Latest reporting from the Elections desk.
Utah House Republicans lost 16 seats and their veto-proof supermajority for the first time since 1998, part of the largest Democratic swing in the nation. Gov. Spencer Cox blamed the losses partly on lawmakers ignoring voters on redistricting and data centers, issues that touch directly on Millcreek's growth and zoning debates.
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Republican Rep. Blake Moore defeated Democrat Peter Crosby in Utah's 2nd Congressional District, but his single-digit margin was far narrower than pre-election projections in a district expected to favor Republicans by 35 to 45 points.
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Republican Rep. Mike Kennedy won a second term in the U.S. House, defeating Democrat Jonny Larsen in Utah's redrawn 4th Congressional District with about 53% of the unofficial vote.
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Unofficial returns from the Nov. 3 election show Democrats poised to flip the Salt Lake County Council majority for the first time since 2010, with leads in three of four races on the ballot.
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The victories put new leaders in charge of policy – and raise a harder question for the political establishment: whose judgment about viable candidates deserves to be trusted?
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Democrat Ben McAdams won Utah's 1st Congressional District with 102,104 votes (71.9%) to Republican Riley Owen's 35,653 votes (25.1%), a margin of 66,451 votes, according to unofficial results from Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, Elections.
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Doug Owens defeated Anna Reeves in the Utah House District 33 race with 78.2% of the vote, a margin of 6,970 votes, according to unofficial results from Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, Elections.
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Sen. Stephanie Pitcher, a Democrat, won reelection to Utah State Senate District 14 with 24,049 votes and no opponent on the Nov. 3 ballot, according to unofficial results from Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office, Elections.
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Democrats break Republican strongholds in Senate and governor races. Dems likely to control both chambers of Congress.
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Ben McAdams had 128,961 votes to Riley Owen’s 44,607, with 602 of 647 precincts reporting in the official Salt Lake County count.
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Democrat Sim Gill, the incumbent Salt Lake County district attorney since 2010, is running for reelection Nov. 3 against Republican Kent Davis.
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Republican Kent Davis is running for Salt Lake County attorney on Nov. 3 against Democrat Sim Gill, pledging written charging standards and published performance metrics.
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Democrat Zach Robinson, a former Sandy City Council member and firefighter, is running for Salt Lake County Council At Large, Seat A in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, citing his local government experience and priorities on taxes, housing and mental health.
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