Editor’s note: Early returns from Utah voters started trickling in after 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Real-time results are available at sltrib.com/politics/election/.

12:22 a.m.: Utah Election Day comes to a close

After a full day of watch parties, voting line observations and obsessive refreshing for election returns, Tribune journalists are finishing their Election Day coverage. We will be back with more stories and analyses later Wednesday morning.

Thanks for sticking with us. Good night.

— Paighten Harkins

11:22 p.m.: Derek Brown to replace Sean Reyes at Utah attorney general

Republican Derek Brown came out ahead in a crowded race to replace Sean Reyes as Utah attorney general, according to early returns.

As of 11:18 p.m., Brown had 57.64% of votes. Democrat Rudy J. Bautista trailed with 29.13%. None of the other challenges received more than 10%.

— Robert Gehrke and Shannon Sollitt

11:10 p.m.: Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson claims victory

Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson announced victory in her bid for a second full term after early results began rolling in Tuesday evening.

Wilson, a Democrat, had 58.54% of votes as of 10:11 p.m. Republican Erin Rider had 41.46%.

“I’m very committed to the work that I’m doing. [I] made a choice a year ago to step up and do this again,” Wilson said. “It’s like any job interview — you need to put your best foot forward and hope for the best, and it looks like I’ll be returning, and I’m pleased. I’m really happy to be coming back.”

— Jordan Miller

11:08 p.m.: Republican Burgess Owens wins reelection in Utah’s 4th Congressional District

U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens is poised for a third term representing Utah’s 4th Congressional District.

Early returns show the incumbent well ahead of his challengers with 61% of the votes just before 11 p.m.

Democratic Katrina Fallick-Wang had 33% of votes, while United Utah Party’s Vaughn Cook had 4%.

— Shannon Sollitt

10:57 p.m.: Michael Kennedy way ahead in race for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District

Early returns released Tuesday evening show Republican Michael Kennedy will claim victory and represent Utah’s 3rd Congressional District.

The district mainly encompasses eastern Utah but includes a portion of Salt Lake County and is considered a safe Republican district. As of 10:42 p.m., Kennedy had 65.1% of votes, leading Democratic nominee Glenn Wright by more than 30 percentage points.

The Congressional seat was left vacant by U.S. Rep. John Curtis, who won the U.S. Senate seat held by Mitt Romney.

“This victory is just the beginning,” Kennedy said Tuesday night. “Now, we get to work to protect what makes Utah special and ensure that future generations thrive in a stronger and freer America.”

— Robert Gehrke and Anastasia Hufham

10:52 p.m.: $507M bond to bolster Salt Lake County public safety, homelessness resources trails in early returns

Salt Lake County voters were split on whether to approve a bond that would contribute $507 million to public safety, criminal justice reform and homelessness solutions. The proposal narrowly trailed in early unofficial returns late Tuesday.

As of 10:30 p.m., the measure had 50.3% opposed and 49.7% in favor.

10:42 p.m.: Early returns show Marlo Oaks likely to win Utah treasurer; Tina Cannon ahead in auditor race

Early returns show Utah State Treasurer Marlo Oaks will likely reclaim his position, with more than 60% of votes as of 10: 30 p.m.

Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Oaks to the office in 2021, and he won a special election two years ago.

Republican Tina Cannon, who is currently a deputy under State Auditor John Dougall, held 59.73% of votes in the race to replace her boss as of 10:30 p.m.

— Robert Gehrke

10:30 p.m.: Gov. Spencer Cox poised to win reelection bid, early returns show

Early returns indicate Gov. Spencer Cox will be victorious in his campaign for another term as governor. He faced off against Democrat Brian King, and apparently withstood a write-in campaign from fellow Republican Phil Lyman.

As of 10:24 p.m., unofficial voting tallies showed Cox had received 54.2% of the vote, compared to 34% for King. Cox had led in polling before Election Day.

— Robert Gehrke and Emily Anderson Stern

10:20 p.m.: Salt Lake County voters ready to pay up for zoos, arts and parks, according to early returns

Salt Lake County voters appear overwhelmingly in favor of increasing the sales tax to fund the zoo, arts and parks (ZAP) tax, according to early returns.

