{
 "topic": "senate",
 "site": "electiondata.dev",
 "place": {
  "id": "us-ut",
  "name": "Utah",
  "level": "us-state",
  "parent": "usa",
  "path": "us/ut",
  "slug": "ut",
  "state": "ut",
  "state_name": "Utah",
  "state_id": "us-ut"
 },
 "question": "How did Utah vote for the Senate?",
 "answer": {
  "verdict": "John Curtis (Republican) won by 30.8 points",
  "value": 30.8,
  "unit": " pts",
  "digits": 1,
  "label": "Senate, 2024: winner's margin",
  "lines": [
   "John Curtis (Republican) 62.5%, Caroline Gleich (Democrat) 31.7%, Carlton E. Bowen (Independent) 5.7%",
   "1,463,509 votes for Senate candidates"
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2024",
 "as_of_label": "2024",
 "charts": [
  {
   "id": "senate-margin",
   "title": "Every regular Senate election in Utah since 1976",
   "description": "17 regular elections; Democrats were ahead in 0 and Republicans in 17.",
   "indicator": "Democratic candidate's share of Senate votes minus the Republican's, points (regular elections; special elections are in the table)",
   "subtitle": "Democratic share minus Republican share, in points. Above the line: the Democrat got more votes.",
   "x": {
    "kind": "year"
   },
   "y": {
    "digits": 1,
    "unit": " pts",
    "format": "party-margin"
   },
   "layers": [
    {
     "type": "bars",
     "name": "Margin",
     "base": 0,
     "points": [
      [
       1976,
       -12.693,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1980,
       -48.161,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1982,
       -16.927,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1986,
       -45.755,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1988,
       -35.387,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1992,
       -15.668,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1994,
       -40.508,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1998,
       -31.012,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2000,
       -34.069,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2004,
       -40.328,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2006,
       -31.296,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2010,
       -28.821,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2012,
       -35.33,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2016,
       -41.088,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2018,
       -31.677,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2022,
       -53.154,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2024,
       -30.76,
       "rep"
      ]
     ],
     "legend": [
      {
       "label": "Democrat ahead",
       "cls": "dem"
      },
      {
       "label": "Republican ahead",
       "cls": "rep"
      }
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "limits": [
  "Statewide totals say nothing about who voted or why.",
  "Candidates with a party's support under another name (Minnesota's DFL, New York's fusion lines) are counted with that party, as the MIT data's simplified party does; independents stay independents."
 ],
 "method": "Each candidate's votes are summed over every ballot line; blank, over- and under-votes are left out. The margin is the winner's share of the votes minus the runner-up's. A runoff, where held, is the result.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "electiondata.dev senate-results, version 2026-10-25.247421eda6",
   "url": "https://electiondata.dev/",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PEJ5QU",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ],
 "check": {
  "races": [
   {
    "year": 1976,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 522108,
    "votes": {
     "Orrin G. Hatch": 290221,
     "Frank E. Moss": 223948,
     "George Merl Batchelor": 4913,
     "Steve Trotter": 3026
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1980,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 594298,
    "votes": {
     "Jake Garn": 437675,
     "Dan Berman": 151454,
     "Bruce Bangerter": 3186,
     "George M. Batchelor": 1983
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1982,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 530802,
    "votes": {
     "Orrin G. Hatch": 309332,
     "Ted Wilson": 219482,
     "George Mercier": 1035,
     "Lawrence R. Kauffman": 953
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1986,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 435111,
    "votes": {
     "E. J. \"jake\" Garn": 314608,
     "Craig S. Oliver": 115523,
     "Hugh A. Butler": 3023,
     "Mary Zins": 1863
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1988,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 640702,
    "votes": {
     "Orrin G. Hatch": 430089,
     "Brian H. Moss": 203364,
     "Robert J. Smith": 6016,
     "William M. Arth": 1233
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1992,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 758479,
    "votes": {
     "Robert F. Bennett": 420069,
     "Wayne Owens": 301228,
     "Anita R. Morrow": 17549,
     "Maury Modine": 14341,
     "Patricia Grogan": 5292
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1994,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 519304,
    "votes": {
     "Orrin G. Hatch": 357297,
     "Patrick A. Shea": 146938,
