Editing Tooele County, Utah (section)

==Politics and government==
From [[1932 United States presidential election in Utah|1932]] through [[1968 United States presidential election in Utah|1968]], Tooele County tended Democratic, selecting the Democratic nominee in every election save [[1956 United States presidential election in Utah|1956]] (but being blue enough to vote for [[Adlai Stevenson II|Stevenson]] in [[1952 United States presidential election in Utah|1952]]). From [[1972 United States presidential election in Utah|1972]] on, however, it has become powerfully Republican, voting Democratic only once in this period thus far, for [[Bill Clinton]] in [[1996 United States presidential election in Utah|1996]] (with a low plurality and by a narrow margin).

{| 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]]
|12
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Daniel Thatcher]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Thatcher Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/THATCDW/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah Senate|Senate]]
|17
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Scott Sandall]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2018<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senator Sandall Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/sen/SANDASD/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=senate.utah.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|21
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Douglas Sagers]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2010<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Sagers, Douglas V.|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/SAGERD/|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/20211117204847/https://house.utah.gov/rep/SAGERD/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|[[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
|68
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Merrill Nelson]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2012<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rep. Nelson, Merrill F.|url=https://house.utah.gov/rep/NELSOMF/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Utah House of Representatives|language=en-US|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115182841/https://house.utah.gov/rep/NELSOMF/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |&nbsp;
|Board of Education
|3
| style="text-align:center;" |Matt Hymas
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matt Hymas|url=https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/matthymas|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=www.schools.utah.gov|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117190651/https://www.schools.utah.gov/board/members/utah/matthymas|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|}

{{PresHead|place=Tooele 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|Republican|23,484|9,560|1,322|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|21,014|8,943|1,561|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|11,169|4,573|6,250|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|14,268|4,524|550|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|10,998|5,830|635|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|12,181|4,130|353|Utah}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|7,807|4,001|672|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|3,881|3,992|1,439|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|3,676|3,270|3,325|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,539|4,166|99|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,478|3,584|68|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,024|3,132|556|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|4,657|4,371|223|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,641|2,621|283|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|3,422|4,250|595|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,511|5,239|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|3,016|3,665|7|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,390|2,683|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,209|3,521|0|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,036|2,798|50|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,753|2,802|4|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,476|2,625|7|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,029|2,361|9|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,407|1,865|51|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,707|1,421|20|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,295|674|499|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,387|916|167|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,124|1,528|116|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|950|646|553|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,106|808|60|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,289|639|104|Utah}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,259|1,114|16|Utah}}
{{PresFoot|1896|Democratic|274|1,684|0|Utah}}