Republicans in Utah lost more ground in Tuesday's U.S. House races than in any other state, compared with the 2022 midterms. Why it matters: It's the closest the state has come to turning "Bluetah" — a development Democrats have long awaited as demographic change and transplants from other states have previously failed to nudge the GOP's hold in Utah elections. The intrigue: The shift was so extreme that Utah's new congressional maps,...

Sen. Emily Buss, F-Eagle Mountain, had 49.19% of the vote in the Senate District 11 race as of late Saturday, compared to GOP candidate Brooks Benson who had 50.81%.

Utah's Senate majority leader has conceded defeat to a Democrat, who leads the Senate District 19 race by thousands of votes.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson’s office estimated that about 60-65% of Utah voters cast ballots in the 2026 midterm.

A top justice in the Utah Supreme Court will retain her seat after the midterm election, despite efforts from some Republicans to encourage Utahns to vote against her.

Four Ogden women are among the wave of Democrats poised to flip as many as 15 seats in the Utah House and Senate.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy, in his first reelection bid, won by double digits in the heavily Republican 4th Congressional District. The incumbent Republican congressman faced three challengers in his solid red district: Democrat Jonny Larsen,

Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis blamed his party's support for the Iran war, debt spending and tariffs for massive GOP losses in Tuesday's midterms. Why it matters: Some of those policies were carried out with the support of Curtis' own votes. Driving the news: Voters "saw a hastily planned war disrupt oil markets" and "the public debt balloon past $40 trillion—leading to volatile markets," Curtis wrote on his Substack. "Unpredictable tariffs"...