Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is expected to easily win reelection in the deeply red state. But his surprising choice to back Donald Trump this year has voters wondering what they should expect over the next four years from a leader they long thought to be a moderate Republican.

Gov. Spencer Cox secured a second term Tuesday, defeating his Democratic state Rep. Brian King in Utah's gubernatorial race, according to the AP. The big picture: Utah's gubernatorial race was rife with unsubstantiated claims of election fraud,

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox will stay in his seat, after the 2024 general election was called for him on Tuesday night by the Associated Press at about 10:30 p.m. At 11:15 p.m., Cox had 56% of the votes while Democratic candidate Brian King had 31.4% and write-in candidate Phil Lyman had 8%.