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2016 11-08 General Election 11/22/16 OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS 15:35:18 2016 GENERAL ELECTION SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH ELECTION SUMMARY REPORT Registered Voters 510397 - Cards Cast 427064 83.67% Num. Report Precinct 829 STRAIGHT PARTY Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 118495 DEMOCRATIC DEM 60214 50.82% REPUBLICAN REP 47485 40.07% INDEPENDENT IAP 8649 7.30% AMERICAN LIBERTARIAN LIB 1717 1.45% CONSTITUTION CON 430 0.36% PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 423743 HILLARY RODHAM DEM 175863 41.50% CLINTON DONALD J. REP 138043 32.58% TRUMP EVAN 79880 18.85% MCMULLIN GARY LIB 16306 3.85% JOHNSON JILL STEIN 4965 1.17% DARRELL L. CON 2047 0.48% CASTLE ROCKY IAP 900 0.21% GIORDANI 'ROCKY' ROQUE DE LA 353 0.08% FUENTE ALYSON 250 0.06% KENNEDY MONICA 246 0.06% MOOREHEAD LAURENCE 6 0.00% KOTLIKOFF EMIDIO 4 0.00% SOLTYSIK ANDREW D. 2 0.00% BASIAGO TOM HOEFLING 1 0.00% MIKE SMITH 1 0.00% DUSTIN BAIRD 1 0.00% STEPHEN PAUL 0 0.00% PARKS MARSHALL 0 0.00% SCHOENKE JAMIN BURTON 0 0.00% ROBERT L. 0 0.00% BUCHANAN JANET REID 0 0.00% TONY VALDIVIA 0 0.00% CHERUNDA 0 0.00% FOX SHEILA "SAMM" 0 0.00% TITTLE DAVID 0 0.00% LIMBAUGH Write-in Votes 4875 1.15% U.S. SENATE Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 411338 MIKE LEE REP 220652 53.64% MISTY K SNOW DEM 168403 40.94% BILL BARRON 11699 2.84% STONEY IAP 10584 2.57% FONUA U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #2 Total Number of 173 Precincts Times Counted 97747/117149 83.4% Total Votes 92680 CHARLENE DEM 57950 62.53% ALBARRAN CHRIS STEWART REP 31559 34.05% PAUL J. CON 3171 3.42% MCCOLLAUM JR. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #3 Total Number of 208 Precincts Times Counted 91570/106237 86.2% Total Votes 87919 JASON REP 51753 58.86% CHAFFETZ STEPHEN P. DEM 36166 41.14% TRYON U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #4 Total Number of 448 Precincts Times Counted 237747/287011 82.8% Total Votes 230770 MIA B. LOVE REP 114981 49.82% DOUG OWENS DEM 104722 45.38% COLLIN R. CON 11067 4.80% SIMONSEN GOVERNOR Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 417647 GARY R. REP 218570 52.33% HERBERT MIKE DEM 181462 43.45% WEINHOLTZ BRIAN E LIB 11671 2.79% KAMERATH SUPERDELL IAP 5094 1.22% SCHANZE L.S. BROWN 30 0.01% Write-in Votes 820 0.20% STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 404964 SEAN D. REYES REP 212678 52.52% JON V. HARPER DEM 151565 37.43% W. ANDREW LIB 30029 7.42% MCCULLOUGH MICHAEL W. IAP 10692 2.64% ISBELL STATE AUDITOR Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 393600 JOHN REP 194859 49.51% DOUGALL MIKE MITCHELL DEM 175515 44.59% JARED GREEN IAP 23226 5.90% STATE TREASURER Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 388170 DAVID REP 187053 48.19% DAMSCHEN NEIL A. DEM 176385 45.44% HANSEN RICHARD CON 24732 6.37% PROCTOR STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #1 Total Number of 52 Precincts Times Counted 21523/28499 75.5% Total Votes 20329 LUZ ESCAMILLA DEM 11957 58.82% FRED C REP 8372 41.18% JOHNSON STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #6 Total Number of 70 Precincts Times Counted 36689/45029 81.5% Total Votes 34273 WAYNE A. REP 19325 56.39% HARPER CELINA MILNER DEM 12682 37.00% JIM DEXTER LIB 2266 6.61% STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #8 Total Number of 99 Precincts Times Counted 44223/52339 84.5% Total Votes 41110 BRIAN E REP 23533 57.24% SHIOZAWA ASH ANDERSON DEM 17577 42.76% STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #10 Total Number of 83 Precincts Times Counted 49375/58914 83.8% Total Votes 45204 LINCOLN REP 31762 70.26% FILLMORE DAN PAGET DEM 13442 29.74% STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #13 Total Number of Precincts 8 Times Counted 5386/6351 84.8% Total Votes 4188 JAKE ANDEREGG REP 4109 98.11% DAVID (DAVE) 0 0.00% LIFFERTH Write-in Votes 79 1.89% STATE SENATOR DISTRICT #23 Total Number of Precincts 8 Times Counted 3858/4692 82.2% Total Votes 3612 STEVE HARTWICK DEM 2447 67.75% TODD WEILER REP 1165 32.25% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #22 Total Number of 23 Precincts Times Counted 10999/14176 77.6% Total Votes 10413 SUSAN DEM 5411 51.96% DUCKWORTH JAMIE WHITE REP 5002 48.04% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #23 Total Number of Precincts 17 Times Counted 8431/10788 78.2% Total Votes 7922 SANDRA HOLLINS DEM 5464 68.97% SCOTT A. REP 2458 31.03% HAWKINS STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #24 Total Number of 27 Precincts Times Counted 18444/21059 87.6% Total Votes 14064 REBECCA DEM 14064 100.00% CHAVEZ-HOUCK STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #25 Total Number of 27 Precincts Times Counted 17379/19804 87.8% Total Votes 14216 JOEL K. BRISCOE DEM 14216 100.00% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #26 Total Number of Precincts 21 Times Counted 9362/11909 78.6% Total Votes 7282 ANGELA ROMERO DEM 7282 