2018 Utah Senate election

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2018 Utah Senate election
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  2016 November 6, 2018 2020  

15 of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate
15 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
  Niederhauser (cropped).JPG Gene Davis.jpg
Leader Wayne L. Niederhauser
(retired)
Gene Davis
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat9th district 3rd district
Seats before245
Seats after236
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote306,354216,893
Percentage57.29%40.56%

2018 Utah State Senate election.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Democratic hold

President of the Senate before election

Wayne L. Niederhauser
Republican

President

J. Stuart Adams
Republican

The 2018 Utah Senate election was held on November 6, 2018. Fourteen Senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election, the Republicans held a majority.

Contents

Overview

AffiliationCandidatesVotesVote %Seats WonSeats After
Republican 15306,35457.29%10 (Decrease2.svg1)23
Democratic 13216,89340.56%4 (Increase2.svg1)6
United Utah 35,4211.01%0
Independent American12,7380.51%0
Libertarian 12,0950.39%0
Green 11,2250.23%0
Total32534,726100.0%1429

Close races

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 8Democratic (flip)14.17%
District 12Republican5.22%

Results

The election took place on November 6, 2018. Candidate list and results from the Lieutenant Governor of Utah. [1]

DistrictPartyIncumbentStatusPartyCandidateVotes %
2 Democratic Jim Dabakis [2] Ran for mayor of Salt Lake City Democratic Derek Kitchen 32,93076.65%
Republican Chase Winder10,03023.35%
3 Democratic Gene Davis Re-elected Democratic Gene Davis 22,36270.04%
Republican Jeremy D. Egan9,56629.96%
4 Democratic Jani Iwamoto Re-elected Democratic Jani Iwamoto 34,65167.09%
Republican Alan Monsen17,00032.91%
5 Democratic Karen Mayne Re-elected Democratic Karen Mayne 17,12968.67%
Republican Kimdyl Allen7,81431.33%
8 Republican Brian Zehnder Defeated Democratic Kathleen Riebe 23,22155.82%
Republican Brian Zehnder17,32841.65%
United Utah John Jackson1,0532.53%
9 Republican Wayne Niederhauser Retired Republican Kirk A. Cullimore Jr. 24,41065.89%
Democratic Alexander Castagno12,63934.11%
11 Republican Dan McCay Re-elected Republican Dan McCay 27,99567.75%
Democratic Christian Burridge13,32732.25%
12 Republican Daniel Thatcher Re-elected Republican Daniel Thatcher 13,83550.38%
Democratic Clare Collard 12,40045.16%
Green Abrian B. Velarde1,2254.46%
15 Republican Keith Grover Re-elected Republican Keith Grover 20,01076.45%
United Utah Lee D. Houghton3,42513.09%
Independent American Tommy Williams2,73810.46%
17 Republican Scott Sandall Re-elected Republican Scott Sandall 28,47177.83%
Democratic Michael A. Keil8,11022.17%
18 Republican Ann Millner Re-elected Republican Ann Millner 20,27863.64%
Democratic Jason Yu9,48929.78%
Libertarian Kevin L. Bryan2,0956.58%
21 Republican Jerry W. Stevenson Re-elected Republican Jerry W. Stevenson 23,88971.69%
Democratic Jake Penrod9,43528.31%
22 Republican Stuart Adams Re-elected Republican Stuart Adams 32,765100%
26 Republican Kevin T. VanTassell Retired Republican Ronald Winterton 24,72762.71%
Democratic Eileen Gallagher13,75834.89%
United Utah Cathy Callow-Heusser9432.39%
28 Republican Evan Vickers Re-elected Republican Evan Vickers 28,23679.14%
Democratic Mark Chambers7,44220.86%

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References

  1. Utah Election Preliminary Results
  2. Incumbent listing from "Full Senate Roster". Utah Senate. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.