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 Election Day hit Utah hard, and the Utah Republican Party took the brunt of it. Democrats lead in 15 Republican-held House seats, two independents appear headed to the Legislature, and the Senate majority leader is trailing a Democratic challenger. Voters also rejected a constitutional amendment backed by Republicans and a campaign to oust a state Supreme Court justice.