2020 Utah House of Representatives election

The 2020 Utah House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Utah on November 3, 2020 to elect members to the House of Representatives. Elections were held in 75 electoral districts to elect two-year term members to the 64th Utah State Legislature. Elections were also held throughout the state for U.S. president, the U.S. House, and for the Utah Senate.

2020 Utah House of Representatives election

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All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives 38 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.9%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Brad Wilson Brian King Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 28, 2019 January 26, 2015 Leader's seat 15–Kaysville 28–Salt Lake City Last election 59 seats, 61.7% 16 seats, 34.1% Seats before 59 16 Seats won 58 17 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 700,140[a] 389,899[b] Percentage 61.28% 34.13% Swing 0.41% 0.07%
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
Speaker before election Brad Wilson Republican Elected Speaker Brad Wilson Republican

Primary elections were held on June 30, 2020.

The Republican Party retained majority control of the House by a large margin, losing only one seat to the Democratic Party in the process. This election was the first time the Democrats won 17 seats since 2010.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[1]	Safe R	October 21, 2020

Results

Overview

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	73	918,220	66.08%	59	59	58	58	1
	Democratic	54	418,843	30.14%	16	16	17	17	1
	United Utah	18	38,765	2.79%	0	0	0	0
	Constitution	6	10,403	0.75%	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian	2	2,395	0.17%	0	0	0	0
	Others	1	846	0.06%	0	0	0	0
Total			1,389,472	100.00%	75	75	75	75
Source:

Popular vote Republican   66.08% Democratic   30.14% United Utah   2.79% Constitution   0.75% Libertarian   0.17% Others   0.06%

House seats Republican   77.33% Democratic   22.67%

Close races

Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 45, 0.40%
2. District 39, 0.54%
3. District 33, 1.38%
4. District 22, 1.88%
5. District 10, 2.04%
6. District 38, 3.34% (gain)
7. District 49, 7.68%
8. District 54, 8.66%

District 1

2020 Utah House of Representatives 1st district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel Ferry (incumbent)	15,098[2]	79.40%
	Democratic	Amber Hardy	2,514	13.22%
	Constitution	Sherry Phipps	1,402	7.37%
Total votes			19,014	100.00%

District 2

2020 Utah House of Representatives 2nd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jefferson Moss (incumbent)	27,428	100%
Total votes			27,428	100%

District 3

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Petersen	4,635	55.78%
	Republican	Val Potter (incumbent)	3,675	44.22%
Total votes			8,310	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 3rd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Petersen	15,197	73.73%
	Democratic	Holly Gunther	5,415	26.27%
Total votes			20,612	100.00%

District 4

2020 Utah House of Representatives 4th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Johnson (incumbent)	8,196	59.43%
	Democratic	Mary DaSilva	5,595	40.57%
Total votes			13,791	100.00%

District 5

2020 Utah House of Representatives 5th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Snider (incumbent)	15,841	79.57%
	Democratic	Lauren Abell	4,068	20.43%
Total votes			19,909	100.00%

District 6

2020 Utah House of Representatives 6th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cory Maloy (incumbent)	19,551	80.40%
	United Utah	Christopher Rawlins	4,767	19.60%
Total votes			24,318	100.00%

District 7

2020 Utah House of Representatives 7th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Wilcox	12,055	64.60%
	Democratic	Grant Protzman	6,607	35.40%
Total votes			18,662	100.00%

District 8

2020 Utah House of Representatives 8th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Waldrip (incumbent)	10,067	56.98%
	Democratic	Oscar Mata	7,600	43.02%
Total votes			17,667	100.00%

District 9

2020 Utah House of Representatives 9th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cal Musselman	8,426	58.41%
	Democratic	Steve Olsen	5,999	41.59%
Total votes			14,425	100.00%

District 10

2020 Utah House of Representatives 10th district election^[c]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	LaWanna Shurtliff (incumbent)	7,054	51.02%
	Republican	Travis Campbell	6,771	48.98%
Total votes			13,825	100.00%

District 11

2020 Utah House of Representatives 11th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kelly Miles (incumbent)	10,996	60.30%
	Democratic	Jason Allen	7,238	39.70%
Total votes			18,234	100.00%

District 12

2020 Utah House of Representatives 12th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Schultz (incumbent)	13,478	77.19%
	United Utah	Shawn Ferriola	3,983	22.80%
Total votes			17,461	100.00%

District 13

2020 Utah House of Representatives 13th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Ray (incumbent)	10,798	63.15%
	Democratic	Tab Uno	6,302	36.85%
Total votes			17,100	100.00%

