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The 2016 Utah general elections were held in the U.S. state of Utah on November 8, 2016. Utah's governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, auditor, and treasurer were elected, as well as one of Utah's U.S. Senate seats and all four seats in the United States House of Representatives, fifteen Utah Senate seats and all of the Utah House of Representatives seats.
Utah gave the Republican nominee a 45 percent plurality and thus awarded him six electoral votes. This was the lowest percent of the vote Trump received in a state he won in 2016. [26] [27] Trump received a much lower percentage of the vote in Utah than did Mitt Romney in 2012. [28]
In the 2016 presidential election, independent Evan McMullin ran as an independent and won almost 21.5% of the vote in the state, his strongest performance in the nation. [7] [8] [9] As of 2020, the Republican Party has won Utah in 17 of the last 18 presidential elections. [10]
Orrin G. Hatch (Republican) has a term ending in 2018.Mike Lee (Republican) has a term ending this year:
The 2016 election was the first general election that now former President Donald Trump ran in as a major party candidate, defeating then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The 2016 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, [1] to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Utah, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
American history was changed forever in November 2016 when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went head-to-head in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Trump took 30 states as the Republican ...
The 2016 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.