2014 Utah Senate election

2014 Utah Senate election

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14 out of 29 seats in the Utah State Senate 15 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Wayne L. Niederhauser Gene Davis Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 28, 2013 January 28, 2013 Leader's seat District 9 District 3 Last election 24 5 Seats after 24 5 Seat change Popular vote 154,114 106,888 Percentage 58.25% 40.40%
President of the Senate before election Wayne L. Niederhauser Republican Elected President of the Senate Wayne L. Niederhauser Republican

The 2014 Utah Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control the Utah State Senate for the following two years in the 61st Utah State Legislature. Fourteen out of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate were up for election and the primary was held on June 24, 2014. Prior to the election, 24 seats were held by Republicans and 5 seats were held by Democrats. The general election saw neither party gain nor lose any seats, thereby meaning that Republicans retained their majority in the State Senate. ^{[1] [2]}

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [3]	Safe R	October 20, 2014

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 4: Patricia W. Jones retired.

Republicans

1. District 18: Stuart Reid retired.

Results

District 2

District 2 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Dabakis (incumbent)	16,446	74.18%
	Republican	Jacquie Nielson	5,724	25.82%
Total votes			22,170	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Davis (incumbent)	12,961	100.0%
Total votes			12,961	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jani Iwamoto	19,602	59.97%
	Republican	Sabrina R. Petersen	13,084	40.03%
Total votes			32,686	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Mayne (incumbent)	10,225	100.0%
Total votes			10,225	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 9

District 9 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne L. Niederhauser (incumbent)	15,822	61.41%
	Democratic	Kathryn C. Gustafson	9,943	38.59%
Total votes			25,765	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 11

District 11 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard A. Stephenson (incumbent)	13,195	63.11%
	Democratic	Michele Weeks	7,713	36.89%
Total votes			20,908	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Thatcher (incumbent)	8,548	58.76%
	Democratic	Clare Collard	5,998	41.24%
Total votes			14,546	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Margaret Dayton (incumbent)	11,290	81.59%
	Democratic	Emmanuel Kepas	2,548	18.41%
Total votes			13,838	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 17

District 17 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter C. Knudson (incumbent)	14,431	74.69%
	Democratic	Scott Totman	2,949	15.27%
	Constitution	Kirk D. Pearson	1,939	10.04%
Total votes			19,319	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Millner	11,603	73.63%
	Democratic	Mat Wenzel	4,155	26.37%
Total votes			15,758	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 21

District 21 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Stevenson (incumbent)	11,950	78.31%
	Democratic	Sherri Tatton	3,309	21.69%
Total votes			15,259	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stuart Adams (incumbent)	16,605	73.26%
	Democratic	Kip Sayre	4,417	19.49%
	Libertarian	Brent Zimmerman	1,643	7.25%
Total votes			22,665	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 26

District 26 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin T. VanTassell (incumbent)	15,249	69.72%
	Democratic	Wayne Stevens	6,622	30.28%
Total votes			21,871	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Evan Vickers (incumbent)	16,613	100.0%
Total votes			16,613	100.0%
	Republican hold

References

1. "Utah State Senate elections, 2014". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
2. "Historical Election Results". vote.utah.gov. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
3. Luzer, Daniel (October 20, 2014). "Only a Few 2014 Legislative Races Are Competitive". Governing. Retrieved December 4, 2025.