Utah overwhelmingly voted to re-elect conservative Republican Sen. Mike Lee on Tuesday—even though his colleague Sen. Mitt Romney (R.-Utah) had declined to endorse him.

With 64.3 percent of the vote counted, Lee led independent candidate Evan McMullin by 55.4 percent to 41 percent.

The Salt Lake City Tribune published a story that was updated as of 1:57 a.m. on Wednesday that declared Lee the winner.

McMullin gave a speech on Tuesday night conceding the election.

“I just placed a call to Senator Lee and acknowledged that he’s won reelection,” McMullin said.

Lee also gave a speech declaring his victory.

“Utah has spoken loudly and clearly,” said Lee in his victory speech. “The policies of the Democratic Party failed us, they failed us to the point that red states are having none of it.”