2022 Utah Senate election

Not to be confused with 2022 United States Senate election in Utah.

The 2022 Utah Senate elections were held on November 8, 2022, as part of the biennial 2022 United States elections. 15 of the 29 seats in the Utah Senate were up for election. The Democratic Convention was held on April 9, 2022.^[1] The Republican Convention was held on April 23, 2022.^[2] Primary elections were held on June 28, 2022.^[3] The elections coincided with elections for other offices in Utah, including the US Senate, US House, and the Utah House.

2022 Utah Senate election

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →
15 of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate 15 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Stuart Adams Karen Mayne Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 7th[a] 12th[b] Seats before 23 6 Seats after 23 6 Seat change Popular vote 305,987 151,169 Percentage 63.59% 31.41%
Results:      Republican hold      Democratic hold      No election
Senate President before election Stuart Adams Republican Elected Senate President Stuart Adams Republican

Following the 2022 elections, Republicans maintained their supermajority with an unchanged 23-to-6 member advantage over Democrats.^[4]

Retirements

Democrats

1. District 4: Jani Iwamoto^[c] retired.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5]	Safe R	May 19, 2022

Defeated incumbents

Primary election

1. District 9: Democrat Derek Kitchen^[d] lost renomination to Jennifer Plumb.
2. District 13: Democrat Gene Davis^[e] lost renomination to Nate Blouin.

Holdover senators

Due to redistricting changing the districts for most incumbents, fourteen holdover Senators were not up for election in 2022, yet their district boundaries and numbers did change. These holdover Senators in 2022 were:

1. District 2: Republican Chris H. Wilson^[f]
2. District 3: Republican John Johnson^[g]
3. District 4: Republican D. Gregg Buxton^[h]
4. District 8: Republican Todd Weiler^[i]
5. District 10: Democrat Luz Escamilla^[j]
6. District 15: Democrat Kathleen Riebe^[k]
7. District 16: Republican Wayne Harper^[l]
8. District 17: Republican Lincoln Fillmore^[m]
9. District 22: Republican Jake Anderegg^[n]
10. District 24: Republican Curt Bramble^[o]
11. District 25: Republican Mike McKell^[p]
12. District 26: Republican David Hinkins^[q]
13. District 27: Republican Derrin Owens^[r]
14. District 29: Republican Don Ipson^[s]

Results

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Utah State Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	13	305,987	63.59%	23	10	8	23
	Democratic	8	151,169	31.41%	6	4	6	6
	United Utah	5	20,077	4.17%	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian Party	1	3,766	0.78%	0	0	0	0
	Independent	1 (write-in)	213	0.04%	0	0	0	0
Total			481,212	100.00%	29	14	14	29
Source: Utah Elections Results

Popular vote Republican   63.59% Democratic   31.41% United Utah   4.17% Libertarian   0.78% Independent   0.04%

Senate seats Republican   86.67% Democratic   13.33%

Close races

District	Winner	Margin
District 14	Democratic	14.46%

Summary of results by State Senate district

• Note: Incumbent senators with gray backgrounds were not up for election in 2022; however, they may have been redistricted to new district numbers.
• Elections were held in 2022 in districts 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 28.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1	Luz Escamilla[j]		Dem	Scott Sandall[t]		Rep
2	Derek Kitchen[d]		Dem	Chris H. Wilson[f]		Rep
3	Gene Davis[e]		Dem	John Johnson[g]		Rep
4	Jani Iwamoto[c]		Dem	D. Gregg Buxton[h]		Rep
5	Karen Mayne[u]		Dem	F. Ann Millner[v]		Rep
6	Wayne Harper[l]		Rep	Jerry Stevenson[w]		Rep
7	Mike McKell[p]		Rep	J. Stuart Adams[x]		Rep
8	Kathleen Riebe[k]		Dem	Todd Weiler[i]		Rep
9	Kirk Cullimore Jr.[y]		Rep	Jennifer Plumb		Dem
10	Lincoln Fillmore[m]		Rep	Luz Escamilla[j]		Dem
11	Daniel McCay[z]		Rep	Daniel Thatcher[aa]		Rep
12	Daniel Thatcher[aa]		Rep	Karen Mayne[u]		Dem
13	Jake Anderegg[n]		Rep	Nate Blouin		Dem
14	Mike Kennedy[ab]		Rep	Stephanie Pitcher		Dem
15	Keith Grover[ac]		Rep	Kathleen Riebe[k]		Dem
16	Curt Bramble[o]		Rep	Wayne Harper[l]		Rep
17	Scott Sandall[t]		Rep	Lincoln Fillmore[m]		Rep
18	F. Ann Millner[v]		Rep	Daniel McCay[z]		Rep
19	John Johnson[g]		Rep	Kirk Cullimore Jr.[y]		Rep
20	D. Gregg Buxton[h]		Rep	Ronald Winterton[ad]		Rep
21	Jerry Stevenson[w]		Rep	Mike Kennedy[ab]		Rep
22	J. Stuart Adams[x]		Rep	Jake Anderegg[n]		Rep
23	Todd Weiler[i]		Rep	Keith Grover[ac]		Rep
24	Derrin Owens[r]		Rep	Curt Bramble[o]		Rep
25	Chris H. Wilson[f]		Rep	Mike McKell[p]		Rep
26	Ronald Winterton[ad]		Rep	David Hinkins[q]		Rep
27	David Hinkins[q]		Rep	Derrin Owens[r]		Rep
28	Evan Vickers		Rep	Evan Vickers[ae]		Rep
29	Don Ipson		Rep	Don Ipson[s]		Rep

