Elections / 2020 · Governor · UT
Spencer J Cox won Utah's 2020 governor's race.
Spencer J Cox (Republican) led by 32.9 points statewide. County returns are aggregated from precinct-level results (MIT Election Lab).
Statewide result
Utah 2020 governor — precinct returns aggregated statewide (MIT Election Lab).
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer J Cox | RRepublican | 918,753 | 63.4% |
| Chris Peterson | DDemocrat | 442,754 | 30.6% |
| Daniel Rhead Cottam | OLibertarian | 51,393 | 3.5% |
| Greg Duerden | OIndependent American | 25,810 | 1.8% |
| Madeline Kazantzis | OIndependent | 8,329 | 0.6% |
| Not Assigned | OOther | 548 | 0.0% |
| Kristena M Conlin | OIndependent | 312 | 0.0% |
| Richard T Whitney | OIndependent | 61 | 0.0% |
| Invalid | OOther | 10 | 0.0% |
| Tyler Scott Batty | OOther | 4 | 0.0% |
By county (29)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
| County | Won | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | R | Spencer J Cox | +5.3 | 528,966 |
| Utah | R | Spencer J Cox | +56.3 | 277,191 |
| Davis | R | Spencer J Cox | +44.5 | 166,994 |
| Weber | R | Spencer J Cox | +33.3 | 107,607 |
| Washington | R | Spencer J Cox | +50.6 | 87,868 |
| Cache | R | Spencer J Cox | +47.8 | 56,560 |
| Tooele | R | Spencer J Cox | +46.8 | 30,396 |
| Box Elder | R | Spencer J Cox | +66.6 | 25,740 |
| Summit | D | Chris Peterson | +7.1 | 25,148 |
| Iron | R | Spencer J Cox | +56.6 | 24,374 |
| Wasatch | R | Spencer J Cox | +37.6 | 17,426 |
| Uintah | R | Spencer J Cox | +69.6 | 12,648 |
| Sanpete | R | Spencer J Cox | +77.0 | 12,089 |
| Sevier | R | Spencer J Cox | +76.3 | 9,805 |
| Carbon | R | Spencer J Cox | +48.9 | 9,023 |
| Duchesne | R | Spencer J Cox | +62.5 | 8,349 |
| San Juan | R | Spencer J Cox | +12.8 | 6,512 |
| Morgan | R | Spencer J Cox | +70.0 | 6,311 |
| Millard | R | Spencer J Cox | +65.2 | 6,039 |
| Juab | R | Spencer J Cox | +75.1 | 5,506 |
| Grand | D | Chris Peterson | +3.9 | 5,016 |
| Emery | R | Spencer J Cox | +74.5 | 4,600 |
| Kane | R | Spencer J Cox | +47.9 | 3,931 |
| Beaver | R | Spencer J Cox | +73.5 | 2,964 |
| Garfield | R | Spencer J Cox | +64.1 | 2,645 |
| Wayne | R | Spencer J Cox | +51.7 | 1,537 |
| Rich | R | Spencer J Cox | +68.7 | 1,344 |
| Piute | R | Spencer J Cox | +75.9 | 800 |
| Daggett | R | Spencer J Cox | +64.6 | 585 |