The tax allocates millions to organizations like Tracy Aviary, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and Red Butte Garden. The program increases the sales tax within Salt Lake County by about one cent for every 10 dollars. Last year, revenue from the tax totaled $36.7 million and was allocated to more than 200 organizations.

As of 10:20 p.m., nearly 80% of voters were in favor of re-upping the tax for another decade.

— Jordan Miller

10:16 p.m.: Early voting returns finally post in Utah

More than two hours after polls officially closed in Utah, the state has published its first round of early returns.

Beaver, Davis, Emery, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Salt Lake, Summit, Uintah and Weber counties have all uploaded results.

Keep up with updates in real time at sltrib.com/politics/election/.

— Paighten Harkins

9:50 p.m.: Utah County voters remain in line nearly two hours after polls close

Poll workers expect it will take about an hour for those remaining in line at the Provo polling location to cast their votes.

Emma Baier, 21, and Joshua Stevens, 28, were the last two to make it in the queue by the 8 p.m. deadline, meaning they’ve been in line for nearly two hours. Voters who are in line by 8 p.m., when polls close, cannot be turned away.

Baier said she got off work and ran to the polling location to vote in time.

Stevens said, “I think this election is very important.”

Poll workers are anticipating staying until 3 a.m. to finish counting ballots. Utah County voting locations have experienced long lines and many same-day registrants. Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson told The Tribune that Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, whose office oversees elections in the state, personally called him to ask what was happening, as the county worked to print thousands of emergency ballots after four polling locations ran out of printer ink.

Henderson’s office was already monitoring compliance at the Utah County Clerk’s office on Election Day after missteps during the primary election, including a finding that more ballots were cast than the number of voters checked in.

In Washington County, just before 10 p.m., most remaining voters appeared to have cast their ballots.

Republican incumbent Rep. Blake Moore, who is running to retain his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, said issues like not having enough ink “can’t happen.”

“We’ve got to do better than that,” Moore said.

— Courtney Tanner, Mark Eddington and Robert Gehrke

9:30 p.m.: Washington County’s wait time woes continue

St. George resident Erick Urias was among the last voters in line to cast a ballot at Washington County’s Dixie Convention Center, where a line of hundreds of people persisted after polls closed.

Urias, like many voters in line, was looking to register on Election Day. He said had some regret about waiting.

“I should have came earlier,” he said.

By 9:30 p.m., the line at the convention center was moving quickly, with the with about 75 people remaining in the facility’s main hallway. All others were out of view in the exhibit hall either casting or waiting to cast a ballot. Just after 8 p.m., between 750 and 1,000 people were waiting in line.

Officials expect voters to get through the line within the next 45 minutes.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, whose office oversees elections in Utah, said that as of 9:30 p.m., 22 of the state’s 29 counties had closed their polls.

— Mark Eddington and Paighten Harkins

8:52 p.m.: Cache County voters still in line

Polls are closed, but voters are still waiting in line at the Cache County Fairgrounds to cast their ballots.

Ballots from the county’s drop boxes have been trickling into the election center throughout the evening. County Clerk Bryson Behm anticipates that in-person ballots will start arriving at the center within the next hour.

Utah’s early returns aren’t expected to publish until 10 p.m.

– Clarissa Casper

8:30 p.m.: Mike Lee checks in to Utah GOP watch party from Mar-a-Lago

The senior member of Utah’s federal delegation, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, isn’t up for reelection, and didn’t spend election night with his compatriots in the Beehive State. Instead, the senator joined former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Lee called into the Utah Republican Party’s gathering in Draper, and was projected on a screen as he spoke to partygoers.

“I’m with President Trump,” Lee said to applause, continuing, “We’re in good spirits. It’s going to be a good night.”

The senator added, “Four years of Biden-Harris made all of us poorer — made Americans less free. Thanks to all of you.”

Lee’s name has been floated as a possible pick for U.S. attorney general if Trump wins.

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, whose office oversees election in Utah, said officials expect early results to publish around 10 p.m.

— Shannon Sollitt, Emily Anderson Stern and Paighten Harkins

8:14 p.m.: National outlets call Utah for Trump

So far, Utah has reported zero voting results for the 2024 general election.

That didn’t stop The Associated Press and other national outlets from calling the Beehive State for former President Donald Trump, and dubbing Republican Rep. John Curtis victorious in his bid to replace Sen. Mitt Romney.

Just before 8 p.m., the line of voters at the Dixie Convention Center in St. George ran the length of the building, out the door and around the sidewalk outside. Between 750 and 1,000 people were still in line.

An election worker said virtually everyone in line was a same-day registrant, meaning they were registering at the voting location. People who already registered were being placed in a separate, shorter line. Polling location officials were working to move those still waiting outside into the building instead, so officials could secure the building.

Around the same time, about 100 people were in a line that stretched outside a Provo voting location. Officials estimated the wait time there was at least an hour. Law enforcement had arrived to monitor the line and ensure late-comers were turned away.

In Cache County, which had procedural issues last year, the election team was keeping operations on track as polls closed. They said the election night was running smoothly.

County Clerk Bryson Behm said a surge in in-person voters — many who appear to be students — had led to some minor delays, especially with printers. But despite the high turnout, everything is proceeding steadily, with around eight workers focused on processing ballots and others watching live updates.

— Paighten Harkins, Marking Eddington, Courtney Tanner and Clarissa Casper

8:04 p.m.: Where to find election returns

Polls have closed in Utah, but if you’re still in line, stay there! All prospective voters in line as of 8 p.m. have the right to cast a ballot.

Once lines are clear, officials expect to start publishing early returns. Keep up with those results in real time at sltrib.com/politics/election/.

— Paighten Harkins

7:32 p.m.: Long lines mean long night for election watchers

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson issued a bleak update for when Utah’s early voting returns could first publish this evening.

Henderson, whose office oversees elections in Utah, has been posting regular reports from polling locations and has said returns won’t post until all voters in line by 8 p.m. have voted.

Prospective voters are waiting more than an hour at some locations, she said, while others are projected to wait two hours.

In her most recent update, Henderson said, “Gonna be a long night, folks.”

Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson told The Tribune that Henderson personally called him to ask what was happening, as the county worked to print more than 2,000 emergency ballots after four polling locations ran out of printer ink.

Several polling locations in the county are seeing long lines at the polls. Henderson’s office was already monitoring compliance at the Utah County Clerk’s office on Election Day after missteps during the primary election, including a finding that more ballots were cast than the number of voters checked in.

In Washington County, reporter Mark Eddington is also seeing long lines and protracted wait times at the two in-person voting locations.

Washington County’s clerk and auditor, Ryan Sullivan, said it’s hard for him to compare voter turnout and enthusiasm this year with past elections, because it’s his first year overseeing the county’s elections during a presidential election cycle.

“But I’m told by … some of our staff that the volume of [voters] from this election is huge compared to the last presidential election we had,” Sullivan said. “We have such huge lines that we have sent staff to help out at our vote centers. There [are] a lot of in-person voters today.”

Sullivan estimates election staff have processed about 60% of the ballots and expect to have about three more loads of ballots delivered to the clerk/auditor’s office within the next several hours.

Washington County is heavily Republican, so there isn’t much suspense about local voters’ political leanings. In the 2020 presidential election, Trump tallied nearly 75% of the vote, compared to Democrat Joe Biden’s 22.7%.

— Paighten Harkins, Courtney Tanner and Mark Eddington

7:10 p.m.: Early returns may take hour or more to publish

There are long lines at polling locations across Utah, according to Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, whose office oversees elections in Utah. Henderson has said election results won’t post until after everyone in line at 8 p.m. (when polls close) has voted.

Officials are predicting early returns could take “an hour or more” to publish after voting locations close.

As of 7 p.m., Henderson reported several counties with voting line wait times longer than an hour, and some up to two hours.

— Paighten Harkins

6:24 p.m.: Utah County printing emergency ballots as some printers run out of ink

The Utah County clerk’s office is working to print more than 2,000 emergency ballots after printers at four area polling locations ran out of magenta ink.

The lack of ink is preventing the four locations — in Highland, Pleasant Grove, Payson and Orem — from printing more ballots.

Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson said the ink is hard to quickly find. So the office is working to move ink cartridges from other polling locations over to the four affected centers. Each polling location has about three to five printers, he said.

He noted the office will probably have to print more emergency ballots this evening.

This comes as lines remain long at several Utah County polling locations. Davidson said he’s frustrated about the lines and attributed them to people opting to register in-person on Election Day, which he said is slowing down the voting process.