Election results source:^[6]

Detailed results

District 1 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 23 • District 28

Election results source:^[6]

District 1

Utah's 1st Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Sandall[t] (incumbent)	32,597	100.00%
Total votes			32,597	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 5

Utah's 5th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	F. Ann Millner[v] (incumbent)	19,336	64.39%
	Democratic	Michael Blodgett	10,695	35.61%
Total votes			30,031	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

Utah's 6th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Stevenson[w] (incumbent)	26,670	100.00%
Total votes			26,670	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

Utah's 7th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Stuart Adams[x] (incumbent)	27,309	71.94%
	United Utah	Kimberly Wagner	10,651	28.06%
Total votes			37,960	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Utah's 9th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jen Plumb	32,817	99.36%
	Independent	Vance Hansen (write-in)	213	0.64%
Total votes			33,030	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Utah's 11th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Thatcher[aa] (incumbent)	24,680	100.00%
Total votes			24,680	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 12

Utah's 12th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Mayne[u] (incumbent)	13,450	57.23%
	Republican	Linda L. Paulson	10,051	42.77%
Total votes			23,501	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 13

Utah's 13th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nate Blouin	22,311	71.76%
	Republican	Roger L. Stout	8,781	28.24%
Total votes			31,092	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Utah's 14th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Pitcher	32,369	62.21%
	Republican	Dan Sorensen	18,737	36.01%
	United Utah	Dennis Roach	929	1.79%
Total votes			52,035	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Utah's 18th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel McCay[z] (incumbent)	23,873	66.39%
	Democratic	Catherine Voutaz	10,246	28.49%
	United Utah	Jed C. Nordfelt	1,842	5.12%
Total votes			35,961	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 19

Utah's 19th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kirk Cullimore Jr.[y] (incumbent)	28,020	58.44%
	Democratic	Parker Bond	16,626	34.68%
	United Utah	Tyler L. Peterson	3,301	6.88%
Total votes			47,947	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

Utah's 20th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald Winterton[ad] (incumbent)	27,781	68.70%
	Democratic	Jill M. Fellow	12,655	31.30%
Total votes			40,436	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

Utah's 21st Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kennedy[ab] (incumbent)	35,671	100.00%
Total votes			35,671	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 23

Utah's 23rd Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith Grover[ac] (incumbent)	24,931	100.00%
Total votes			24,931	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 28

Utah's 28th Senate District general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Evan Vickers[ae] (incumbent)	30,147	80.89%
	Libertarian	Barry Evan Short	3,766	10.11%
	United Utah	Patricia A. Bradford	3,354	9.00%
Total votes			37,267	100.00%
	Republican hold

1. Redistricted from district 22 to 7.
2. Redistricted from district 5 to 12.
3. Was up for election in 2022. Retired.
4. Redistricted from district 2 to 9. Was up for election in 2022. Lost in the Democratic primary on June 28.
5. Redistricted from district 3 to 13. Was up for election in 2022. Lost in the Democratic primary on June 28.
6. Redistricted from district 25 to 2. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
7. Redistricted from district 19 to 3. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
8. Redistricted from district 20 to 4. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
9. Redistricted from district 23 to 8. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
10. Redistricted from district 1 to 10. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
11. Redistricted from district 8 to 15. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
12. Redistricted from district 6 to 16. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
13. Redistricted from district 10 to 17. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
14. Redistricted from district 13 to 22. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
15. Redistricted from district 16 to 24. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
16. Redistricted from district 7 to 25. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
17. Redistricted from district 27 to 26. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
18. Redistricted from district 24 to 27. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
19. District number remained unchanged in district 29. Was not up for re-election in 2022.
20. Redistricted from district 17 to 1. Was up for election in 2022.
21. Redistricted from district 5 to 12. Was up for election in 2022.
22. Redistricted from district 18 to 5. Was up for election in 2022.
23. Redistricted from district 21 to 6. Was up for election in 2022.
24. Redistricted from district 22 to 7. Was up for election in 2022.
25. Redistricted from district 9 to 19. Was up for election in 2022.
26. Redistricted from district 11 to 18. Was up for election in 2022.
27. Redistricted from district 12 to 11. Was up for election in 2022.
28. Redistricted from district 14 to 21. Was up for election in 2022.
29. Redistricted from district 15 to 23. Was up for election in 2022.
30. Redistricted from district 26 to 20. Was up for election in 2022.
31. District number remained unchanged in district 28. Was up for election in 2022.

References

1. "2022 Nominating Convention". Utah Democratic Party. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
2. "2022 Nominating Convention: April 23, 2022 - Convention Results". Utah Republican Party. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
3. "June 28, 2022 Primary Election - Final Results". Salt Lake County, Utah. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
4. "Canvass Complete - Results Final". Lieutenant Governor of Utah. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
5. Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
6. "Utah Election Results". Lieutenant Governor of Utah. Retrieved January 5, 2023.