Political party strength in Utah
Appearance
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 | 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) ![]() | ||||
1897 | 17R, 1P | 40R, 3P, 2D | Joseph L. Rawlins (D) | William H. King (D)[2] | |||||||
1898 | Frank J. Cannon (Silver Republican) | ||||||||||
1899 | 14D, 2R, 2I | 26D, 15R, 4I | Vacant | ||||||||
1900 | William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt(R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1901 | M. A. Breeden (R) | 10D, 8R | 28R, 17D | Thomas Kearns (R) | George Sutherland (R) | ||||||
1902 | |||||||||||
1903 | 12R, 6D | 38R, 7D | Reed Smoot (R) | Joseph Howell (R) | |||||||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1905 | John Christopher Cutler (R) | Charles S. Tingey (R) | James Christiansen (R) | J. A. Edwards (R) | 15R, 3D | 41R, 4D | George Sutherland (R) | ||||
1906 | |||||||||||
1907 | 18R | 38R, 7D | |||||||||
1908 | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1909 | William Spry (R) | Arthur R. Barnes (R) | David M. Mattson (R) | Jesse D. Jewkes (R) | 43R, 2D | ||||||
1910 | |||||||||||
1911 | 16R, 2D | 38R, 7D | |||||||||
1912 | William Howard Taft and Nicholas M. Butler (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1913 | David M. Mattson (R) | Jesse D. Jewkes (R) | Lincoln Kelly (R) | 17R, 1D | 30R, 15D | 2R | |||||
1914 | |||||||||||
1915 | 12R, 6D | 23R, 10 Dem.-Prog., 8D, 3 Prog., 1S | 1D, 1R | ||||||||
1916 | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
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 | ||
1918 | |||||||||||
1919 | 18D | 37D, 8R | |||||||||
1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
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 | |||
1922 | |||||||||||
1923 | 19R, 1D | 45R, 10D | |||||||||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1925 | George H. Dern (D) | John Walker (R) | John E. Holden (R) | 46R, 9D | |||||||
1926 | |||||||||||
1927 | 49R, 6D | ||||||||||
1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1929 | Milton H. Welling (D) | George P. Parker (R) | A. Edsel Christensen (R) | Ivor Ajax (R) | 11R, 9D | 29R, 26D | |||||
1930 | |||||||||||
1931 | 41R, 14D | ||||||||||
1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1933 | Henry H. Blood (D) | Joseph Chez (D) | Julius C. Anderson (D) | 13D, 10R | 51D, 9R | Elbert D. Thomas (D) | 2D | ||||
1934 | |||||||||||
1935 | Joseph Ririe (D) | 19D, 4R | 56D, 4R | ||||||||
1936 | |||||||||||
1937 | E. E. Monson (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | John W. Guy (D) | 22D, 1R | |||||||
1938 | |||||||||||
1939 | 21D, 2R | 45D, 15R | |||||||||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1941 | Herbert B. Maw (D) | Grover A. Giles (D) | Oliver G. Ellis (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | 19D, 4R | 44D, 16R | Abe Murdock (D) | ||||
1942 | |||||||||||
1943 | 17D, 6R | 39D, 21R | |||||||||
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1945 | Reece M. Reese (D) | Ferrell Adams (D) | 18D, 5R | 45D, 15R | |||||||
1946 | |||||||||||
1947 | 12D, 11R | 39R, 21D | Arthur V. Watkins (R) | 1D, 1R | |||||||
1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1949 | J. Bracken Lee (R) | Heber Bennion, Jr. (D) | Clinton Vernon (D) | Ferrell Adams (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | 41D, 19R | 2D | ||||
1950 | |||||||||||
1951 | 16D, 7R | 30D, 30R[3] | Wallace F. Bennett (R) | ||||||||
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1953 | LaMont Toronto (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | Sid Lambourne (R) | E. R. Callister (R) | 15R, 8D | 39R, 21D | 2R | ||||
1954 | |||||||||||
1955 | 16R, 7D | 33R, 27D | |||||||||
1956 | |||||||||||
1957 | George Dewey Clyde (R) | E. R. Callister (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | Sid Lambourne (R) | 15R, 10D | 39R, 24D, 1I | |||||
1958 | |||||||||||
1959 | 13R, 12D | 42D, 22R | Frank Moss (D) | 1D, 1R | |||||||
1960 | Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1961 | Walter L. Budge (R) | Sharp M. Larsen (D) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | 14D, 11R | 36D, 28R | 2D | |||||
