2020 Utah Senate election

The 2020 Utah Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect state senators in 15 of the 29 Utah State Senate districts. These coincided with other elections in Utah, including for governor and the House of Representatives. State senators serve four-year terms in the Utah State Senate.

2020 Utah Senate election

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15 of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate 15 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	41.67%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Stuart Adams Karen Mayne Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 22nd District 5th district Seats before 23 6 Seats after 23 6 Seat change Popular vote 546,124 136,448 Percentage 77.90% 19.46%
Results:      Republican hold      Democratic hold
President of the Senate before election J. Stuart Adams Republican President J. Stuart Adams Republican

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Utah State Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	15	546,124	77.90%	23	13	13	23
	Democratic	7	136,448	19.46%	6	2	2	6
	United Utah	1	11,351	1.62%	0	0	0	0
	Independent	2	7,097	1.01%	0	0	0	0
Total			701,020	100.0%	29	15	15	29
Source: Utah Elections Results

Popular vote Republican   77.9% Democratic   19.46% United Utah   1.62% Independent   1.01%

Senate seats Republican   86.67% Democratic   13.33%

District results

State Senate District[1]	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Utah 1	Luz Escamilla		Dem	Luz Escamilla		Dem
Utah 6	Wayne Harper		Rep	Wayne Harper		Rep
Utah 7	Deidre Henderson		Rep	Mike McKell		Rep
Utah 8	Kathleen Riebe		Dem	Kathleen Riebe		Dem
Utah 10	Lincoln Fillmore		Rep	Lincoln Fillmore		Rep
Utah 13	Jake Anderegg		Rep	Jake Anderegg		Rep
Utah 14	Dan Hemmert		Rep	Dan Hemmert		Rep
Utah 16	Curt Bramble		Rep	Curt Bramble		Rep
Utah 19	Allen M. Christensen		Rep	John D. Johnson		Rep
Utah 20	D. Gregg Buxton		Rep	D. Gregg Buxton		Rep
Utah 23	Todd Weiler		Rep	Todd Weiler		Rep
Utah 24	Ralph Okerlund		Rep	Derrin Owens		Rep
Utah 25	Lyle W. Hillyard*		Rep	Chris H. Wilson		Rep
Utah 27	David Hinkins		Rep	David Hinkins		Rep
Utah 29	Don Ipson		Rep	Don Ipson		Rep

Retirements

Three incumbents did not seek re-election in 2020.

Republicans

1. District 7: Deidre Henderson retired to run for lieutenant governor.
2. District 19: Allen M. Christensen retired.
3. District 24: Ralph Okerlund retired.

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

One Republican lost renomination.

1. District 25: Lyle W. Hillyard lost renomination to Chris H. Wilson.

Open seats that parties held

Republican seats held by Republicans

Republicans held three of their open seats.

1. District 7: Won by Mike McKell.
2. District 19: Won by John D. Johnson.
3. District 24: Won by Derrin Owens.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[2]	Safe R	October 21, 2020

Close races

District	Winner	Margin
District 6	Republican	11.2%
District 8	Democratic	13.2%
District 19	Republican	14.2%

Results by district

District 1

See also: Utah's 1st State Senate district

2020 Utah 1st State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luz Escamilla (incumbent)	17,764	64.7%
	Republican	Jim Whited	9,681	35.3%
Total votes			27,445	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 6

2020 Utah 6th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Harper (incumbent)	23,525	55.6%
	Democratic	Erika Larsen	18,774	44.4%
Total votes			42,299	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 7

2020 Utah 7th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike McKell	39,515	77.7%
	United Utah	Emily Bergeson	11,351	22.3%
Total votes			50,866	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 8

2020 Utah 8th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathleen Riebe (incumbent)	28,811	56.6%
	Republican	Brian Zehnder	22,078	43.4%
Total votes			50,889	100.0%
	Democratic hold

District 10

See also: Utah's 10th State Senate district

2020 Utah 10th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Fillmore (incumbent)	44,126	65.2%
	Democratic	Dan McClellan	23,586	34.8%
Total votes			67,712	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 13

2020 Utah 13th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jake Anderegg (incumbent)	63,825	100.0%
Total votes			63,825	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 14

2020 Utah 14th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Hemmert (incumbent)	47,716	100.0%
Total votes			47,716	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 16

2020 Utah 16th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curt Bramble (incumbent)	27,227	100.0%
Total votes			27,227	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 19

See also: Utah's 19th State Senate district

2020 Utah 19th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Johnson	27,728	57.1%
	Democratic	Katy Owens	20,857	42.9%
Total votes			48,585	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 20

See also: Utah's 20th State Senate district

2020 Utah 20th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	D. Gregg Buxton (incumbent)	42,693	100.0%
Total votes			42,693	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 23

See also: Utah's 23rd State Senate district

2020 Utah 23rd State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Weiler (incumbent)	40,575	93.9%
	Independent	Marci Green Campbell (Write-in)	2,656	6.1%
Total votes			43,231	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 24

See also: Utah's 24th State Senate district

2020 Utah 24th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Derrin Owens	41,010	90.2%
	Independent	Warren Rogers	4,441	9.8%
Total votes			45,451	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 25

See also: Utah's 25th State Senate district

2020 Utah 25th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris H. Wilson	32,677	71.4%
	Democratic	Nancy Huntly	13,075	28.6%
Total votes			45,752	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 27

See also: Utah's 27th State Senate district

2020 Utah 27th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Hinkins (incumbent)	38,205	100.0%
Total votes			38,205	100.0%
	Republican hold

District 29

See also: Utah's 29th State Senate district

2020 Utah 29th State Senate district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Ipson (incumbent)	45,543	77.0%
	Democratic	Chuck Goode	13,581	23.0%
Total votes			59,124	100.0%
	Republican hold

References

1. "2020 Regular Primary Canvass" (PDF). State of Utah.gov. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
2. "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.