District 14

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karianne Lisonbee (incumbent)	2,842	60.87%
	Republican	Jennifer Hogge	1,827	39.13%
Total votes			4,669	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 14th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karianne Lisonbee (incumbent)	10,336	65.43%
	Democratic	Olivia Jaramillo	5,462	34.57%
Total votes			15,798	100.00%

District 15

2020 Utah House of Representatives 15th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Wilson (incumbent)	17,965	77.22%
	United Utah	Ammon Gruwell	5,301	22.78%
Total votes			23,266	100.00%

District 16

2020 Utah House of Representatives 16th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephen Handy (incumbent)	10,890	62.15%
	Democratic	Cheryl Nunn	5,272	30.09%
	Libertarian	Brent Zimmerman	1,361	7.77%
Total votes			17,523	100.00%

District 17

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stewart Barlow (incumbent)	5,216	62.41%
	Republican	Leann Wood	3,141	37.59%
Total votes			8,357	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 17th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stewart Barlow (incumbent)	13,881	68.81%
	Democratic	Eric Last	5,214	25.85%
	Constitution	Jeannette Proctor	1,077	5.34%
Total votes			20,172	100.00%

District 18

2020 Utah House of Representatives 18th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Timothy Hawkes (incumbent)	17,281	72.88%
	Democratic	Katherine Nicholson	6,431	27.12%
Total votes			23,712	100.00%

District 19

2020 Utah House of Representatives 19th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Raymond Ward (incumbent)	15,870	80.37%
	Constitution	Cameron Dransfield	3,876	19.63%
Total votes			19,746	100.00%

District 20

2020 Utah House of Representatives 20th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Melissa Garff Ballard (incumbent)	13,828	67.31%
	Democratic	Phil Graves	6,717	32.69%
Total votes			20,545	100.00%

District 21

2020 Utah House of Representatives 21st district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Douglas Sagers (incumbent)	10,468	63.69%
	Democratic	Stormy Simon	5,968	36.31%
Total votes			16,436	100.00%

District 22

2020 Utah House of Representatives 22nd district election^[c]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clare Collard	7,239	50.94%
	Republican	Anthony Loubet	6,973	49.06%
Total votes			14,212	100.00%

District 23

2020 Utah House of Representatives 23rd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Hollins (incumbent)	7,879	73.61%
	Republican	Bradley Borden	2,825	26.39%
Total votes			10,704	100.00%

District 24

2020 Utah House of Representatives 24th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Dailey-Provost (incumbent)	18,119	100.00%
Total votes			18,119	100.00%

District 25

2020 Utah House of Representatives 25th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joel Briscoe (incumbent)	16,475	82.75%
	Republican	Karel McDonough	2,827	14.20%
	United Utah	Cabot Nelson	607	3.05%
Total votes			19,909	100.00%

District 26

2020 Utah House of Representatives 26th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angela Romero (incumbent)	10,824	100%
Total votes			10,824	100%

District 27

2020 Utah House of Representatives 27th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brady Brammer (incumbent)	20,733	100%
Total votes			20,733	100%

District 28

2020 Utah House of Representatives 28th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian King (incumbent)	16,416	71.94%
	Republican	Carol Hunter	6,403	28.06%
Total votes			22,819	100.00%

District 29

2020 Utah House of Representatives 29th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Gwynn	17,452	78.62%
	Democratic	Kerry Wayne	4,054	18.26%
	United Utah	Tanner Greenhalgh	691	3.11%
Total votes			22,197	100.00%

District 30

2020 Utah House of Representatives 30th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Winder (incumbent)	7,611	58.30%
	Democratic	Robert Burch	5,443	41.70%
Total votes			13,054	100.00%

District 31

2020 Utah House of Representatives 31st district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Weight (incumbent)	6,261	56.61%
	Republican	Matt MacPherson	4,799	43.39%
Total votes			11,060	100.00%

District 32

2020 Utah House of Representatives 32nd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Suzanne Harrison (incumbent)	11,405	55.08%
	Republican	Cindie Quintana	9,301	44.92%
Total votes			20,706	100.00%

District 33

Democratic primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fatima Dirie	695	67.74%
	Democratic	Ofa Matagi	331	32.26%
Total votes			1,026	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 33rd district election^[c]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Craig Hall (incumbent)	5,398	50.69%
	Democratic	Fatima Dirie	5,252	49.31%
Total votes			10,650	100.00%

District 34

2020 Utah House of Representatives 34th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Kwan (incumbent)	8,558	56.99%
	Republican	David Young	6,458	43.01%
Total votes			15,016	100.00%

