2020 Utah House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:2020 Utah House of Representatives election
Country:Utah
Flag Year:2011
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Utah House of Representatives election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2022 Utah House of Representatives election
Next Year:2022
Seats For Election:All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives
Majority Seats:38
Turnout:67.9%
Image1:Brad Wilson (2020) (cropped).jpeg
Image1 Size:160x160px
Leader1:Brad Wilson
Party1:Utah Republican Party
Leader Since1:January 28, 2019
Leaders Seat1:15–Kaysville
Last Election1:59 seats, 61.7%
Seats Before1:59
Seats1:58
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:700,140
Percentage1:61.28%
Swing1: 0.41%
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Leader2:Brian King
Party2:Utah Democratic Party
Leader Since2:January 26, 2015
Leaders Seat2:28–Salt Lake City
Last Election2:16 seats, 34.1%
Seats Before2:16
Seats2:17
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:389,899
Percentage2:34.13%
Swing2: 0.07%
Map Size:350px
Speaker
Before Election:Brad Wilson
Before Party:Utah Republican Party
After Election:Brad Wilson
After Party:Utah Republican Party

The 2020 Utah House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Utah on November 3, 2020 to elect members to the House of Representatives. Elections were held in 75 electoral districts to elect two-year term members to the 64th Utah State Legislature. Elections were also held throughout the state for U.S. president, the U.S. House, and for the Utah Senate.

Primary elections were held on June 30, 2020.

The Republican Party retained majority control of the House by a large margin, losing only one seat to the Democratic Party in the process. This election was the first time the Democrats won 17 seats since 2010.

Results

Overview

PartyCandidatesVotesSeats
%BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Republican73918,22066.08%59595858 1
Democratic54418,84330.14%16161717 1
United Utah1838,7652.79%0000
Constitution610,4030.75%0000
Libertarian22,3950.17%0000
Others18460.06%0000
Total1,389,472100.00%75757575
Source: https://voteinfo.utah.gov/historical-election-results/

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

District 75

Notes and References

  1. Web site: October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races. The Cook Political Report. November 1, 2020.