2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the four U.S. Representatives from the state of Utah, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with other states' elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Registered political parties in Utah must have at least one of their candidates for House of Representatives get 2% of the vote in their respective election in order to maintain their ballot access in future elections.[1]

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah
November 6, 2018
All 4 Utah seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 4 0
Seats won 3 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 617,307 374,009
Percentage 58.65% 35.54%
Swing 5.13% 3.56%
Results:
      Republican hold
     Democratic gain
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The Democratic Party gained the 4th Congressional district, thus breaking unitary control of all of Utah's Congressional (House and Senate) seats held by the Republicans, changing the House delegation from Utah from 4–0 Republican to 3–1 Republican.

Overview

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah by district:[2]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1156,69261.61%63,30824.89%34,33313.50%254,333100%Republican Hold
District 2151,48956.10%105,05138.90%13,5045.00%270,044100%Republican Hold
District 3174,85667.55%70,68627.31%13,3165.14%258,858100%Republican Hold
District 4134,27049.86%134,96450.12%370.01%269,271100%Democratic Gain
Total617,30758.65%374,00935.54%61,1905.81%1,052,506100%

District 1
See also: Utah's 1st congressional district

The 1st District covers northern Utah, including the cities of Ogden and Logan. Republican Rob Bishop, who has represented the district since 2003, was re-elected to an eighth term with 66% of the vote in 2016.

The 1st District went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, with 49.7%, with Hillary Clinton and Evan McMullin receiving 22.4% and 22.3% respectively.[3] In 2012 the district went for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama 77.4% to 20.4%.[4]

Declared

Eliminated at Convention
  • Chadwick Fairbanks, 2016 Independent candidate for UT-01[6]
  • Kevin Probasco, attorney and author[7]

Democratic primary
Declared
  • Lee Castillo, social worker, former board member of the Stonewall Utah Democrats[8]
  • Kurt Weiland, President and CEO of Jefferson Smith training and Consulting since 1996[9]

Results
Democratic primary results[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lee Castillo 7,273 57.21
Democratic Kurt Weiland 5,439 42.79
Total votes 12,712 100.0

United Utah Party
Declared
  • Eric Eliason, businessman, attorney, and adjunct professor[11]

Green Party
Declared

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Rob
Bishop (R)		 Lee
Castillo (D)		 Eric
Eliason (UU)		 Adam
Davis (G)		 Undecided
University of Utah October 3–9, 2018 143 ± 8.0% 52% 20% 10% 2% 16%
Dan Jones & Associates August 22 – September 6, 2018 201 ± 6.9% 59% 22% 8% 3% 8%
Lighthouse Research August 11–27, 2018 600 – 51% 16% 7% 2% 24%

Results
Utah's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rob Bishop (incumbent) 156,692 61.6
Democratic Lee Castillo 63,308 24.9
United Utah Eric Eliason 29,547 11.6
Green Adam Davis 4,786 1.9
Total votes 254,333 100.0
Republican hold

District 2
See also: Utah's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd District stretches from the Summit County, Utah line and goes west to the Nevada border and down through St. George. It includes parts of Davis, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Juab Counties. Republican Chris Stewart, who has represented the district since 2013, was re-elected to a third term with 62% of the vote in 2016

The 2nd District went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, with 46%, with Hillary Clinton and Evan McMullin receiving 32% and 16.9% respectively.[3] In 2012 the district went for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama 68% to 29.2%.[4]

Republican primary
Declared

Eliminated at Convention
  • Mary Burkett, a businesswoman and former vice chair of the Washington County Republican Party, formed an exploratory committee for a potential primary challenge of Stewart.[13]
  • Ken Clark[12]

Democratic primary
Declared

Eliminated at Convention

Withdrew

United Utah Party
Declared

Libertarian Party
Declared

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Chris
Stewart (R)		 Shireen
Ghorbani (D)		 Jeffrey
Whipple (L)		 Other Undecided
University of Utah October 3–17, 2018 401 ± 4.9% 52% 29% 6% – 12%
Dan Jones & Associates August 22 – September 6, 2018 202 ± 6.9% 45% 34% 5% – 16%
Lighthouse Research August 11–27, 2018 600 – 49% 27% 5% – 19%
University of Utah June 11–18, 2018 147 ± 7.7% 48% 24% – 14% 13%

Results
Utah's 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Stewart (incumbent) 151,489 56.1
Democratic Shireen Ghorbani 105,051 38.9
Libertarian Jeffrey Whipple 13,504 5.0
Total votes 270,044 100.0
Republican hold

District 3
See also: Utah's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district is located in southern and eastern Utah and includes the cities of Orem and Provo. Republican John Curtis, who has represented the district since 2017, was elected to his first term in a 2017 special election with 57.6% of the vote.

