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U.S. Reps. Jason Chaffetz, Rob Bishop and Chris Stewart all glided to easy victories on election night, according to unofficial returns early Wednesday.

That was expected for the Republicans in heavily GOP districts, who enjoyed big advantages of incumbency,

Unofficial returns — which still were trickling in well past midnight — showed:

• Chaffetz thumping former Overstock.com Vice President Stephen Tryon, 74 percent to 26 percent, in the 3rd District.

• Bishop trouncing physician Peter Clemens, 65 percent to 28 percent, in the 1st District.

• Stewart outpacing businesswoman Charlene Albarran, 62 percent to 34 percent, in the 2nd District.

The three reported they are ready to get to work — and envision some tasks that may still make life difficult for failed Democratinc nominee Hillary Clinton, and perhaps even for GOP President-elect Donald Trump.

Chaffetz said Tuesday that atop his to-do list would be continuing to investigate Clinton ­for using a nonsecure server for secret emails.

"As chairman of the House Oversight Committee, we're continuing to look at the mess that Hillary Clinton created at the State Department," he said. "That's going to take a long time to clean up."

Chaffetz, who will begin a fifth term, has also pledged to use his committee to keep a close eye on Trump.

"I'm going to be a kid in a candy store" if Trump is elected and pursues such proposals as restricting entry for Muslims into America, Chaffetz said in June. "Let me loose. We're going to have some very interesting hearings and more bipartisan support than ever if that happens."

With a Trump victory, Stewart, who won a third term Tuesday, said he sees that opening up "a world of opportunities for us, including tax reform and regulatory reform, which is much more difficult under a Democratic president." He said that may protect many Utah jobs.

Bishop said who is president "will make a difference on how we proceed" with his work as chairman of the House Natural Resources committee, and trying to pass his Public Lands Initiative to resolve which federal lands in southeastern Utah should be protected, and which may be developed.

He said a Trump win could help his work there "to make sure Utah's voice is heard on public land decisions" and would help eliminate obstacles erected by President Barack Obama.

Similarly, Chaffetz also said, "Dealing with public lands is priority one for November and December. I still believe there is an opportunity to find a solution to the angst in the discussions about public lands in southern Utah."

Bishop, who will begin an eighth term, also pledged to make sure during his upcoming term that "the military is properly funded, including Hill Air Force Base."

Michael Lyons, a political scientist at Utah State University, has said those three races show "a classic advantaged incumbent against a weak-challenger situation that you find in roughly 75-80 percent of the districts in the United States."

For example, he said, in the three districts "voters are strongly Republican, and it's very hard for Democratic candidates to even get a foothold for funding."

Chaffetz, for example, amassed 33 times as much money as Tryon; Bishop raised 11 times more than Clemens; and Stewart mustered 50 percent more than Albarran — even though she poured nearly a half-million dollars of her own money into the race.

One of the major issues was whom the candidates supported for president.

Chaffetz and Stewart ended up announcing they voted for Trump — even though both had called for him to drop out of the race after a video showed him bragging about sexual aggressiveness. Stewart had once even called Trump "our Mussolini."

Bishop had earlier endorsed Trump and never backed off that. Democratic rivals criticized their stances, but it had little effect. Meanwhile, the incumbents slammed the Democrats in general for supporting Clinton, whom they cast as worse than Trump.

Bishop also overcame an unusual challenge this year from the Ute Tribe. It spent $100,000 to form a political-action committee that bought TV ads scolding Bishop for what it called the "first Indian land theft in 100 years," alleging his Public Lands Initiative would remove vast acreage from tribal control (which Bishop says is incorrect).

The $100,000 donated by the tribe was slightly less than the $107,00 total that Bishop's opponent, Clemens, was able to raise for his overall campaign.

Albarran, meanwhile, got into an argument about whether she lived in the 2nd District that she sought to represent. She has a home in Park City, outside the district, but moved to an apartment in Salt Lake City shortly after filing for office.

Stewart labeled her an outsider. But the Democrat said much of her business and charity interests have always been inside the district. She also noted that laws do not require her to live in the district she represents. Previously, Chaffetz lived outside his district before boundaries were redrawn. Former Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, also lived outside his 4th District during his last term — choosing that after accusing Republicans of gerrymandering the 2nd District, where he lived, to hurt his re-election chances.