Told you so: How we predicted Utah's 'Blue Wave'
Our ratings called 89% of Utah legislative races where we picked a favorite, and every rating change moved the right direction. The size of the wave is what we missed.
Our ratings called 89% of Utah legislative races where we picked a favorite, and every rating change moved the right direction. The size of the wave is what we missed.
Plus, Salt Lake County GOP Chairman Mike Carey joins the show to break down election night.
Republicans are still heavily favored to keep control of the Utah House, but Democratic candidates have spent the fall closing in, according to Utah Political Watch’s final House ratings
With Election Day on Nov. 3 and ballots already in voters’ hands, Utah Political Watch has released its final Utah Senate race ratings of the 2026 cycle. In August, only
Republicans are still favored to keep their supermajority, but the path to breaking it just got shorter
Every rating change in Utah Political Watch’s latest update of the 2026 state Senate map moves toward Democrats. For the first time since we began publishing ratings, one race
With six weeks until Election Day, Utah House Republicans are writing bigger checks to protect a handful of seats. The House Republican Election Committee gave $61,500 to candidates in
Utah's 2021 maps were built to absorb a Democratic wave. Our modeling shows just how large that wave would need to get before the math changes.
Mackenzie Miller's withdrawal leaves Sen. Emily Buss to face Republican Brooks Benson alone, but the seat's history still favors the GOP.
Utah Political Watch has updated its 2026 Utah House race ratings after reviewing the latest campaign finance disclosures. Five districts moved as a result, and for the first time since