30R, 15D | 2R | |||||
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| 1915 | 12R, 6D | 23R, 10 Dem.-Prog., 8D, 3 Prog., 1S | 1D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) |
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| 1917 | Simon Bamberger (D) | Harden Bennion (D) | Dan B. Shields (D) | Daniel O. Larson (D) | Joseph Ririe (D) | 14D, 4R | 44D, 1S | William H. King (D) | 2D | ||
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| 1919 | 18D | 37D, 8R | |||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) |
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| 1921 | Charles R. Mabey (R) | H. E. Crockett (R) | Harvey H. Cluff (R) | W. D. Sutton (R) | Mark Tuttle (R) | 11R, 7D | 46R, 1D | 2R | |||
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| 1923 | 19R, 1D | 45R, 10D | |||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) |
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| 1925 | George H. Dern (D) | John Walker (R) | John E. Holden (R) | 46R, 9D | |||||||
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| 1927 | 49R, 6D | ||||||||||
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) |
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| 1929 | Milton H. Welling (D) | George P. Parker (R) | A. Edsel Christensen (R) | Ivor Ajax (R) | 11R, 9D | 29R, 26D | |||||
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| 1931 | 41R, 14D | ||||||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner (D) |
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| 1933 | Henry H. Blood (D) | Joseph Chez (D) | Julius C. Anderson (D) | 13D, 10R | 51D, 9R | Elbert D. Thomas (D) | 2D | ||||
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| 1935 | Joseph Ririe (D) | 19D, 4R | 56D, 4R | ||||||||
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| 1937 | E. E. Monson (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | John W. Guy (D) | 22D, 1R | |||||||
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| 1939 | 21D, 2R | 45D, 15R | |||||||||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) |
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| 1941 | Herbert B. Maw (D) | Grover A. Giles (D) | Oliver G. Ellis (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | 19D, 4R | 44D, 16R | Abe Murdock (D) | ||||
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| 1943 | 17D, 6R | 39D, 21R | |||||||||
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) |
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| 1945 | Reece M. Reese (D) | Ferrell Adams (D) | 18D, 5R | 45D, 15R | |||||||
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| 1947 | 12D, 11R | 39R, 21D | Arthur V. Watkins (R) | 1D, 1R | |||||||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) |
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| 1949 | J. Bracken Lee (R) | Heber Bennion, Jr. (D) | Clinton Vernon (D) | Ferrell Adams (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | 41D, 19R | 2D | ||||
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| 1951 | 16D, 7R | 30D, 30R | Wallace F. Bennett (R) | ||||||||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) |
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| 1953 | LaMont Toronto (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | Sid Lambourne (R) | E. R. Callister (R) | 15R, 8D | 39R, 21D | 2R | ||||
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| 1955 | 16R, 7D | 33R, 27D | |||||||||
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| 1957 | George Dewey Clyde (R) | E. R. Callister (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | Sid Lambourne (R) | 15R, 10D | 39R, 24D, 1I | |||||
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| 1959 | 13R, 12D | 42D, 22R | Frank Moss (D) | 1D, 1R | |||||||
| 1960 | Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) |
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| 1961 | Walter L. Budge (R) | Sharp M. Larsen (D) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | 14D, 11R | 36D, 28R | 2D | |||||
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| 1963 | 13R, 12D | 34R, 30D | 2R | ||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) |
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| 1965 | Calvin L. Rampton (D) | Clyde L. Miller (D) | Phil L. Hansen (D) | Linn C. Baker (D) | Sharp M. Larsen (D) | 15D, 12R | 39D, 30R | 1D, 1R | |||
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| 1967 | 23R, 5D | 59R, 10D | 2R | ||||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) |
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| 1969 | Vernon B. Romney (R) | Golden L. Allen (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | 20R, 8D | 48R, 21D | ||||||
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| 1971 | 16R, 12D | 40D, 29R | 1D, 1R | ||||||||
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| 1973 | David L. Duncan (D) | David S. Monson (R) | 16R, 13D | 44R, 31D | 2D | ||||||
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| 1975 | 15R, 14D | 40D, 35R | Jake Garn (R) | ||||||||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) |
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| 1977 | Scott M. Matheson (D) | Linn C. Baker (D) | David S. Monson (R) | Robert B. Hansen (R) | Richard Jensen (R) | 17D, 12R | 40R, 35D | Orrin Hatch (R) | 1D, 1R | ||
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| 1979 | 19R, 10D | 51R, 24D | |||||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) |
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| 1981 | David L. Wilkinson (R) | Ed Alter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | 22R, 7D | 58R, 17D | 2R | |||||
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| 1983 | 24R, 5D | 59R, 16D | 3R | ||||||||
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| 1985 | Norman H. Bangerter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | Tom L. Allen (R) | 23R, 6D | 62R, 13D | ||||||
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| 1987 | 21R, 8D | 48R, 27D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) |
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| 1989 | Paul Van Dam (D) | 22R, 7D | 47R, 28D | ||||||||
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| 1991 | 19R, 10D | 44R, 31D | 2D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) |
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| 1993 | Mike Leavitt (R) | Olene S. Walker (R) | Jan Graham (D) | 18R, 11D | 49R, 26D | Bob Bennett (R) | |||||
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| 1995 | 19R, 10D | 55R, 20D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
| Auston Johnson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1996 | Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) |
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| 1997 | 20R, 9D | 3R | |||||||||
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| 1999 | 18R, 11D | 54R, 21D | |||||||||
| 2000 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) |
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| 2001 | Mark Shurtleff (R) | 20R, 9D | 51R, 24D | 2R, 1D | |||||||
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| 2003 | Olene S. Walker (R) | Gayle McKeachnie (R) | 22R, 7D | 56R, 19D | |||||||
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| 2005 | Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R) | Gary R. Herbert (R) | 21R, 8D | ||||||||
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| 2007 | 55R, 20D | ||||||||||
| 2008 | John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) |
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| 2009 | Gary R. Herbert (R) | Greg Bell (R) | Richard Ellis (R) | 53R, 22D | |||||||
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| 2011 | 22R, 7D | 58R, 17D | Mike Lee (R) | ||||||||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) |
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| 2013 | John Swallow (R) | John Dougall (R) | 24R, 5D | 61R, 14D | 3R, 1D | ||||||
| 2014 | Spencer Cox (R) | Sean Reyes (R) | |||||||||
| 2015 | 63R, 12D | 4R | |||||||||
| 2016 | David Damschen (R) | Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) |
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| 2017 | 62R, 13D | ||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Attorney General | State Treasurer | State Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||
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