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 party Minority party
 
Leader Greg Hughes Brian King
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 26, 2015 January 26, 2015
Leader's seat 51–Draper 28–Salt Lake City
Last election 62 seats, 78.7% 13 seats, 21.3%
Seats before 62 13
Seats won 59 16
Seat change Decrease3 Increase3
Popular vote 624,450 344,736
Percentage 61.69% 34.06%
Swing Decrease17.1 pp Increase12.8 pp
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
Speaker before election

Greg Hughes
Republican

Elected Speaker

Brad Wilson
Republican

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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.

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

Background[edit]

Republicans have 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[edit]

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.

Results[edit]

Of the seventy-five seats, Republican candidates won fifty-nine and Democratic candidates won sixteen.[2]

District 1[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joel Ferry 8,845 73.7%
Democratic Joshua Hardy 2,040 17.0%
Constitution Sherry Phipps 1,113 9.3%
Total votes 11,998 100.00%

District 2[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 2nd district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jefferson Moss 11,952 80.6%
Democratic Tyler Allred 2,881 19.4%
Total votes 14,833 100.00%

District 3[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 3rd district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Val Potter 10,617 76.4%
Democratic Marilyn Mecham 3,273 23.6%
Total votes 13,890 100.00%

District 4[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 4th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Johnson 6,086 60.8%
Democratic Josh Brundage 3,916 39.2%
Total votes 10,002 100.00%

District 5[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 5th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Casey Snider 10,597 75.7%
Democratic Karina Andelin Brown 3,406 24.3%
Total votes 14,003 100.00%

District 6[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 6th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cory Maloy 12,338 100.0%
Total votes 12,338 100.00%

District 7[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 7th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kyle Andersen 9,301 66.0%
Democratic David Owen 4,793 34.0%
Total votes 14,094 100.00%

District 8[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 8th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Waldrip 6,795 50.8%
Democratic Deana Froerer 6,581 49.2%
Total votes 13,376 100.00%

District 9[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 9th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Calvin Musselman 5,130 53.0%
Democratic Kathie Darby 4,555 47.0%
Total votes 9,685 100.00%

District 10[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 10th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic LaWanna Shurtliff 5,516 52.2%
Republican Lorraine Brown 4,719 44.7%
Other/Write-In 325 3.1%
Total votes 10,560 100.00%

District 11[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 11th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kelly Miles 7,535 54.5%
Democratic Jason Allen 6,283 45.5%
Total votes 13,818 100.00%

District 12[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 12th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Schultz 8,790 70.0%
Democratic Rick Jones 3,759 30.0%
Total votes 12,549 100.00%

District 13[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 13th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Ray 7,909 64.2%
Democratic Tab Uno 4,416 35.8%
Total votes 12,325 100.00%

District 14[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 14th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Karianne Lisonbee 6,868 63.1%
Democratic Shanell Day 4,010 36.9%
Total votes 10,878 100.00%

District 15[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 15th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad R. Wilson 12,289 76.9%
Democratic Rich Miller 3,701 23.1%
Total votes 15,990 100.00%

District 16[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 16th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stephen Handy 7,948 62.5%
Democratic Cheryl Nunn 3,708 29.1%
Libertarian Brent Zimmerman 1,065 8.4%
Total votes 12,721 100.00%

District 17[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 17th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stewart Barlow 11,252 73.2%
Democratic Dawn Nunn 4,117 26.8%
Total votes 15,369 100.00%

District 18[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 18th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Timothy Hawkes 12,666 70.7%
Democratic Adam Alba 5,237 29.3%
Total votes 17,903 100.00%

District 19[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 19th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Raymond Ward 10,998 65.4%
Democratic Courtney Jones 4,712 28.0%
Libertarian Joseph Speciale 1,101 6.5%
Total votes 16,811 100.00%

District 20[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 20th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Melissa Garff Ballard 10,111 65.3%
Democratic Ryan Jones 5,379 34.7%
Total votes 15,490 100.00%

District 21[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 21st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Douglas Sagers 7,809 64%
Democratic Debbie Vigil 4,397 36%
Total votes 12,206 100.00%

District 22[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 22nd district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sue Duckworth 5,485 53.1%
Republican Barbara Stallone 3,712 35.9%
Libertarian Amber Christiansen Beltran 749 7.2%
Constitution Marilee Roose 393 3.8%
Total votes 10,339 100.00%

