| Election Name: | 2016 Utah elections |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Year: | 2011 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Utah elections |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Utah elections |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
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. Primary elections were held on June 28, 2016.[1]
See main article: article and 2016 United States Senate election in Utah. Incumbent Republican senator Mike Lee was re-elected to a second term.
Misty Snow won the Democratic nomination, and the first transgender woman in the history of the United States to become a major party's nominee for the Senate.[2]
See main article: article and 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah. All of Utah's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in November.
See main article: article and 2016 Utah gubernatorial election. Incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert was re-elected to a third term in office. Spencer Cox was Herbert's running mate.[3]
Michael Weinholtz, former chairman and CEO of CHG Healthcare Services, ran as a Democrat.[4] Kim Bowman, division manager at University of Utah Health Sciences, is Weinholtz's running mate.[3]
| Election Name: | 2016 Utah State Treasurer election |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Year: | 2011 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Utah State Treasurer election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Utah State Treasurer election |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Nominee1: | David Damschen |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 652,275 |
| Percentage1: | 61.2% |
| Nominee2: | Neil Hansen |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 337,997 |
| Percentage2: | 31.7% |
| Nominee3: | Richard Proctor |
| Party3: | Constitution Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 75,365 |
| Percentage3: | 7.1% |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| State Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | David Damschen |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | David Damschen |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See main article: 2016 Utah Senate election. Fifteen Utah State Senate seats were filled in 2016.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Libertarian | Vacant | ||||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Before 2016 elections | 23 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 0 | |||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Latest voting share | ||||||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | After 2016 elections | 24 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | New voting share | ||||||||
All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives were filled in 2016.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Vacant | |||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Before 2016 elections | 63 | 12 | 75 | 0 | ||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | Latest voting share | ||||||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | After 2016 elections | 62 | 13 | 75 | 0 | ||
| nowrap style="font-size:80%" | New voting share | ||||||