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.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared victory late Tuesday night after he said he received a call from Democratic challenger Brian King conceding the race.Cox led in polling before Election Day and claimed a second and final term — he has said he will not run again — over King and write-in challenger Phil Lyman.

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,