He called on the Legislature to eliminate day-of, in-person voter registration.

When a Tribune reporter noted that Davidson has encouraged people to vote in person and asked if that may have contributed to today’s long lines, he replied, “It probably did.”

— Courtney Tanner

5:30 p.m.: Follow along with Tribune reporters for election updates

Polls close for the 2024 general election at 8 p.m — in just under three hours. That means there’s still time to vote, if you haven’t already.

Meanwhile, The Salt Lake Tribune has journalists heading out to watch parties and county clerks’ offices across the state. At Tribune headquarters, we’re eagerly awaiting early returns, which should come in after 8 p.m., but only after everyone in line at 8 p.m. has voted. That may take hours.

We’ll post updates throughout the evening on our X account at @sltrib, on Instagram at @sltrib and on Facebook at The Salt Lake Tribune. And of course, right here on the Tribune website and in this blog. You can also download our app for real-time updates and push alerts.

— Paighten Harkins

3:46 p.m.: Getting Utah vote tallies may take time

Utahns looking for vote counts right when the polls close at 8 p.m. Mountain time likely will have to settle in and wait. Odds are good that people will be arriving at their local polling stations right up to the 8 p.m. deadline — and if someone is in line at 8 p.m., that person gets to vote, no matter how long the line is.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, whose office oversees elections in the state, advised media outlets on Monday that county clerks have been told not to publish any vote tallies “until every Utahn waiting in line when the polls close has had a chance to vote.”

In the 2016 election, for example, the last person to get in line at the Salt Lake County Government Center before 8 p.m. finally voted around 10 p.m.

Henderson urged patience “as our county officials administer the election,” and also suggested that people who haven’t voted yet — or haven’t turned in their ballots yet — do so quickly. “The sooner you vote, the more robust our initial results will be,” she said.

— Sean P. Means

3:36 p.m.: A ‘substance’ at an SLC polling location

The Salt Lake County Government Center, one of Salt Lake City’s polling locations, was interrupted for about an hour Tuesday afternoon after a white powder was found in the building.

The discovery was made around 1:40 p.m., and the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office called in the Salt Lake City Fire Department to help deal with the substance, said Chris Bronson, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office.

Activity in the building, at 2100 S. State Street, was “disrupted,” Bronson said, but the building was not shut down.

“That substance was found to be non-hazardous,” Bronson said, and the building’s activities went back to normal. The substance has been sent to a lab for analysis, he said.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, whose office oversees elections in Utah, wrote in a post on X that she commended Salt Lake County Clerk Lannie Chapman, “her employees and emergency personnel for acting swiftly to ensure the safety of those in the area.” Henderson noted that anyone trying to intimidate election workers or disrupt the administration of an election “can expect to face criminal charges.”

— Sean P. Means

2:38 p.m.: What Utahns are Googling on Election Day

Utahns were trying to keep tabs on Tuesday’s election results, even before any were available, according to Google Trends.

Google Trends reported that Utahns had made more than 50,000 searches for the phrase “live election results” between midnight and 2 p.m. Tuesday — the most popular search term in the state all day.

The term “CNN” also earned about 20,000 searches between 4 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday.

More than 10,000 searches were done for the phrase “Donald Trump,” mostly after noon Tuesday. Third-party candidates Robert Kennedy, Jill Stein and Chase Oliver (the Libertarian nominee for president) each received about 2,000 searches in the same time frame.

The name not showing up significantly in Google searches in Utah on Tuesday, according to Google Trends? Vice President Kamala Harris.

Nationally, Google Trends says searches for Harris have been outpacing searches for Trump two-to-one Tuesday.

— Sean P. Means

1:30 p.m.: Steady in Salt Lake County

A steady stream of drivers were pushing bright yellow envelopes into the official ballot drop boxes at the Salt Lake County Government Center early Tuesday afternoon.

While gridlock occasionally led to brief lines of cars, the pace was generally quick in the afternoon drizzle.

Inside the warm center at 2001 S. State St., people stood in lines to check on their registration or await their turn in the voting booths.

— Sheila R. McCann

12:50 a.m.: From the zoo to Gotham City

Among those in line to vote Tuesday morning at Utah’s Hogle Zoo was Rep. Brian King, the Democrat running against incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox.

