Utah 2014 Election Results

Utah held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 89 legislative seats and the office of Attorney General, including 1 special election. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans widened their House supermajority to 63-12 after the final count in Salt Lake County flipped three seats Democrats had led on election night. The Salt Lake Tribune called it the second-biggest margin in 80 years. The Senate stayed at 24-5. Two days after the election, House Republicans chose Majority Whip Greg Hughes to succeed retiring Speaker Becky Lockhart.
• All three of those West Valley City and Murray races were decided by fewer than 200 votes:
  • Sophia DiCaro (R) unseated Rep. Larry Wiley (D), a four-term incumbent, by 195 votes in House District 31.
  • Former Rep. Fred Cox (R) won back House District 30 by 47 votes over Michael D. Lee (D).
  • Bruce R. Cutler (R) took House District 44 by 53 votes over Christine Passey (D).
  Democrats' lone gain was the open, Republican-held House District 69, a rural seat covering Carbon, Emery, and Duchesne counties, where Brad King (D) beat Bill Labrum (R) by about 1,080 votes.
• Of the 3 constitutional amendments, only Amendment B passed. Meant to clarify when an appointed lieutenant governor must stand for election, it drew about 56%. Voters rejected Amendment A, which would have dropped the political-balance requirement for the State Tax Commission, and Amendment C, which would have let the lieutenant governor, auditor, and treasurer hire their own legal counsel.

Legislature

• House (75 seats): 14 D, 61 R before the election, 12 D, 63 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (29 seats): 5 D, 24 R before the election, 5 D, 24 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures