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1952 Utah gubernatorial election
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1952 Utah gubernatorial election Utah 1922 Presidential no 1948 Utah gubernatorial election 1948 1956 Utah gubernatorial election 1956 November 4, 1952 File:J. Bracken Lee (cropped).jpg J. Bracken Lee Republican Party (United States) 180,516 55.09% File:Earl J. Glade.jpg 150x150px Earl J. Glade Democratic Party (United States) 147,188 44.91% 1952 Utah gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 230px County resultsLee: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Glade: #7996e2 50–60% Governor J. Bracken Lee Republican Party (United States) J. Bracken Lee Republican Party (United States)
The 1952 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1952. Incumbent Republican J. Bracken Lee defeated the Democratic nominee, mayor of Salt Lake City Earl J. Glade, with 55.09% of the vote.
Primary election
Primary elections were held on September 9, 1952.
Republican primary
Candidates
A. Cyril Callister
J. Bracken Lee, incumbent governor
Results
Republican primary resultsUtah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of the Primary Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, September 9, 1952, for Representatives in the Eighty-third Congress of the United States, for State Officers, and District Officers in Districts comprising more than one County.Henriod Tops Primary's Tabulations https://www.newspapers.com/image/598933180/ 31 December 2025 The Salt Lake Tribune 8 October 1952 Salt Lake City 11
J. Bracken Lee (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 69,583 82.71%
A. Cyril Callister Republican Party (United States) 15,545 17.29%
84,128 100.00%
Democratic primary
Candidates
Heber Bennion Jr., Secretary of State of Utah
Earl J. Glade, Mayor of Salt Lake City
Results
Democratic primary results
Earl J. Glade Democratic Party (United States) 36,415 52.48%
Heber Bennion Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 32,970 47.52%
69,385 100.00%
General election
Candidates
J. Bracken Lee, Republican
Earl J. Glade, Democratic
Results
1952 Utah gubernatorial electionUtah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 4, 1952 for President and Vice-President of the United States, for United States Senator, for Representatives in the Eighty-third Congress, for State Officers, and District Officers in Districts comprising more than one County, and for the adoption of rejection of the proposed Repeal of the Lien Law.https://books.google.com/books?id=DSZzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA420 America Votes 30: 2011-2012, Election Returns by State - Rhodes Cook 5 November 2013 9781452290171 2020-05-15 Cook Rhodes
Republican Party (United States) J. Bracken Lee (incumbent) 180,516 55.09% +0.10%
Democratic Party (United States) Earl J. Glade 147,188 44.91% -0.10%
327,704
100.00%
33,328 10.17%
Republican Party (United States) +0.19%
Results by county
County J. Bracken LeeRepublican Earl J. GladeDemcoratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # %Beaver1,28655.70%1,02344.30%26311.39%2,309Box Elder4,93656.12%3,85943.88%1,07712.25%8,795Cache8,76761.15%5,57138.85%3,19622.29%14,338Carbon4,58648.10%4,94851.90%-362-3.80%9,534Daggett7241.62%10158.38%-29-16.76%173Davis8,03453.74%6,91646.26%1,1187.48%14,950Duchesne1,67352.28%1,52747.72%1464.56%3,200Emery1,58758.15%1,14241.85%44516.31%2,729Garfield93260.92%59839.08%33421.83%1,530Grand66571.28%26828.72%39742.55%933Iron3,00363.88%1,69836.12%1,30527.76%4,701Juab1,53552.77%1,37447.23%1615.53%2,909Kane89681.16%20818.84%68862.32%1,104Millard2,62361.31%1,65538.69%96822.63%4,278Morgan67851.52%63848.48%403.04%1,316Piute46262.52%27737.48%18525.03%739Rich53065.27%28234.73%24830.84%812Salt Lake81,94657.42%60,77942.58%21,16714.83%142,725San Juan65750.38%64749.62%100.77%1,304Sanpete3,68459.00%2,56041.00%1,12418.00%6,244Sevier3,83170.55%1,59929.45%2,23241.10%5,430Summit1,84757.50%1,36542.50%48215.01%3,212Tooele3,24148.51%3,44051.49%-199-2.98%6,681Uintah2,34260.86%1,50639.14%83621.73%3,848Utah18,67051.45%17,62048.55%1,0502.89%36,290Wasatch1,40353.29%1,23046.71%1736.57%2,633Washington2,49662.31%1,51037.69%98624.61%4,006Wayne44955.85%35544.15%9411.69%804Weber17,68544.02%22,49255.98%-4,807-11.96%40,177Total180,51655.09%147,18844.91%33,32810.17%327,704
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Sanpete
Uintah
Wayne
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Carbon
Tooele
Weber
References
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