As vote tallies were being finalized last week, President-elect Trump appeared to have won Utah by a bigger margin than he did in 2020 — despite early reports that the state was one of just two where he lost ground. Why it matters: Trump gained votes in a state that has long been viewed as lukewarm toward him.

Election officials who access and disclose information about how specific Utah voters cast their ballots would face criminal charges under a draft bill backed by a panel of Utah lawmakers.

Weeks after his write-in campaign for governor fell short, state representative Phil Lyman made it clear he won’t be going anywhere. Lyman told his supporters in a forum at a crowded Chubby’s Cafe in Orem on Friday night that he intends on running for governor again in 2028,

As he pushed for voters to pay for their own postage for mail-in ballots, the Utah County clerk reportedly checked whether state lawmakers placed stamps on their ballots. Now lawmakers are moving toward making such actions a crime.

A panel of Utah lawmakers have given an initial nod to a draft bill that would criminalize accessing and disclosing certain information about how or when individual voters return their ballots. The Government Operations Interim Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to endorse the first iteration of the legislation,

Utah allows ballots received after Election Day to be counted as long as they're postmarked before the election Only ballots received before the polls close on Election Day would be valid under proposed legislation State lawmakers failed to endorse the proposal, but it may still be introduced at the 2025 Legislature

Alabama and Mississippi tumbled out of the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 poll Sunday and Miami and SMU moved in following a chaotic weekend in the SEC and across college football in general. Oregon is No. 1 for the sixth straight week and Ohio State, Texas and Penn State held their places behind the Ducks, who are the last unbeaten team.

It was the closest of the 75 House races this cycle, and Koford's win preserves the 61-14 Republican-Democrat split in the 75-member body. Koford's flip of the District 10 seat was countered by Democrat Jake Fitisemanu's win in the District 30 race in Salt Lake County over Republican Fred Cox, which flipped that post from red to blue.

Acting in an official capacity as the Board of Canvassers, members of the Utah County Commission certified the 2024 election results Tuesday at the county offices in Provo. But the turbulent election cycle — which saw County Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner calling for County Clerk Aaron Davidson to rescue himself from overseeing the election and had

A former county treasurer pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of embezzlement, money laundering and tax evasion after stealing more than $38 million in county funds to renovate her ranches, buy 20 cars and pay for personal expenses.

Utah's Democratic party named leaders for both the House and Senate, the Senate Dems named its leadership Friday, Nov. 8, shortly after the Nov. 5 election, and the House Dems named its leaders on Tuesday,

Lindsay Lohan appeared on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” as part of her press tour for the upcoming Netflix holiday movie “Our Little Secret” and earned big applause when she revealed how she playfully fired back at the CEO of Disney while attending the world premiere of “The Parent Trap” in 1998. Lohan was just …