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2024 Utah House of Representatives election

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2024 Utah House of Representatives election

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All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives
38 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mike Schultz Angela Romero
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since November 15, 2023 January 17, 2023
Leader's seat HD 12–Hooper HD 25–Salt Lake City
Last election 61 seats, 70.0% 14 seats, 25.3%
Seats won 61 14
Seat change Steady Steady

Results:
     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold

Speaker before election

Brad Wilson
Republican

Elected Speaker

TBD

The 2024 Utah House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial 2024 United States elections. All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives were up for election. The filing deadline for candidates was January 8, 2024. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2024. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in Utah, including for Governor, US Senate, US House, and the Utah Senate.[1]

Partisan background

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In the 2020 presidential election in Utah, Republican Donald Trump won the most votes in 58 House of Representatives Districts and Democrat Joe Biden won the most votes in 17 districts. Going into the 2024 Utah House of Representatives election, Democrats represented one district where Trump won the most votes in 2020: District 10, located in Ogden ( Trump + 3%). Going into the election, Republicans represented four districts where Biden won the most votes in 2020, all located in the suburbs of Salt Lake County: District 26 ( Biden + 4%); District 30 (Biden + 6%); District 42 (Biden + 0.08%) and District 43 (Biden + 5%).

Retirements

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Thirteen incumbents did not seek re-election.[1]

Republicans

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  1. District 3: Dan Johnson is retiring.
  2. District 9: Cal Musselman is retiring to run for State Senate.
  3. District 28: Tim Jimenez is retiring.
  4. District 30: Judy Weeks-Rohner is retiring to run for State Senate.
  5. District 42: Robert Spendlove is retiring.
  6. District 45: Susan Pulsipher is retiring.
  7. District 48: Jay Cobb is retiring.
  8. District 58: Keven Stratton is retiring to run for State Senate.
  9. District 61: Marsha Judkins is retiring.
  10. District 66: Steven Lund is retiring.
  11. District 69: Phil Lyman is retiring to run for Governor.

Democrats

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  1. District 23: Brian King is retiring to run for Governor.
  2. District 35: Mark Wheatley is retiring.

Incumbents defeated

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At convention

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One incumbent representative was defeated in the March 30 Salt Lake County Democratic convention.

Democrats

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  1. District 31: Brett Garner lost nomination to a full term to Verona Mauga.[2]

In primary election

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Two incumbent representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, were defeated in the June 25 primary election.[3]

Democrats

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  1. District 24: Joel Briscoe lost renomination to Grant Miller.

Republicans

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  1. District 46: Jeff Stenquist lost renomination to Cal Roberts.

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
CNalysis[4] Solid R March 26, 2024

Summary

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Summary of the November 5, 2024 Utah House of Representatives election
Party Candidates[a] Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 74 TBD 61 61 TBD
Democratic 50 TBD 14 14 TBD
United Utah 7 TBD 0 0 TBD
Utah Forward 3 TBD 0 0 TBD
Constitution 2 TBD 0 0 TBD
Libertarian 2 TBD 0 0 TBD
Independent 1 TBD 0 0 TBD
Total TBD All Steady

Uncontested elections

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In the following districts, only one candidate filed to run before the deadline:[5]

Republicans

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HD 1

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

  • Claudia Bigler[5]
  • Chris Reid (eliminated at convention)[5]
Utah HD 1 Democratic convention, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claudia Bigler 3 100
Democratic Chris Reid 0 0
Total votes 3

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Republican primary

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Candidate

General election

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Utah HD 1 General Election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Peterson
Democratic Claudia Bigler
Total votes

HD 2

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Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Tom Liljegren[5]

Republican primary

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Candidates

Utah HD 2 Republican primary, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Monson
Republican Michael Petersen (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 3

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Republican primary

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Candidates

  • Jason Thompson[5]
  • Paul Borup[5]
Utah HD 3 Republican primary, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Thompson
Republican Paul Borup
Total votes

Independents

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Candidate

  • Patrick Belmont[5]

HD 4

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Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Kris Campbell

Republican primary

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Candidate

General election

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Utah HD 4 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kris Campbell
Republican Kera Birkeland (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 5

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Republican primary

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Candidate

Utah Forward primary

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Candidate

  • Cary Youmans[5]

General election

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Utah HD 5 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Casey Snider (incumbent)
Utah Forward Cary Youmans
Total votes

HD 6

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Democratic primary

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Candidate

Republican primary

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Candidates

Utah HD 6 Republican primary, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jon Beesley
Republican Matthew Gwynn (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 7