District 23[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 23rd district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sandra Hollins 6,058 75.3%
Republican Arnold Jones 1,982 24.7%
Total votes 8,040 100.00%

District 24[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 24th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jen Dailey-Provost 14,125 77.3%
Republican Scott Rosenbush 4,150 22.7%
Total votes 18,275 100.00%

District 25[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 25th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joel Briscoe 14,976 91.1%
United Utah Cabot Nelson 1,458 8.9%
Total votes 16,434 100.00%

District 26[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 26th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angela Romero 7,098 75.6%
Republican Man Hung 1,795 19.1%
Libertarian Jonathan Greene 502 5.3%
Total votes 9,395 100.00%

District 27[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 27th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brady Brammer 12,050 75.6%
Democratic Elisabeth Luntz 3,050 19.1%
Libertarian Joseph Geddes Buchman 497 3.1%
Independent American Curt Crosby 344 2.2%
Total votes 15,941 100.00%

District 28[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 28th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian King 16,494 100.00%
Total votes 100.00%

District 29[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 29th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee B. Perry 11,992 79.6%
Democratic Kerry Wayne 3,075 20.4%
Total votes 15,067 100.00%

District 30[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 30th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Winder 5,860 56.6%
Democratic Robert Burch Jr. 4,492 43.4%
Total votes 10,352 100.00%

District 31[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elizabeth Weight 4,976 61.6%
Republican Fred Johnson 2,856 35.4%
United Utah Brian Fabbi 244 3.0%
Total votes 8,076 100.00%

District 32[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 32nd district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Suzanne Harrison 9,465 56.26%
Republican Brad Bonham 7,091 42.15%
United Utah Bjorn Jones 268 1.59%
Total votes 16,824 100.00%

District 33[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 33rd district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Craig Hall 4,250 52.9%
Democratic Ira Hatch 3,786 47.1%
Total votes 8,036 100.00%

District 34[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 34th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen Kwan 7,042 60.0%
Republican David Young 4,072 40.0%
Total votes 11,744 100.00%

District 35[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 35th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Wheatley 6,797 63.5%
Republican Robert Edgel 2,935 27.4%
Utah Libertarian Party Robert Edgel 967 9.04%
Total votes 11,744 100.00%

District 36[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 36th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrice Arent 13,417 62.9%
Republican Todd Zenger 7,903 37.1%
Total votes 21,320 100.00%

District 37[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 37th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol Spackman Moss 11,467 62.8%
Republican David N. Sundwell 6,786 37.2%
Total votes 18,253 100.00%

District 38[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 38th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Hutchings 4,364 50.7%
Democratic David N. Sundwell 4,246 49.3%
Total votes 8,610 100.00%

District 39[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 39th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Dunnigan 6,839 56.3%
Democratic Stephen Peck 5,301 43.7%
Total votes 12,140 100.00%

District 40[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 40th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Pitcher 11,189 69.2%
Republican Peter L. Kraus 4,280 26.5%
Independent American David Else 711 4.4%
Total votes 16,180 100.00%

District 41[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark A. Strong 11,756 65.7%
Democratic Wendy Garvin 4,535 25.3%
United Utah Steve Watson 1,607 9.0%
Total votes 17,898 100.00%

District 42[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kim Coleman 9,723 66.9%
United Utah Amy L Martz 4,803 33.1%
Total votes 14,526 100.00%

District 43[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cheryl K. Action 5,687 48.1%
Democratic Diane Lewis 5,290 44.7%
Utah Libertarian Party Shawn Curtis 853 7.2%
Total votes 11,830 100.00%

District 44[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Stoddard 8,284 55.0%
Republican Bruce R. Cutler 6,768 45.0%
Total votes 15,042 100.00%

District 45[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Eliason 10,276 100.0%
Total votes 10,276 100.00%

District 46[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marie H. Poulson 11,466 61.5%
Republican Greg Johnson 6,246 33.5%
Utah Libertarian Party Lee Anne Walker 930 5.0%
Total votes 18,642 100.00%

District 47[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Ivory 6,673 53.6%
Democratic Scott Bell 5,774 46.4%
Total votes 12,447 100.00%

District 48[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 40th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Keven J. Stratton 10,736 86.9%
Independent American Aaron Heineman 1,612 13.1%
Total votes 12,348 100.00%