The 3rd District went for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, with 47.2%, with Evan McMullin and Hillary Clinton receiving 24.5% and 23.3% respectively.[3] In 2012 the district went for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama 78.3% to 19.5%.[4]

Republican primary
Declared

Eliminated at Convention
  • Damian Kidd, attorney[21]
Declined

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 John
Curtis		 Chris
Herrod		 Other Undecided
University of Utah June 11–18, 2018 183 ± 7.2% 57% 21% – 21%

Results
Republican primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Curtis (incumbent) 66,404 73.32
Republican Chris Herrod 24,158 26.68
Total votes 90,562 100.0

Democratic primary
Declared
  • James Singer, college professor
Eliminated at convention
  • Kent Moon
Withdrew
  • Kathryn Allen, physician[25]
  • Ben Frank[26]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 John
Curtis (R)		 James
Singer (D)		 Timothy
Zeidner (UU)		 Gregory
Duerden (IA)		 Undecided
University of Utah October 3–9, 2018 143 ± 8.0% 67% 13% 4% 1% 15%
Dan Jones & Associates August 22 – September 6, 2018 188 ± 7.2% 65% 19% 2% 4% 11%
Lighthouse Research August 11–27, 2018 600 – 52% 20% 2% 4% 22%

Results
Utah's 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Curtis (incumbent) 174,856 67.5
Democratic James Singer 70,686 27.3
Independent American Gregory Duerden 6,686 2.6
United Utah Timothy Zeidner 6,630 2.6
Total votes 258,858 100.0
Republican hold

District 4
See also: Utah's 4th congressional district

The 4th district is located in northern-central Utah and includes parts of Salt Lake, Utah, Juab, and Sanpete Counties. Republican Mia Love, who has represented the district since 2015, was re-elected to a second term with 54% of the vote in 2016.

Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams was selected in the Democratic primary.[27]

The 4th District voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, with 39.1%, with Hillary Clinton and Evan McMullin receiving 32.4% and 22.5% respectively.[3] In 2012, the district voted for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama 67.2% to 30.2%.[4]

Republican primary
Declared

Democratic primary
Declared

Eliminated at Convention
  • Sheldon Kirkham[29]
  • Darlene McDonald, author and activist[30]
  • Morgan Shepherd[31]
  • Tom Taylor, engineer and scientist[32]

Debates

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Mia
Love (R)		 Ben
McAdams (D)		 Other Undecided
NYT Upshot/Siena College October 24–26, 2018 526 ± 4.7% 45% 45% – 9%
Dixie Strategies October 25, 2018 936 ± 3.2% 43% 50% – 7%
University of Utah October 3–11, 2018 403 ± 4.9% 46% 46% – 8%
Mellman Group (D-McAdams) October 7–10, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 46% 47% – –
Y2 Analytics (R-Love) September 6–8, 2018 405 ± 4.86% 51% 42% – 7%
Dan Jones & Associates August 22 – September 6, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 49% 46% – 5%
Mellman Group (D-McAdams) August 20–23, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 46% 44% – –
Lighthouse Research August 11–27, 2018 600 – 47% 38% – 15%
University of Utah June 11–18, 2018 379 ± 5.0% 45% 39% 8% 8%
Dan Jones & Associates May 15–June 5, 2018 405 ± 5.0% 47% 43% – 10%
Mellman Group (D-McAdams) February 27 – March 4, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 43% 40% – –
Dan Jones & Associates February 9–21, 2018 404 ± 4.9% 49% 43% – 8%
Dan Jones & Associates January 15–22, 2018 400 ± 4.9% 47% 42% – 11%
Dan Jones & Associates October 9–18, 2017 402 ± 4.89% 48% 42% – 9%

Results
Utah's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ben McAdams 134,964 50.1
Republican Mia Love (incumbent) 134,270 49.9
Independent Jonathan Larele Peterson (write-in) 37 0.0
Total votes 269,271 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

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