Utahns gave Trump his biggest winning margin in the state ever, even as he lost some ground in a few of the larger counties.

It’s official, Utah’s 2024 statewide election results have been certified, capping off another election year that Republicans largely dominated, but Democrats had some local races where they’ve found a competitive foothold.

As vote tallies were being finalized last week, President-elect Trump appeared to have won Utah by a bigger margin than he did in 2020 — despite early reports that the state was one of just two where he lost ground. Why it matters: Trump gained votes in a state that has long been viewed as lukewarm toward him.

Weeks after his write-in campaign for governor fell short, state representative Phil Lyman made it clear he won’t be going anywhere. Lyman told his supporters in a forum at a crowded Chubby’s Cafe in Orem on Friday night that he intends on running for governor again in 2028,

Election officials who access and disclose information about how specific Utah voters cast their ballots would face criminal charges under a draft bill backed by a panel of Utah lawmakers.

According to federal data collected by Syracuse University’s Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse, Utah accounted for 0.02% of deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement between December 2002 and February 2024.

As he pushed for voters to pay for their own postage for mail-in ballots, the Utah County clerk reportedly checked whether state lawmakers placed stamps on their ballots. Now lawmakers are moving toward making such actions a crime.

A panel of Utah lawmakers have given an initial nod to a draft bill that would criminalize accessing and disclosing certain information about how or when individual voters return their ballots. The Government Operations Interim Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to endorse the first iteration of the legislation,

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been fined more than $14,000 for pantomiming what the NFL deemed a "violent gesture" during a game last week against the Buffalo Bills.

Acting in an official capacity as the Board of Canvassers, members of the Utah County Commission certified the 2024 election results Tuesday at the county offices in Provo. But the turbulent election cycle — which saw County Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner calling for County Clerk Aaron Davidson to rescue himself from overseeing the election and had

Utah allows ballots received after Election Day to be counted as long as they're postmarked before the election Only ballots received before the polls close on Election Day would be valid under proposed legislation State lawmakers failed to endorse the proposal, but it may still be introduced at the 2025 Legislature