Political party strength in Utah
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Utah:
- Governor
- Secretary of State/Lieutenant Governor[1]
- 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 | Sec. 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 | ||
| Lieutenant Governor | |||||||||||
| 1896 | Heber Manning Wells (R) | 11R, 7D | 31R, 14D | ||||||||
| 1897 | 17D, 1P | 39D, 3R, 3P | |||||||||
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| 1905 | John Christopher Cutler (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1909 | William Spry (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1917 | Simon Bamberger (D) | Harden Bennion (D) | |||||||||
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| 1921 | Charles R. Mabey (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1925 | George H. Dern (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1929 | Milton H. Welling (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1933 | Henry H. Blood (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1941 | Herbert B. Maw (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1949 | J. Bracken Lee (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1957 | George Dewey Clyde (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1963 | 13R, 12D | 33R, 31D | |||||||||
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| 1965 | Calvin L. Rampton (D) | Clyde L. Miller (D) | |||||||||
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| 1969 | Vernon B. Romney (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1973 | David S. Monson (R) | ||||||||||
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| 1977 | Scott M. Matheson (D) | David S. Monson (R) | Orrin Hatch (R) | ||||||||
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| 1981 | Ed Alter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | |||||||||
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| 1985 | Norman H. Bangerter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | David L. Wilkinson (D) | Tom L. Allen (R) | |||||||
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| 1989 | R. Paul Van Dam (D) | ||||||||||
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| 1993 | Mike Leavitt (R)[2] | Olene S. Walker (R) | Jan Graham (D) | Robert Foster Bennett (R) | |||||||
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| Auston Johnson (R) | |||||||||||
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| 2001 | Mark Shurtleff (R) | 25R, 11D | 62R, 28D | 2R, 1D | |||||||
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| 2003 | Olene S. Walker (R)[3] | Gayle McKeachnie (R) | 22R, 7D | 56R, 19D | |||||||
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| 2005 | Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R)[4] | Gary R. Herbert (R) | 21R, 10D | 56R, 21D | |||||||
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| 2007 | 21R, 8D | 55R, 20D | |||||||||
| 2008 | John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) | ||||||||||
| 2009 | Gary R. Herbert (R)[3] | 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) | ||||||||||
| 2013 | John Swallow (R) | John Dougall (R) | 24R, 5D | 61R, 14D | 3R, 1D | ||||||
| Year | Governor | Sec. 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 | Electoral College votes |
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| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ The Office of the Lieutenant Governor was created in 1976. Prior to the creation of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the succession to the governorship was held by the state secretary of state. The office of Secretary of State was abolished by the legislature in 1976 and those duties given to the newly created Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
- ^ Resigned to become director of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- ^ a b Lieutenant Governor ascended to governorship upon the resignation of his or her predecessor.
- ^ Resigned to become United States Ambassador to China.