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Incumbent Ryan Wilcox is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.[5]

Utah HD 7 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ryan Wilcox (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 8

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Incumbent Jason Kyle is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.[5]

Utah HD 8 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jason Kyle (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 9

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Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Angela Choberka[5]

Libertarian primary

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Candidate

  • Jacob Johnson[5]

Republican primary

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Candidate

General election

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Utah HD 9 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angela Choberka
Libertarian Jacob Johnson
Republican Jake Sawyer
Total votes

HD 10

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Democratic primary

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Candidate

Republican primary

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Candidates

  • Jill Koford[5]
  • Nacho Valdez[5]
Utah HD 10 Republican primary, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jill Koford
Republican Nacho Valdez
Total votes

HD 11

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Incumbent Katy Hall is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.[5]

Utah HD 11 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Katy Hall (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 12

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Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Sharon Hilton[5]

Republican primary

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Candidates

Utah HD 12 Republican primary, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Korry Green
Republican Mike Schultz (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 13

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Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Lorri Rogers[5]

Republican primary

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Candidates

Utah HD 13 Republican primary, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Curtis Beames
Republican Karen M. Peterson (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 14

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Incumbent Karianne Lisonbee is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.[5]

Utah HD 14 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Karianne Lisonbee (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 15

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Republican primary

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Candidate

Utah Forward primary

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Candidate

General election

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Utah HD 15 general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ariel Defay (incumbent)
Utah Forward Josh Smith
Total votes

HD 16

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Republican primary

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Candidates

Democratic primary

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Candidate

HD 17

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Republican primary

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Candidates

Libertarian primary

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Candidate

HD 18

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Republican primary

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Candidate

Democratic primary

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Candidates

  • Steve Hartwick[5]
  • Mark Whitaker[5]

HD 19

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Republican primary

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Candidates

Democratic primary

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Candidates

  • Erik Hans Fronberg[5]
  • Nick Wadsworth[5]

Constitution primary

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Candidate

  • Cameron Dransfield[5]

HD 20

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Republican primary

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Candidate

Democratic primary

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Candidate

HD 21

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Republican primary

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Candidates

  • David Atkin[5]
  • Taylor Aaron Bunot[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

HD 22

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Steve Harmsen[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

HD 23

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • M. Scott Romney[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

  • Jeff Howell[5]
  • Hoang Nguyen[5]

United Utah primary

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Candidate

  • Cabot Wm. Nelson[5]

HD 24

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • David R. Spjut[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

HD 25

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Republican primary

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Candidates

  • Richard Nowak[5]
  • 'Alama 'Ulu'ave[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

HD 26

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Republican primary

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Candidate

Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Jeanetta Williams[5]

HD 27

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Anthony Edward Loubet[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Dawn Stevenson[5]

HD 28

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Republican primary

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Candidates

  • Nicholeen P. Peck[5]
  • Timothy Adrian Jimenez (withdrew)[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Fred L Baker[5]

HD 29

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Bridger Bolinder[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

  • Ron Draper[5]
  • Brad Bartholomew (withdrew)[5]

HD 30

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Fred C Cox[5]
  • Dave Parke[5]
  • Cindy Thompson[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Jake Fitisemanu[5]
  • Sophia Hawes-Tingey[5]

HD 31

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Bill Swan[5]
  • Andrew G. Nieto (withdrew)[5]
  • Russ Moore (withdrew)[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Verona Mauga[5]
  • Brett Gardner[5]

HD 32

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Sarah Dawn Montes[5]
  • Jerry Schmidt (withdrew)[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Sahara Hayes[5]

United Utah primary

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Candidate

  • Adam Christopher Bean (withdrew)[5]

HD 33

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Sheryl R Fraser[5]
  • Henry Billy Malone[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

HD 34

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Republican primary

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Candidate

  • Karl J. Jurek[5]

Democratic primary

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Candidate

  • Carol Spackman Moss[5]

United Utah primary

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Candidate

  • Dennis Roach[5]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ One candidate per district

References

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  1. ^ a b "Utah House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. ^ McKellar, Katie (April 1, 2024). "Utah Rep. Brett Garner falters at Democratic convention, will lose his House seat". Utah News Dispatch. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Schott, Bryan (June 27, 2024). "Incumbent lawmakers fared well in Utah's 2024 primary election. But these two will likely lose". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  4. ^ "24 UT Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq "2024 Candidate Filings". vote.utah.gov. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 Utah Democratic Convention Results". Utah Democratic Party. Retrieved April 28, 2024.