Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is expected to easily win reelection in the deeply red state. But his surprising choice to back Donald Trump this year has voters wondering what they should expect over the next four years from a leader they long thought to be a moderate Republican.

After a hard-fought reelection victory, Cox sought common ground with Republican voters who were angry with him.

Gov. Spencer Cox secured a second term Tuesday, defeating his Democratic state Rep. Brian King in Utah's gubernatorial race, according to the AP. The big picture: Utah's gubernatorial race was rife with unsubstantiated claims of election fraud,

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will stay in his seat, after the 2024 general election was called for him on Tuesday night by the Associated Press at about 10:30 p.m. At 11:15 p.m., Cox had 56% of the votes while Democratic candidate Brian King had 31.4% and write-in candidate Phil Lyman had 8%.

Gov. Spencer Cox (R) is the projected winner of Utah’s gubernatorial race over state Rep. Brian King (D), according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. His victory comes after the incumbent narrowly won the GOP primary earlier this year,

Cox and his running mate Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson garnered about 54% of votes compared to King and librarian Rebekah Cumming's 34%, according to unofficial results posted at 10:33pm. Lyman, who later launched a campaign as a write-in candidate,

This ongoing report of Utah election results was updated at 12:16 a.m. After they were delayed more than two hours after polls closed due to long voting lines, unofficial election night results showed Utah Gov.