Flip. There was even a blue wave in Utah, although this district was represented by Democrat Jim Matheson from 2001 to 2013. Ben McAdams' win over 2-term incumbent Mia Love didn't come out of nowhere.
Source: Ballotpedia
Trump received 39.1% of the vote in 2016 compared to 67.2% for Romney in 2012 and 56.1% for McCain in 2008.
Clinton received 32.4% of the vote in 2016 compared to 30.2% for Obama in 2012 and 40.9% for Obama in 2008.
Related reading:
‘Love gave me no love’: President Trump slams Utah Rep. Mia Love in post-election news conference, says she lost. (Salt Lake Tribune, 11/7/2018)
Donald, if you cared for anyone other than yourself, you'd clearly see that you're not exactly Mr. Popularity in Utah. You don't get a lot of love there. Period.
A lot of in-state polling for this race, Love winning the first six. But then she lost her momentum. Two of the final 4 polls resulted in a tie; McAdams won by 0.2 percentage points.
Source: Real Clear Politics
Source: govtrack
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Ed Royce, California 39th. (11/30/2018 election update)
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Dennis Ross, Florida 15th. (11/9/2018 update)
Brian Mast, Florida 18th. (11/9/2018 update)
Carlos Curbelo, Florida 26th. (11/9/2018 update)
Florida 27th. (11/9/2018 election update)
Peter Roskam, Illinois 6th. (11/10/2018 update)
Mike Bost, Illinois 12th. (11/10/2018 update)
Rod Blum, Iowa 1st. (11/11/2018 update)
David Young, Iowa 3rd. (11/11/2018 update)
Kevin Yoder, Kansas 3rd. (11/12/2018 update)
Andy Barr, Kentucky 6th. (11/12/2018 update)
Mike Bishop, Michigan 8th. (11/13/2018 update)
Jason Lewis, Minnesota 2nd. (11/15/2018 update)
Erik Paulsen, Minnesota 3rd. (11/15/2018 update)
Don Bacon, Nebraska 2nd. (11/16/2018 update)
Open seat. New Jersey 2nd. (11/16/2018 update)
Tom MacArthur, New Jersey 3rd. (11/19/2018 update)
Leonard Lance, New Jersey 7th. (11/19/2018 update)
Lee Zeldin, New York 1st. (11/21/2018 update)
John Faso, New York 19th. (11/21/2018 update)
Claudia Tenney, New York 22nd. (11/23/2018 update)
John Katko, New York 24th. (11/23/2018 update)
Steve Chabot, Ohio 1st. (11/25/2018 election update)
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Will Hurd, Texas 23rd. (11/25/2018 election update)
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