2018 Utah House of Representatives election

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2018 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 partyMinority party
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Leader Greg Hughes Brian King
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 26, 2015January 26, 2015
Leader's seat51–Draper 28–Salt Lake City
Last election62 seats, 78.7%13 seats, 21.3%
Seats before6213
Seats won5916
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote624,450344,736
Percentage61.69%34.06%
SwingDecrease2.svg17.1 ppIncrease2.svg12.8 pp
2018 Utah House of Representatives election map.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Democratic hold
Speaker before election

Greg Hughes
Republican

Elected Speaker

Brad Wilson
Republican

The 2018 Utah House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Utah on November 6, 2018, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 63rd Utah State Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on June 26, 2018. The election coincided with the election for U.S. Senate and other elections.

Contents

The Utah Republican Party won a majority of seats, keeping the Republican majority that they had held since 1977. The new legislature convened on January 28, 2019.

Background

Republicans had held the Utah State House of Representative since 1977, and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2018. [1] However, as was the case in many states, Democrats were encouraged to see the purported "Blue Wave" come to the Utah State House.

Electoral system

The 75 members of the House of Representatives were elected from single-member districts by first-past-the-post voting to two-year terms. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor-party and independent candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates had to file a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to be counted.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [2] Safe ROctober 8, 2018

Results

Of the 75 seats, Republican candidates won 59 and Democratic candidates won 16. [3]

District 1

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joel Ferry 8,845 73.7%
Democratic Joshua Hardy2,04017.0%
Constitution Sherry Phipps1,1139.3%
Total votes11,998 100.00%

District 2

2018 Utah House of Representatives 2nd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jefferson Moss 11,952 80.6%
Democratic Tyler Allred2,88119.4%
Total votes14,833 100.00%

District 3

2018 Utah House of Representatives 3rd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Val Potter 10,617 76.4%
Democratic Marilyn Mecham3,27323.6%
Total votes13,890 100.00%

District 4

2018 Utah House of Representatives 4th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Johnson 6,086 60.8%
Democratic Josh Brundage3,91639.2%
Total votes10,002 100.00%

District 5

2018 Utah House of Representatives 5th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Casey Snider 10,597 75.7%
Democratic Karina Andelin Brown3,40624.3%
Total votes14,003 100.00%

District 6

2018 Utah House of Representatives 6th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cory Maloy 12,338 100.0%
Total votes12,338 100.00%

District 7

2018 Utah House of Representatives 7th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kyle Andersen 9,301 66.0%
Democratic David Owen4,79334.0%
Total votes14,094 100.00%

District 8

2018 Utah House of Representatives 8th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Waldrip 6,795 50.8%
Democratic Deana Froerer6,58149.2%
Total votes13,376 100.00%

District 9

2018 Utah House of Representatives 9th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Calvin Musselman 5,130 53.0%
Democratic Kathie Darby4,55547.0%
Total votes9,685 100.00%

District 10

2018 Utah House of Representatives 10th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic LaWanna Shurtliff 5,516 52.2%
Republican Lorraine Brown4,71944.7%
Other/Write-In3253.1%
Total votes10,560 100.00%

District 11

2018 Utah House of Representatives 11th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kelly Miles 7,535 54.5%
Democratic Jason Allen6,28345.5%
Total votes13,818 100.00%

District 12

2018 Utah House of Representatives 12th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Schultz 8,790 70.0%
Democratic Rick Jones3,75930.0%
Total votes12,549 100.00%

District 13

2018 Utah House of Representatives 13th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Ray 7,909 64.2%
Democratic Tab Uno4,41635.8%
Total votes12,325 100.00%

District 14

2018 Utah House of Representatives 14th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Karianne Lisonbee 6,868 63.1%
Democratic Shanell Day4,01036.9%
Total votes10,878 100.00%

District 15

2018 Utah House of Representatives 15th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad R. Wilson 12,289 76.9%
Democratic Rich Miller3,70123.1%
Total votes15,990 100.00%

District 16

2018 Utah House of Representatives 16th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Handy 7,948 62.5%
Democratic Cheryl Nunn3,70829.1%
Libertarian Brent Zimmerman1,0658.4%
Total votes12,721 100.00%

District 17

2018 Utah House of Representatives 17th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stewart Barlow 11,252 73.2%
Democratic Dawn Nunn4,11726.8%
Total votes15,369 100.00%

District 18

2018 Utah House of Representatives 18th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Timothy Hawkes 12,666 70.7%
Democratic Adam Alba5,23729.3%
Total votes17,903 100.00%

District 19

2018 Utah House of Representatives 19th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Raymond Ward 10,998 65.4%
Democratic Courtney Jones4,71228.0%
Libertarian Joseph Speciale1,1016.5%
Total votes16,811 100.00%