District 35

2020 Utah House of Representatives 35th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Wheatley (incumbent)	9,867	67.77%
	Republican	Luke Guastafson	4,031	27.69%
	United Utah	Adam Bean	662	4.55%
Total votes			14,560	100.00%

District 36

2020 Utah House of Representatives 36th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Doug Owens	14,350	59.70%
	Republican	Lisa Bagley	9,365	38.96%
	Constitution	Nishan Beglarian	321	1.34%
Total votes			24,036	100.00%

District 37

2020 Utah House of Representatives 37th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Spackman Moss (incumbent)	13,037	61.13%
	Republican	Maryann Christensen	8,288	38.87%
Total votes			21,325	100.00%

District 38

2020 Utah House of Representatives 38th district election^[c]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ashlee Matthews	6,143	51.67%
	Republican	Eric Hutchings (incumbent)	5,747	48.33%
Total votes			11,890	100.00%

District 39

2020 Utah House of Representatives 39th district election^[c]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Dunnigan (incumbent)	7,836	50.27%
	Democratic	Lynette Wendel	7,752	49.73%
Total votes			15,588	100.00%

District 40

2020 Utah House of Representatives 40th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Pitcher (incumbent)	13,261	69.42%
	Republican	Jeremiah Clark	5,841	30.58%
Total votes			19,102	100.00%

District 41

2020 Utah House of Representatives 41st district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Strong (incumbent)	17,312	69.40%
	Democratic	Wendy Garvin	6,032	24.18%
	United Utah	David Lundgren	1,602	6.42%
Total votes			24,946	100.00%

District 42

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jordan Teuscher	3,973	57.91%
	Republican	Aaron Starks	2,888	42.09%
Total votes			6,861	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 42nd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jordan Teuscher	14,011	58.53%
	Democratic	Samuel Winkler	8,749	36.55%
	United Utah	Ryan Boudwin	1,178	4.92%
Total votes			23,938	100.00%

District 43

2020 Utah House of Representatives 43rd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cheryl Acton (incumbent)	7,988	52.36%
	Democratic	Diane Lewis	6,443	42.23%
	United Utah	Jefferson Bardin	825	5.41%
Total votes			15,256	100.00%

District 44

2020 Utah House of Representatives 44th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Stoddard (incumbent)	10,346	55.69%
	Republican	Kyle Bird	7,498	40.36%
	United Utah	John Jackson	733	3.95%
Total votes			18,577	100.00%

District 45

2020 Utah House of Representatives 45th district election^[c]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Eliason (incumbent)	9,748	50.20%
	Democratic	Wendy Davis	9,671	49.80%
Total votes			19,419	100.00%

District 46

2020 Utah House of Representatives 46th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gay Bennion	12,467	56.61%
	Republican	Jaren Davis	8,520	38.69%
	Libertarian	Lee Anne Walker	1,034	4.70%
Total votes			22,021	100.00%

District 47

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Christiansen (incumbent)	2,943	58.10%
	Republican	Nathan Brown	2,122	41.90%
Total votes			5,065	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 47th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Christiansen (incumbent)	9,285	57.49%
	Democratic	Scott Bell	6,867	42.51%
Total votes			16,152	100.00%

District 48

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keven Stratton (incumbent)	4,271	50.32%
	Republican	David Shallenberger	4,217	49.68%
Total votes			8,488	100.00%

District 49

2020 Utah House of Representatives 49th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Spendlove (incumbent)	12,075	53.84%
	Democratic	Siamak Khadjenoury	10,353	46.16%
Total votes			22,428	100.00%

District 50

2020 Utah House of Representatives 50th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Pulsipher (incumbent)	19,125	71.47%
	Democratic	Emily Hayes	7,636	28.53%
Total votes			26,761	100.00%

District 51

2020 Utah House of Representatives 51st district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Stenquist (incumbent)	12,773	63.36%
	Democratic	David Hunt	7,385	36.64%
Total votes			20,158	100.00%

District 52

2020 Utah House of Representatives 52nd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Candice Pierucci (incumbent)	21,126	69.86%
	Democratic	Catherine Voutaz	9,113	30.14%
Total votes			30,239	100.00%

District 53

2020 Utah House of Representatives 53rd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kera Birkeland	15,142	63.62%
	Democratic	Cheryl Butler	8,657	36.38%
Total votes			23,799	100.00%

District 54

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kohler	5,207	66.20%
	Republican	Randy Favero	2,658	33.80%
Total votes			7,865	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 54th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kohler	14,275	54.33%
	Democratic	Meaghan Miller	11,999	45.67%
Total votes			26,274	100.00%

District 55

2020 Utah House of Representatives 55th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Chew (incumbent)	15,774	100%
Total votes			15,774	100%

