Elections

The Alpine School District pictured on May 12, 2023....
Eric Cabrera, Allessandra Harris-Gurr

Preliminary results show Utah County wants to split Alpine School District

Preliminary election results show Utah County voters are ready to split the state's biggest school district.
28 days ago
Trump's election historic...
Associated Press

4 ways Donald Trump’s election victory was historic

Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, defeating the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris.
28 days ago
senator elect john curtis...
HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press

Republican US Rep. John Curtis wins Mitt Romney’s open Senate seat in Utah

U.S. Rep. John Curtis will succeed Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate after the he breezed to victory over his Democratic opponent in deeply red Utah.
29 days ago
Thousands of ballots sit in boxes as Utah County election workers process the mail-in ballots for t...
Lindsey Aerts, KSL TV

Vote discrepancies, high signature rejections found in Utah County primary

Utah’s Elections Office has found vote discrepancies in Utah County because of a novel in-person voting method, and a high rate of rejected signatures on by mail ballots in the county’s June 25 primary election
3 months ago
Colby Jenkins, left, sits alongside attorney Scott Young as he goes before the Utah Supreme Court i...
Becky Bruce

Utah Supreme Court to decide mail-in ballot postmark deadline issue

GOP primary candidate Colby Jenkins is suing the Utah lieutenant governor's office over a postmark deadline which he says is unconstitutional.
4 months ago
The Utah Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday in a lawsuit brought against Beaver County by Col...
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com

Utah Supreme Court to hear arguments Friday in 2nd District GOP primary dispute

Utah 2nd Congressional District candidate Colby Jenkins wants to challenge the certification of his election against Rep. Celeste Maloy.
4 months ago
Colby Jenkins petition...
Adam Small

Legal expert on Colby Jenkins’ Supreme Court petition: ‘A long shot’

Congressional candidate Colby Jenkins' Utah Supreme Court petition argues that mail-in ballots should be counted in his recent race.
4 months ago
Monday we will know the results of a recount in the primary election battle for Utah's 2nd Congress...
Emma Keddington

The race between Rep. Maloy and Jenkins is in recount territory

Incumbent Congresswoman Celeste Maloy, R-Utah has a 0.2% lead over candidate Colby Jenkins, according to the official Utah Elections Results website.
5 months ago
Gov. Spencer Cox and first lady Abby Cox and Derek Brown and his wife Emilie Brown greet supporters...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Spencer Cox cruises to win in GOP primary; Phil Lyman says he won’t concede

With about 250,000 primary votes recorded across the state from 16 counties, Cox leads Lyman with over 59% of the vote.
5 months ago
John Curtis hugs his wife, Sue, after giving a victory speech during a watch party for Curtis’ ca...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.COM

John Curtis wins the GOP primary for US Senate in Utah, AP projects

Utah Rep. John Curtis handily won Utah's race for U.S. Senate on Tuesday night.
5 months ago
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks at an election night watch party for her reelection cam...
Carter Williams

Mendenhall takes heated Salt Lake mayoral race after Rocky throws in the towel

Mayor Mendenhall's office confirmed that former SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson, her primary challenger, called shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday to concede.
1 year ago
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall speaks at an election night watch party for her reelection cam...
Carter Williams

Mendenhall ‘close’ to calling victory in heated Salt Lake mayoral race

The current mayor leads former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson 59% to 34%, according to preliminary Salt Lake County election results.
1 year ago
Republican nominee Celeste Maloy wins Utah's 2nd Congressional District....
MEAD GRUVER Associated Press

Republican Celeste Maloy wins Utah special election to replace her former boss US Rep. Chris Stewart

Maloy beat state Sen. Kathleen Riebe, who as minority whip is the Utah Senate's second-ranking Democrat.
1 year ago
Democrat Katie Hobbs (left) will win Arizona's governor's race, CNN projects, defeating Republican ...
Maeve Reston, CNN

Katie Hobbs will win Arizona governor’s race, CNN projects, defeating Trump favorite Kari Lake

Nearly a week after the election, Arizona Democrat Katie Hobbs will win the Arizona governor's race, CNN projects.
2 years ago
Maeve Reston, CNN

Democrat Mark Kelly will win reelection to US Senate, CNN projects

CNN projects that Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly will defeat Republican challenger Blake Masters.
2 years ago
The exterior of Orem High School, in Orem, Utah. This is one of the high schools that would have sp...
Simone Seikaly

Orem mayor feeling positive despite failure of Proposition 2

Orem Mayor David Young admits he was disappointed about Proposition 2 failing, but he feels positive about starting the conversation. 
2 years ago
Orem High School from Alpine School District is pictured. alpine school district split debate...
Chris Jacobs

Alpine School District will not split, according to preliminary results

Initial numbers showed that over 70% of voters in Orem chose not to split the Alpine School District to create an Orem Schoo District.
2 years ago
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis celebrates onstage during his 2022 midterm elections night...
Eric Bradner, Dan Merica and Gregory Krieg, CNN

Takeaways from the 2022 midterms: Battle for control of the House and Senate still up in the air

Control of the House and Senate was unknown by Wednesday morning.
2 years ago
open space bond...
Elizabeth Weiler

So far, most Salt Lake County voters have approved the open space bond

The parks, trails, and open spaces bond, according to the Salt Lake City website, will continue to enhance the public lands system.
2 years ago
debates...
Kira Hoffelmeyer

GOP candidates keeping their jobs

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s Republican congressmen will all keep their jobs.  It seemed as if Blake Moore, Chris Stewart, John Curtis and Burgess Owens barely broke a sweat last night as they soared to victory in their respective districts. Moore swept past his opponent leading Democrat Rick Jones by 40%. The other three congressmen […]
2 years ago
The Associated Press is projecting Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, will be the winner of the 1st Congress...
Mark Jones

Blake Moore projected winner in 1st Congressional District

Congressman Blake Moore is the projected winner of Utah's 1st Congressional District. Moore received nearly 40 percent more votes than his challenger.
2 years ago
State leaders say the Utah election security system is strong....
Mark Jones

Republicans denied in seeking delay in closure of Arizona polling stations

Roughly a quarter of the polling stations in Maricopa County, Ariz., experienced problems with the ballot tabulators on Tuesday. Republicans sought a delay in the closure of those voting centers.
2 years ago
a vote here sign is pictured. Utah voting deadline...
Adam Small

What Salt Lake County voters are saying on Election Day

Despite the rainy weather, voters are showing up to vote in person or drop off their ballots on Election Day 2022.
2 years ago
Artificial intelligence 2024 election: "I voted" stickers pictured...
KSL NewsRadio Staff

Midterm Election 2022: Live Utah updates

It's Election Day and KSL NewsRadio is here to keep you up-to-date on Utah results. Tune in or read along to see what Utah voters chose this year.
2 years ago