District 20

2018 Utah House of Representatives 20th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Melissa Garff Ballard 10,111 65.3%
Democratic Ryan Jones5,37934.7%
Total votes15,490 100.00%

District 21

2018 Utah House of Representatives 21st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Douglas Sagers 7,809 64%
Democratic Debbie Vigil4,39736%
Total votes12,206 100.00%

District 22

2018 Utah House of Representatives 22nd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sue Duckworth 5,485 53.1%
Republican Barbara Stallone3,71235.9%
Libertarian Amber Christiansen Beltran7497.2%
Constitution Marilee Roose3933.8%
Total votes10,339 100.00%

District 23

2018 Utah House of Representatives 23rd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sandra Hollins 6,058 75.3%
Republican Arnold Jones1,98224.7%
Total votes8,040 100.00%

District 24

2018 Utah House of Representatives 24th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jen Dailey-Provost 14,125 77.3%
Republican Scott Rosenbush4,15022.7%
Total votes18,275 100.00%

District 25

2018 Utah House of Representatives 25th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joel Briscoe 14,976 91.1%
United Utah Cabot Nelson1,4588.9%
Total votes16,434 100.00%

District 26

2018 Utah House of Representatives 26th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Angela Romero 7,098 75.6%
Republican Man Hung1,79519.1%
Libertarian Jonathan Greene5025.3%
Total votes9,395 100.00%

District 27

2018 Utah House of Representatives 27th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brady Brammer 12,050 75.6%
Democratic Elisabeth Luntz3,05019.1%
Libertarian Joseph Geddes Buchman4973.1%
Independent AmericanCurt Crosby3442.2%
Total votes15,941 100.00%

District 28

2018 Utah House of Representatives 28th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian King 16,494 100.00%
Total votes100.00%

District 29

2018 Utah House of Representatives 29th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lee B. Perry 11,992 79.6%
Democratic Kerry Wayne3,07520.4%
Total votes15,067 100.00%

District 30

2018 Utah House of Representatives 30th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Winder 5,860 56.6%
Democratic Robert Burch Jr.4,49243.4%
Total votes10,352 100.00%

District 31

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elizabeth Weight 4,976 61.6%
Republican Fred Johnson2,85635.4%
United Utah Brian Fabbi2443.0%
Total votes8,076 100.00%

District 32

2018 Utah House of Representatives 32nd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Suzanne Harrison 9,465 56.26%
Republican Brad Bonham7,09142.15%
United Utah Bjorn Jones2681.59%
Total votes16,824 100.00%

District 33

2018 Utah House of Representatives 33rd district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Craig Hall 4,250 52.9%
Democratic Ira Hatch3,78647.1%
Total votes8,036 100.00%

District 34

2018 Utah House of Representatives 34th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Karen Kwan 7,042 60.0%
Republican David Young4,07240.0%
Total votes11,744 100.00%

District 35

2018 Utah House of Representatives 35th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Wheatley 6,797 63.5%
Republican Robert Edgel2,93527.4%
Libertarian Robert Edgel9679.04%
Total votes11,744 100.00%

District 36

2018 Utah House of Representatives 36th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Patrice Arent 13,417 62.9%
Republican Todd Zenger7,90337.1%
Total votes21,320 100.00%

District 37

2018 Utah House of Representatives 37th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Carol Spackman Moss 11,467 62.8%
Republican David N. Sundwell6,78637.2%
Total votes18,253 100.00%

District 38

2018 Utah House of Representatives 38th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Eric Hutchings 4,364 50.7%
Democratic David N. Sundwell4,24649.3%
Total votes8,610 100.00%

District 39

2018 Utah House of Representatives 39th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Dunnigan 6,839 56.3%
Democratic Stephen Peck5,30143.7%
Total votes12,140 100.00%

District 40

2018 Utah House of Representatives 40th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stephanie Pitcher 11,189 69.2%
Republican Peter L. Kraus4,28026.5%
Independent AmericanDavid Else7114.4%
Total votes16,180 100.00%

District 41

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark A. Strong 11,756 65.7%
Democratic Wendy Garvin4,53525.3%
United Utah Steve Watson1,6079.0%
Total votes17,898 100.00%

District 42

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kim Coleman 9,723 66.9%
United Utah Amy L Martz4,80333.1%
Total votes14,526 100.00%

District 43

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cheryl K. Action 5,687 48.1%
Democratic Diane Lewis5,29044.7%
Libertarian Shawn Curtis8537.2%
Total votes11,830 100.00%

District 44

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Andrew Stoddard 8,284 55.0%
Republican Bruce R. Cutler6,76845.0%
Total votes15,042 100.00%

District 45

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Eliason 10,276 100.0%
Total votes10,276 100.00%

