Editing Summit County, Utah (section)

==Politics and government==
Summit County was a Republican stronghold in the decades following [[World War II]]. Beginning in the 1990s, it became more competitive due to the influence of Democratic-leaning Park City, with Democrats sometimes winning a plurality or majority of the countywide vote. In [[1996 United States presidential election in Utah|1996]], [[Bill Clinton]] became the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the county since [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s 44-state landslide in 1964 and only the second Democrat to carry it since [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. [[George W. Bush]] carried the county in 2000 and 2004, but his performance there was worst in the state. In the 2006 Senate race, Summit County was the only county carried by Democrat [[Pete Ashdown]] even as the Republican incumbent [[Orrin Hatch]] carried the state as a whole by a 2 to 1 margin. Likewise, in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 U.S. presidential election]], [[Barack Obama]] carried the county by a 15.3% margin over [[John McCain]], while McCain carried Utah by 28.1%.<ref name=AL>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ US Election Atlas]</ref> In the 2012 presidential election, Republican [[Mitt Romney]] defeated Obama in the county, 50% to 46%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president|title=President - Live Election Results - NYTimes.com|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref> In 2016, Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] defeated Republican [[Donald Trump]], 50% to 35%,<ref name=AL/> and [[Joe Biden]] increased her margin by 3% in [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]], solidifying the county as a safe Democratic region.

{| class="wikitable"
|+State elected offices
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;" |Position
!District
! style="text-align:center;" |Name
! valign="bottom" |Affiliation
! style="vertical-align:bottom; text-align:center;" |First elected
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|19
| style="text-align:center;" |[[John D. Johnson (politician)|John D. Johnson]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Johnson Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/JOHNSJD/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|26
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Ronald Winterton]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Winterton Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/WINTER/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|28
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Brian King (politician)|Brian King]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2008<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. King, Brian S.|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/KINGBS/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|53
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Kera Birkeland]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Birekeland, Kera|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/BIRKEK/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117180859/https://house.utah.gov/rep/BIRKEK/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|54
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Mike Kohler]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Kohler, Mike L.|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/KOHLEM/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Board of Education
|7
| style="text-align:center;" |Carol Lear
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2016<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carol Lear|url=https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/carollear|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=www.schools.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Board of Education
|12
| style="text-align:center;" |James Moss Jr.
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Moss Jr.|url=https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/jamesmoss|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=www.schools.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
|}

{{PresHead|place=Summit County, Utah|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Atlas of US Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 31, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|10,783|14,612|829|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|10,252|15,244|793|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|7,333|10,503|3,049|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|8,884|8,072|641|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|6,956|9,532|432|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,936|6,977|399|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,168|4,601|1,352|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,867|4,177|1,275|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,133|3,013|3,253|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,881|2,536|86|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,093|1,539|69|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,330|1,184|579|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,316|1,282|165|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,209|836|113|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,782|961|114|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,335|1,497|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,607|1,217|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,031|880|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,955|1,263|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,617|1,556|33|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,479|1,761|2|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,730|2,215|3|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,422|2,344|18|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,434|2,028|74|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,748|1,260|24|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,597|825|372|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,503|874|137|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,195|1,495|247|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|1,290|983|655|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,614|1,402|157|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,232|1,358|267|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,555|1,763|16|Utah}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|245|3,402|0|Utah}}

In the 2016 Senate race, Summit County was the only county in Utah where a plurality voted for Democratic nominee [[Misty Snow]] against Republican incumbent [[Mike Lee]]. Snow was the first major-party transgender Senate candidate in United States history, making the county the first in the nation to vote for a transgender candidate for the Senate.

On the county level, most of the elected offices are held by Democrats, including four of the five seats on the newly created [[Summit County Council]].<ref>[http://www.summitcountyutdems.org/index.html/ Summit County Democrats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406032755/http://summitcountyutdems.org/index.html|date=April 6, 2009}}</ref> John Hanrahan, D; Claudia McMullin, D; Sally Elliott, D; Chris Robinson, D; David Ure, R.

Summit County was one of only two counties (along with [[Grand County, Utah|Grand County]]) to vote against Utah's same-sex marriage ban in 2004. In June 2010, Summit County became the sixth local government of Utah to prohibit discrimination in employment or [[House|housing]] based on a person's [[sexual orientation]] or [[gender identity]].<ref>{{citation|title=Summit County bans anti-gay discrimination|periodical=[[Salt Lake Tribune]]|access-date=June 18, 2010|date=June 17, 2010|last=Winters|first=Rosemary|url=http://www.sltrib.com/D=g/ci_15320580|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015135336/http://www.sltrib.com/D=g/ci_15320580|archive-date=October 15, 2011}}</ref>