King waited in line for more than two hours, along with hundreds of other voters from Salt Lake City’s east side.

Meanwhile, voters in downtown Salt Lake City got to feel like superheroes as they cast ballots. The room set up for voting at the Salt Lake City Public Library’s main branch is in the former storefront for Night Flight Comics — where a large Batman logo remains painted on the concrete floor.

— Aaron Falk, Sean P. Means

11:03 a.m.: Waiting for different results

A Democrat hoping to unseat a prominent conservative from the Utah Legislature found a novel way to kill time before the polls close Tuesday: He scheduled a colonoscopy.

Greg Green, who is challenging Rep. Jordan Teuscher for his seat representing South Jordan, posted a photo of himself grinning on X at 8:28 a.m., in a hospital gown about to get the procedure done.

“I have a colonoscopy scheduled this morning, and am hoping it means I can push out the Teusch twice in one day,” Green wrote. He posted again, just over an hour later, that the colonoscopy was over.

As The Tribune reported in its voting guide for House District 44, Green has campaigned on expanding diversity programs and LGBTQ rights, opposing book bans, building a sustainable environment and improving access to health care.

Teuscher is one of the more vocal conservatives in the Utah Legislature. The Tribune reported that he has worked to crack down on unions, restrict youth access to social media, bar transgender girls from youth sports and promote the Legislature’s ability to change or repeal ballot initiatives.

— Sean P. Means

10:45 a.m.: Lines forming early at polling places

Utahns were up early to vote Tuesday morning.

At one polling place — the River’s Bend Senior Center in Salt Lake City’s Fairpark neighborhood — around 40 people were already in line to vote at 7:30 a.m., a half hour after polls opened. The line stretched out of the meeting room where the voting booths were located and down the hallway.

Kat Kennedy, a general partner in the venture capital firm Kickstart, posted on X that the polling place she drove past in Bluffdale was “packed at 7:30! Love to see it.”

In one polling place in Orem, Tanner Guzy posted on X, there was no line. “Took me about five minutes from walk in to walk out,” Guzy wrote.

— Sean P. Means

7:30 a.m.: Here’s the 2024 election news you may have missed

The Salt Lake Tribune has been reporting on the 2024 election for months. Here are some recent stories that help explain what the election has been like in Utah so far:

• Anti-trans PAC says it’s spent $0 as it plasters — and drives — campaign ads across Utah

• Here’s what can go wrong on election night — and how county clerks will respond

• Can voters be tricked by deepfake content generated with AI?

• Utah started sending ballots by mail to raise turnout. Here’s how many use them amid efforts to nix that choice.

• Kamala Harris has raised twice as much money as Donald Trump in Utah

• ‘We risk losing everything’: Utah’s top elections official worries about threats ‘vigilantes’ pose to voting

• Jeff Parrott: Government accountability a top issue in 2024 election — but not all candidates are open to your question

There’s still time to register to vote in Utah

It’s Election Day — and there is still plenty of time to cast your ballot, and even register to vote.

First, if you have your ballot and haven’t dropped it in the mail yet, do not put it in the mail. The postmark date was yesterday, and your vote won’t count. But you can still take it to a drop box or polling location.

Or go vote in person. The volunteers and election workers are incredibly helpful and the polls close at 8 p.m. — or until everyone who was already in line then has cast a ballot.

If you’re going to vote in person, be sure to get out to the polls as soon as you can, as Lt. Gov. Deirdre Henderson — Utah’s top elections official — predicts there could be long lines this evening.

“County clerks have been instructed not to publish results until every Utahn waiting in line when the polls close has had a chance to vote,” Henderson said in a news release on Monday. “We will keep everyone updated if there are any delays and ask for patience as our county officials administer the election. We also urge those who have not done so to please return your ballots as soon as possible. The sooner you vote, the more robust our initial results will be.”

And if you still need to register to vote, there is still time. New voters can register at a polling location today, but you’ll need to bring two forms of identification.

Need some help deciding how to fill out your ballot? The Salt Lake Tribune — with the help of our readers — surveyed candidates in this year’s election on some of the top issues on Utahns’ minds. You can see their views on immigration, the climate, reproductive health care, the economy, and more here: 2024 General Election Voter Guides.