100.00% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #28 Total Number of 31 Precincts Times Counted 19648/21767 90.3% Total Votes 15102 BRIAN S. KING DEM 15102 100.00% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #30 Total Number of 22 Precincts Times Counted 11169/14381 77.7% Total Votes 10747 MIKE WINDER REP 6306 58.68% FRANK BEDOLLA DEM 4441 41.32% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #31 Total Number of Precincts 20 Times Counted 8684/11627 74.7% Total Votes 8228 ELIZABETH DEM 4234 51.46% WEIGHT SOPHIA M DICARO REP 3994 48.54% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #32 Total Number of 39 Precincts Times Counted 17947/21036 85.3% Total Votes 17071 LAVAR REP 8537 50.01% CHRISTENSEN SUZANNE DEM 8534 49.99% HARRISON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #33 Total Number of Precincts 20 Times Counted 8914/11826 75.4% Total Votes 8439 CRAIG HALL REP 4279 50.71% PETER TOMALA DEM 4160 49.29% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #34 Total Number of 32 Precincts Times Counted 12720/15955 79.7% Total Votes 12043 KAREN KWAN DEM 6558 54.45% MACADE JENSEN REP 5485 45.55% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #35 Total Number of 24 Precincts Times Counted 10859/13440 80.8% Total Votes 9968 MARK A. DEM 6186 62.06% WHEATLEY PATRICIA REP 2841 28.50% PHAKLIDES CHELSEA TRAVIS LIB 941 9.44% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #36 Total Number of 37 Precincts Times Counted 22049/24540 89.8% Total Votes 16210 PATRICE ARENT DEM 16210 100.00% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #37 Total Number of 38 Precincts Times Counted 18882/21941 86.1% Total Votes 17823 CAROL DEM 10637 59.68% SPACKMAN MOSS KRIS KIMBALL REP 7186 40.32% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #38 Total Number of Precincts 25 Times Counted 9691/12762 75.9% Total Votes 9020 ERIC HUTCHINGS REP 4971 55.11% CHARLES DEM 4049 44.89% HENDERSON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #39 Total Number of 25 Precincts Times Counted 13117/16286 80.5% Total Votes 12423 JIM DUNNIGAN REP 7081 57.00% PAUL R. SCHULTE DEM 5342 43.00% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #40 Total Number of 27 Precincts Times Counted 16943/19514 86.8% Total Votes 15462 LYNN DEM 10404 67.29% HEMINGWAY JOSEPH F. REP 5058 32.71% BREAULT STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #41 Total Number of 30 Precincts Times Counted 18714/21963 85.2% Total Votes 17218 DAN MCCAY REP 13291 77.19% CHAD S. DEM 3927 22.81% HARRINGTON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #42 Total Number of 26 Precincts Times Counted 15819/19735 80.2% Total Votes 11670 KIM COLEMAN REP 11670 100.00% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #43 Total Number of 23 Precincts Times Counted 13254/16892 78.5% Total Votes 12185 ADAM GARDINER REP 7511 61.64% EDGAR DEM 4674 38.36% HARWOOD STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #44 Total Number of 35 Precincts Times Counted 15888/19064 83.3% Total Votes 14811 BRUCE R. REP 7544 50.94% CUTLER CHRISTINE DEM 7267 49.06% PASSEY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #45 Total Number of 43 Precincts Times Counted 16350/19442 84.1% Total Votes 15232 STEVE ELIASON REP 8390 55.08% NIKKI CUNARD DEM 6842 44.92% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #46 Total Number of 40 Precincts Times Counted 19897/23086 86.2% Total Votes 16479 MARIE H. DEM 12547 76.14% POULSON LEE ANNE LIB 3932 23.86% WALKER STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #47 Total Number of 30 Precincts Times Counted 13512/16288 83.0% Total Votes 12608 KEN IVORY REP 7345 58.26% JOHN RENDELL DEM 5263 41.74% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #49 Total Number of 60 Precincts Times Counted 20300/23326 87.0% Total Votes 19035 ROBERT M. REP 10901 57.27% SPENDLOVE ZACH ROBINSON DEM 8134 42.73% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #50 Total Number of 34 Precincts Times Counted 22395/26107 85.8% Total Votes 20659 SUSAN REP 15538 75.21% PULSIPHER PATTY RICH DEM 5121 24.79% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #51 Total Number of 20 Precincts Times Counted 16424/18993 86.5% Total Votes 15222 GREG HUGHES REP 10146 66.65% KYLE WATERS DEM 5007 32.89% GORDON S. 8 0.05% JONES Write-in Votes 61 0.40% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT #52 Total Number of 33 Precincts Times Counted 19273/22690 84.9% Total Votes 17437 JOHN KNOTWELL REP 13020 74.67% GARR K SMITH DEM 4417 25.33% COUNTY MAYOR Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 402485 BEN MCADAMS DEM 238927 59.36% DAVE REP 163558 40.64% ROBINSON COUNTY COUNCIL AT LARGE 'B' Total Number of 829 Precincts Times Counted 427064/510397 83.7% Total Votes 392300 RICHARD REP 202884 51.72% SNELGROVE CATHERINE DEM 189416 48.28% KANTER COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT #2 Total Number of 116 Precincts Times Counted 59849/75008 79.8% Total Votes 44137 MICHAEL H.
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