District 46

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marie H. Poulson 11,466 61.5%
Republican Greg Johnson6,24633.5%
Libertarian Lee Anne Walker9305.0%
Total votes18,642 100.00%

District 47

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Ivory 6,673 53.6%
Democratic Scott Bell5,77446.4%
Total votes12,447 100.00%

District 48

2018 Utah House of Representatives 40th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Keven J. Stratton 10,736 86.9%
Independent AmericanAaron Heineman1,61213.1%
Total votes12,348 100.00%

District 49

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert Spendlove 9,107 48.5%
Democratic Anthony Sudweeks8,55445.6%
United Utah Mark Russell1,1125.9%
Total votes18,773 100.00%

District 50

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Susan Pulsipher 14,312 69.6%
Democratic Megan Wiesen6,26430.4%
Total votes20,576 100.00%

District 51

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Stenquist 8,706 61.0%
United Utah Michele Weeks5,57739.0%
Total votes14,283 100.00%

District 52

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Knotwell 12,640 66.5%
Democratic Dan McClellan 6,37033.5%
Total votes19,010 100.00%

District 53

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Logan Wilde 11,993 64.9%
Democratic Christopher Neville6,47435.1%
Total votes18,467 100.00%

District 54

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Quinn 9,836 50.4%
Democratic Meaghan Miller9,67449.6%
Total votes19,510 100.00%

District 55

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott H. Chew 10,466 89.4%
Democratic Christina Higgins1,24710.6%
Total votes11,713 100.00%

District 56

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kay J. Christofferson 11,815 100.00%
Total votes11,815 100.00%

District 57

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jon Hawkins 9,256 76.2%
United Utah Hillary Stirling2,89823.8%
Total votes12,154 100.00%

District 58

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Derrin R. Owens 9,011 78.6%
Democratic Lynn Zaritsky1,46912.8%
Constitution Russell G. Hatch9908.6%
Total votes11,470 100.00%

District 59

2018 Utah House of Representatives 40th district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Val L. Peterson 9,812 82.9%
Independent AmericanGregory Himura2,02617.1%
Total votes11,838 100.00%

District 60

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Daw 8,445 71.9%
Democratic Alan F. Keele3,30228.1%
Total votes11,747 100.00%

District 61

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marsha Judkins 7,407 76.6%
United Utah Eric Chase1,40514.5%
Utah Green Party Matt Styles8598.9%
Total votes9,671 100.00%

District 62

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Travis M. Seegmiller 13,912 100.00%
Total votes13,912 100.00%

District 63

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adam Robertson 3,840 100.00%
Total votes3,840 100.00%

District 64

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Norm Thurston 4,849 55.5%
Democratic Daniel Craig Friend2,66230.5%
United Utah Hal Miller1,21914.0%
Total votes8,730 100.00%

District 65

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Francis D. Gibson 10,650 76.4%
Democratic Sue A. Womack3,28923.6%
Total votes13,939 100.00%

District 66

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike McKell 10,593 83.4%
Democratic Paul Jones Dayton2,10916.6%
Total votes12,702 100.00%

District 67

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marc Roberts 11,217 100.00%
Total votes11,217 100.00%

District 68

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Merrill Nelson 10,509 71.4%
Democratic Merle Travis Wall2,36716.1%
Constitution Kirk D Pearson9606.5%
Libertarian Denyse Housley Cox5964.0%
Independent AmericanWarren Rogers2922.0%
Total votes14,724 100.00%

District 69

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Christine F. Watkins 8,589 72.1%
Democratic Tim Glenn3,32027.9%
Total votes11,909 100.00%

District 70

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carl R. Albrecht 10,634 79.4%
Democratic Robert Greenberg2,75320.6%
Total votes13,387 100.00%

District 71

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brad Last 12,468 78.6%
Democratic Chuck Goode3,38821.4%
Total votes15,856 100.00%

District 72

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rex P Shipp 8,887 74.7%
Democratic Zeno B. Parry2,00216.8%
Libertarian Barry Even Short1,0018.4%
Total votes11,890 100.00%

District 73

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Phil Lyman 9,388 67.5%
Democratic Marsha M Holland4,52832.5%
Total votes13,916 100.00%

District 74

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican V. Lowry Snow 13,108 76.3%
Libertarian Daniel Holloway4,08223.7%
Total votes17,190 100.00%

District 75

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Walt Brooks 9,575 78.0%
Independent AmericanKeith R. Kelsch1,35311.0%
Libertarian Michael A Gardner1,34110.9%
Total votes12,269 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ Underhill, Wendy (October 11, 2018). "The State Legislatures: More than 6,000 down-ballot races to determine control of states". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). "A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains". Governing. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2018 General Election Canvass" (PDF). Retrieved April 15, 2022.
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