1962 | |||||||||||
1963 | 13R, 12D | 34R, 30D | 2R | ||||||||
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
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 | |||
1966 | |||||||||||
1967 | 23R, 5D | 59R, 10D | 2R | ||||||||
1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1969 | Vernon B. Romney (R) | Golden L. Allen (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | 20R, 8D | 48R, 21D | ||||||
1970 | |||||||||||
1971 | 16R, 12D | 40D, 29R | 1D, 1R | ||||||||
1972 | |||||||||||
1973 | David L. Duncan (D) | David S. Monson (R) | 16R, 13D | 44R, 31D | 2D | ||||||
1974 | |||||||||||
1975 | 15R, 14D | 40D, 35R | Jake Garn (R) | ||||||||
1976 | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1977 | Scott M. Matheson (D) | David S. Monson (R) | Robert B. Hansen (R) | Linn C. Baker (D) | Richard Jensen (R) | 17D, 12R | 40R, 35D | Orrin Hatch (R) | 1D, 1R | ||
1978 | |||||||||||
1979 | 19R, 10D | 51R, 24D | |||||||||
1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1981 | David L. Wilkinson (R) | Ed Alter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | 22R, 7D | 58R, 17D | 2R | |||||
1982 | |||||||||||
1983 | 24R, 5D | 59R, 16D | 3R | ||||||||
1984 | |||||||||||
1985 | Norman H. Bangerter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | Tom L. Allen (R) | 23R, 6D | 62R, 13D | ||||||
1986 | |||||||||||
1987 | 21R, 8D | 48R, 27D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
1988 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1989 | Paul Van Dam (D) | 22R, 7D | 47R, 28D | ||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||
1991 | 19R, 10D | 44R, 31D | 2D, 1R | ||||||||
1992 | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1993 | Mike Leavitt (R)[4] | Olene S. Walker (R) | Jan Graham (D) | 18R, 11D | 49R, 26D | Bob Bennett (R) | |||||
1994 | |||||||||||
1995 | 19R, 10D | 55R, 20D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
Auston Johnson (R) | |||||||||||
1996 | Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1997 | 20R, 9D | 3R | |||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||
1999 | 18R, 11D | 54R, 21D | |||||||||
2000 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2001 | Mark Shurtleff (R) | 20R, 9D | 51R, 24D | 2R, 1D | |||||||
2002 | |||||||||||
2003 | Olene S. Walker (R)[5] | Gayle McKeachnie (R) | 22R, 7D | 56R, 19D | |||||||
2004 | |||||||||||
2005 | Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R)[6] | Gary R. Herbert (R) | 21R, 8D | ||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||
2007 | 55R, 20D | ||||||||||
2008 | John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2009 | Gary R. Herbert (R)[5] | Greg Bell (R) | Richard Ellis (R)[7] | 53R, 22D | |||||||
2010 | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||
2014 | Spencer Cox (R) | Sean Reyes (R) | |||||||||
2015 | 63R, 12D | 4R | |||||||||
2016 | David Damschen (R) | Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) ![]() | |||||||||
2017 | 62R, 13D | ||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||
2019 | 23R, 6D | 59R, 16D | Mitt Romney (R) | 3R, 1D | |||||||
2020 | [to be determined] | ||||||||||
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 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ King lost renomination in the Democratic primary in 1898 to Brigham H. Roberts. Roberts won the 1898 election, but the House refused to seat him because he was a polygamist. There was a special election in 1900, and King was elected to complete his term until 1901.
- ^ After a four-day standoff, a power-sharing agreement was worked out between both parties, with Republicans gaining the Speakership under Clifton G.M. Kerr, and Democrats having control of four committees of their choosing, including the Appropriations Committee, with the other 34 committees alternating between the two parties for choice of control. As such, Democrats controlled 21 committees, and Republicans 17. p. A1, A4 p. 161
- ^ 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.
- ^ Resigned to work in the private sector.