     "Craig Oliver": 9550,
     "Gary R. Van Horn": 2543,
     "Nelson Gonzalez": 1514,
     "Lawrence Rey Topham": 1462
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1998,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 494909,
    "votes": {
     "Robert F. Bennett": 316652,
     "Scott Leckman": 163172,
     "Gary R. Van Horn": 15073
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2000,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 769704,
    "votes": {
     "Orrin G. Hatch": 504803,
     "Scott N. Howell": 242569,
     "Carlton Edward Bowen": 11938,
     "Jim Dexter": 10394
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2004,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 911726,
    "votes": {
     "Robert F. Bennett": 626640,
     "R. Paul Van Dam": 258955,
     "Gary R. Van Horn": 17289
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2006,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 571252,
    "votes": {
     "Orrin G. Hatch": 356238,
     "Pete Ashdown": 177459,
     "Scott N. Bradley": 21526,
     "Roger I. Price": 9089,
     "David Starr Seely": 4428,
     "Julian Hatch": 2512
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2010,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 585230,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Lee": 360403,
     "Sam F. Granato": 191732,
     "Scott N. Bradley": 33095
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2012,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 1006901,
    "votes": {
     "Orrin G. Hatch": 657608,
     "Scott Howell": 301873,
     "Shaun Lynn Mccausland": 31905,
     "Daniel Geery": 8342,
     "Bill Barron": 7172
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2016,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 1115583,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Lee": 760220,
     "Misty K. Snow": 301858,
     "Stoney Fonua": 27339,
     "Bill Barron": 26166
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2018,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 1062845,
    "votes": {
     "Mitt Romney": 665215,
     "Jenny Wilson": 328541,
     "Tim Aalders": 28774,
     "Craig R. Bowden": 27607,
     "Reed C. Mccandless": 12708
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2022,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 1076061,
    "votes": {
     "Mike Lee": 571974,
     "Evan Mcmullin": 459958,
     "James Arthur Hansen": 31784,
     "Tommy Williams": 12103
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2024,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 1463509,
    "votes": {
     "John Curtis": 914700,
     "Caroline Gleich": 464515,
     "Carlton E. Bowen": 83972
    }
   }
  ],
  "dataset": "senate-results",
  "version": "2026-10-25.247421eda6"
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every Senate race since 1976",
  "columns": [
   "Race",
   "Winner",
   "Runner-up",
   "Margin",
   "Votes"
  ],
  "num": [
   3,
   4
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    "2024",
    "John Curtis (R) 62.5%",
    "Caroline Gleich (D) 31.7%",
    "30.8 pts",
    "1,463,509"
   ],
   [
    "2022",
    "Mike Lee (R) 53.2%",
    "Evan Mcmullin (I) 42.7%",
    "10.4 pts",
    "1,076,061"
   ],
   [
    "2018",
    "Mitt Romney (R) 62.6%",
    "Jenny Wilson (D) 30.9%",
    "31.7 pts",
    "1,062,845"
   ],
   [
    "2016",
    "Mike Lee (R) 68.1%",
    "Misty K. Snow (D) 27.1%",
    "41.1 pts",
    "1,115,583"
   ],
   [
    "2012",
    "Orrin G. Hatch (R) 65.3%",
    "Scott Howell (D) 30.0%",
    "35.3 pts",
    "1,006,901"
   ],
   [
    "2010",
    "Mike Lee (R) 61.6%",
    "Sam F. Granato (D) 32.8%",
    "28.8 pts",
    "585,230"
   ],
   [
    "2006",
    "Orrin G. Hatch (R) 62.4%",
    "Pete Ashdown (D) 31.1%",
    "31.3 pts",
    "571,252"
   ],
   [
    "2004",
    "Robert F. Bennett (R) 68.7%",
    "R. Paul Van Dam (D) 28.4%",
    "40.3 pts",
    "911,726"
   ],
   [
    "2000",
    "Orrin G. Hatch (R) 65.6%",
    "Scott N. Howell (D) 31.5%",
    "34.1 pts",
    "769,704"
   ],
   [
    "1998",
    "Robert F. Bennett (R) 64.0%",
    "Scott Leckman (D) 33.0%",
    "31.0 pts",
    "494,909"
   ],
   [
    "1994",
    "Orrin G. Hatch (R) 68.8%",
    "Patrick A. Shea (D) 28.3%",
    "40.5 pts",
    "519,304"
   ],
   [
    "1992",
    "Robert F. Bennett (R) 55.4%",
    "Wayne Owens (D) 39.7%",
    "15.7 pts",
    "758,479"
   ],
   [
    "1988",
    "Orrin G. Hatch (R) 67.1%",
    "Brian H. Moss (D) 31.7%",
    "35.4 pts",
    "640,702"
   ],
   [
    "1986",
    "E. J. \"jake\" Garn (R) 72.3%",
    "Craig S. Oliver (D) 26.6%",
    "45.8 pts",
    "435,111"
   ],
   [
    "1982",
    "Orrin G. Hatch (R) 58.3%",
    "Ted Wilson (D) 41.3%",
    "16.9 pts",
    "530,802"
   ],
   [
    "1980",
    "Jake Garn (R) 73.6%",
    "Dan Berman (D) 25.5%",
    "48.2 pts",
    "594,298"
   ],
   [
    "1976",
    "Orrin G. Hatch (R) 55.6%",
    "Frank E. Moss (D) 42.9%",
    "12.7 pts",
    "522,108"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "api": {
  "now": "/data/places/us-ut/senate.json",
  "source": "https://api.electiondata.dev/v1/senate-results/download/senate-results.csv",
  "source_label": "Every Senate race, every state, from electiondata.dev (live, no key)"
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-10-26T20:05:12+00:00"
}