District 56

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Christofferson (incumbent)	4,965	58.49%
	Republican	Randy Favero	3,523	41.51%
Total votes			8,488	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 56th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kay Christofferson (incumbent)	15,844	81.59%
	United Utah	Kate Walters	3,576	18.41%
Total votes			19,420	100.00%

District 57

2020 Utah House of Representatives 57th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jon Hawkins (incumbent)	17,451	100%
Total votes			17,451	100%

District 58

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Lund	5,203	57.47%
	Republican	Clinton Painter	3,850	42.53%
Total votes			9,053	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 58th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Lund	14,401	84.63%
	Constitution	Russell Hatch	1,807	10.62%
	United Utah	J. Homer Morrill	809	4.75%
Total votes			17,017	100.00%

District 59

2020 Utah House of Representatives 59th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Val Peterson (incumbent)	15,142	75.77%
	United Utah	Catherine Eslinger	4,841	24.23%
Total votes			16,069	100.00%

District 60

2020 Utah House of Representatives 60th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nelson Abbott	11,683	72.71%
	United Utah	Christine Heath	3,540	22.03%
	Independent	Tommy Williams	846	5.26%
Total votes			16,069	100.00%

District 61

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Judkins (incumbent)	3,760	64.45%
	Republican	Kenneth Grover	2,074	35.55%
Total votes			5,834	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 61st district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marsha Judkins (incumbent)	11,893	79.67%
	United Utah	Nils Bergeson	3,034	20.33%
Total votes			14,927	100.00%

District 62

2020 Utah House of Representatives 62nd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Travis Seegmiller (incumbent)	22,562	100%
Total votes			22,562	100%

District 63

2020 Utah House of Representatives 63rd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Robertson (incumbent)	4,731	60.95%
	Democratic	Jenna Rakuita	2,443	31.47%
	United Utah	Austin Simcox	588	7.58%
Total votes			7,762	100.00%

District 64

2020 Utah House of Representatives 64th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norm Thurston (incumbent)	11,536	100%
Total votes			11,536	100%

District 65

2020 Utah House of Representatives 65th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Francis Gibson (incumbent)	18,636	100%
Total votes			18,636	100%

District 66

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jefferson Burton	4,675	60.01%
	Republican	Kari Malkovich	3,115	39.99%
Total votes			7,790	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 66th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jefferson Burton	17,515	100%
Total votes			17,515	100%

District 67

2020 Utah House of Representatives 67th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Welton	18,478	100%
Total votes			18,478	100%

District 68

2020 Utah House of Representatives 68th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Merrill Nelson (incumbent)	16,036	75.32%
	Democratic	Amiee Finster	3,334	15.66%
	Constitution	Kirk Pearson	1,920	9.02%
Total votes			21,290	100.00%

District 69

2020 Utah House of Representatives 69th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christine Watkins (incumbent)	13,077	100%
Total votes			13,077	100%

District 70

2020 Utah House of Representatives 70th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carl Albrecht (incumbent)	14,488	81.85%
	Democratic	Jessica O'Leary	3,212	18.15%
Total votes			17,700	100.00%

District 71

Republican primary^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradley Last (incumbent)	5,475	52.10%
	Republican	Willie Billings	5,033	47.90%
Total votes			10,508	100.00%

2020 Utah House of Representatives 71st district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bradley Last (incumbent)	20,372	100%
Total votes			20,372	100%

District 72

2020 Utah House of Representatives 72nd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rex Shipp (incumbent)	13,858	75.39%
	Democratic	Lonnie White	3,149	17.13%
	United Utah	Piper Manesse	1,374	7.48%
Total votes			18,381	100.00%

District 73

2020 Utah House of Representatives 73rd district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Lyman (incumbent)	14,518	100%
Total votes			14,518	100%

District 74

2020 Utah House of Representatives 74th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	V. Lowry Snow (incumbent)	18,196	73.36%
	Democratic	Kenzie Carter	6,607	26.64%
Total votes			24,803	100.00%

District 75

2020 Utah House of Representatives 75th district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Walt Brooks (incumbent)	13,984	76.44%
	Democratic	Rebecca Sullivan	4,310	23.56%
Total votes			18,294	100.00%

Notes

1. Districts 2, 27, 55, 57, 62, 64–67, 69, 71, and 73 have no data, and are only contested by Republican candidates.
2. Districts 24 and 26 have no data, and are only contested by Democratic candidates.
3. The Associated Press has not officially called this race for either candidate.

References

1. "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
2. "Election Results, Data & Historical Information". utah.gov. State of Utah. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
3. "Election Results", Associated Press, July 7, 2020