2020 Utah elections

Utah state elections in 2020 will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Aside from its presidential primaries held on March 3, its primary elections will be held on June 30, 2020.[1]

Elections in Utah

In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Utah voters will elect the Governor of Utah, 9 seats of its Board of Education, four of Utah's other executive officers, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Utah House of Representatives, and 15 of 29 seats in the Utah State Senate. Neither of the state's two U.S. Senate seats are up for election this year, but there are also seven ballot measures which will be voted on.[1]

President of the United States
Main articles: 2020 United States presidential election in Utah and 2020 Utah Democratic primary
Main articles: 2020 United States presidential election in Utah and 2020 Utah Republican primary

Utah, a stronghold for the Republican Party and thus a reliable "red state", has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

United States House of Representatives
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

There are 4 U.S. Representatives in Utah that will be up for election.

Governor

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes is running for a third term. He is facing Republican challenger David O. Leavitt (Utah County attorney) after former Attorney General John Swallow withdrew from the race.[2]

In the Democratic primary, attorney and ex-small claims court judge Greg Skordas, who was the Democratic nominee for the Attorney General election in 2004, is running unopposed (following the withdrawal of Kevin Probasco). Rudy Bautista is running as a Libertarian.[2]

Primary polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 David
Leavitt		 Sean
Reyes		 John
Swallow		 Undecided
Suffolk University/Salt Lake Tribune June 4-7, 2020 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 26% 30.8% – 43.2%
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News May 9-15, 2020 581 (LV)[lower-alpha 2] – 40% 60% – –
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News March 21-30, 2020 704 (LV)[lower-alpha 3] – 32% 54% 15% –
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Kevin
Probasco		 Greg
Skordas
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News March 21-30, 2020 223 (LV) ± 6.6% 28% 72%

State Legislature

All 75 seats of the Utah House of Representatives and 15 of 29 seats of the Utah State Senate are up for election. Before the election the composition of the Utah State Legislature was:

Ballot Measures

Measure SJR 9 is a state constitutional amendment to allow income tax to fund programs for children and people with disabilities.[3]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 For SJR 9 Against SJR 9 Undecided
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy/KUTV 2 News March 21-30, 2020 1,260 (LV) ± 2.8% 46% 35% 19%

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Including registered Republican likely primary voters and currently unaffiliated likely primary voters
  3. Including registered Republican likely primary voters and currently unaffiliated likely primary voters
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    References
    1. "Utah elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
    2. "UTAH". Politics1. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
    3. "UTAH POLITICAL TRENDS PANEL MARCH 2020" (PDF). Y2 Analytics. March 30, 2020. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

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