District 49[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Spendlove 9,107 48.5%
Democratic Anthony Sudweeks 8,554 45.6%
United Utah Mark Russell 1,112 5.9%
Total votes 18,773 100.00%

District 50[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Pulsipher 14,312 69.6%
Democratic Megan Wiesen 6,264 30.4%
Total votes 20,576 100.00%

District 51[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Stenquist 8,706 61.0%
United Utah Michele Weeks 5,577 39.0%
Total votes 14,283 100.00%

District 52[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Knotwell 12,640 66.5%
Democratic Dan McClellan 6,370 33.5%
Total votes 19,010 100.00%

District 53[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Logan Wilde 11,993 64.9%
Democratic Christopher Neville 6,474 35.1%
Total votes 18,467 100.00%

District 54[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Quinn 9,836 50.4%
Democratic Meaghan Miller 9,674 49.6%
Total votes 19,510 100.00%

District 55[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott H. Chew 10,466 89.4%
Democratic Christina Higgins 1,247 10.6%
Total votes 11,713 100.00%

District 56[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kay J. Christofferson 11,815 100.00%
Total votes 11,815 100.00%

District 57[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jon Hawkins 9,256 76.2%
United Utah Hillary Stirling 2,898 23.8%
Total votes 12,154 100.00%

District 58[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Derrin R. Owens 9,011 78.6%
Democratic Lynn Zaritsky 1,469 12.8%
Constitution Russell G. Hatch 990 8.6%
Total votes 11,470 100.00%

District 59[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 40th district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Val L. Peterson 9,812 82.9%
Independent American Gregory Himura 2,026 17.1%
Total votes 11,838 100.00%

District 60[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Daw 8,445 71.9%
Democratic Alan F. Keele 3,302 28.1%
Total votes 11,747 100.00%

District 61[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marsha Judkins 7,407 76.6%
United Utah Eric Chase 1,405 14.5%
Utah Green Party Matt Styles 859 8.9%
Total votes 9,671 100.00%

District 62[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Travis M. Seegmiller 13,912 100.00%
Total votes 13,912 100.00%

District 63[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Adam Robertson 3,840 100.00%
Total votes 3,840 100.00%

District 64[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Norm Thurston 4,849 55.5%
Democratic Daniel Craig Friend 2,662 30.5%
United Utah Hal Miller 1,219 14.0%
Total votes 8,730 100.00%

District 65[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Francis D. Gibson 10,650 76.4%
Democratic Sue A. Womack 3,289 23.6%
Total votes 13,939 100.00%

District 66[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike McKell 10,593 83.4%
Democratic Paul Jones Dayton 2,109 16.6%
Total votes 12,702 100.00%

District 67[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Marc Roberts 11,217 100.00%
Total votes 11,217 100.00%

District 68[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Merrill Nelson 10,509 71.4%
Democratic Merle Travis Wall 2,367 16.1%
Constitution Kirk D Pearson 960 6.5%
Libertarian Denyse Housley Cox 596 4.0%
Independent American Warren Rogers 292 2.0%
Total votes 14,724 100.00%

District 69[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Christine F. Watkins 8,589 72.1%
Democratic Tim Glenn 3,320 27.9%
Total votes 11,909 100.00%

District 70[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl R. Albrecht 10,634 79.4%
Democratic Robert Greenberg 2,753 20.6%
Total votes 13,387 100.00%

District 71[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brad Last 12,468 78.6%
Democratic Chuck Goode 3,388 21.4%
Total votes 15,856 100.00%

District 72[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rex P Shipp 8,887 74.7%
Democratic Zeno B. Parry 2,002 16.8%
Libertarian Barry Even Short 1,001 8.4%
Total votes 11,890 100.00%

District 73[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Phil Lyman 9,388 67.5%
Democratic Marsha M Holland 4,528 32.5%
Total votes 13,916 100.00%

District 74[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican V. Lowry Snow 13,108 76.3%
Libertarian Daniel Holloway 4,082 23.7%
Total votes 17,190 100.00%

District 75[edit]

2018 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walt Brooks 9,575 78.0%
Independent American Keith R. Kelsch 1,353 11.0%
Libertarian Michael A Gardner 1,341 10.9%
Total votes 12,269 100.00%

References[edit]

  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. ^ "2018 General Election Canvass" (PDF). Retrieved April 15, 2022.
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