The 1986 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 4, 1986, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives as well as various state and local elections. Republican Jake Garn won re-election.
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County results Garn: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Oliver: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jake Garn (Incumbent) | 314,608 | 72.31% | ||
Democratic | Craig S. Oliver | 115,523 | 26.55% | ||
Libertarian | Hugh A. Butler | 3,023 | 0.69% | ||
Socialist Workers | Mary Zins | 1,863 | 0.43% | ||
None | Write-Ins | 94 | 0.02% | ||
Majority | 199,085 | 45.76% | |||
Turnout | 435,111 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |