Crimson-red Utah has been a safe state for Republicans, and this held true in the state’s Senate race this year. Read more

For the Senate, a familiar face — the former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — handily beat Jenny Wilson, a Democratic member of the Salt Lake City Council. The incumbent, Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican Senator in the nation’s history, chose not to seek an eighth term. During the campaign, Mr. Romney positioned himself as a leader of a moderate, establishment brand of conservatism at a time when a handful of senators of that ilk were leaving office.