How bad was Election Night for Utah Republicans?
Democrat Ben McAdams won Utah’s new 1st Congressional District by 50 points. For Republicans, the night only got worse from there. The “blue tsunami” that swept the country on
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Final Utah House ratings show a tighter race for GOP control
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
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Utah Senate final ratings: National mood tests the limits of Utah’s legislative maps
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
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Ten Utah House seats shift toward Democrats in latest ratings update
Republicans are still favored to keep their supermajority, but the path to breaking it just got shorter
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Utah Senate map gets its first toss-up as four races shift toward Democrats
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
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Utah House Republicans pour cash into races to protect vulnerable seats
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
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We modeled a Democratic wave hitting the Utah Legislature. Here's what it would take to flip seats.
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.
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Democrat drops out of SD11 race, setting up Forward Party vs. GOP matchup
Mackenzie Miller's withdrawal leaves Sen. Emily Buss to face Republican Brooks Benson alone, but the seat's history still favors the GOP.
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Utah House map has no toss-up races for the first time
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
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Investigations
Utah's natural resources chief took state-funded Argentina trip days before stepping down
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$21,000 in missing donations and zero reported expenses: Davis County GOP's financial disclosures don't add up
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Utah lawmakers hired a D.C. law firm to defend their repeal of Prop. 4. The tab: $1.86 million.
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