2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Utah

2018 Utah's 2nd congressional district election
← 2016 2020 →
	County results; Stewart: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Ghorbani: 60–70%
U.S. Representative before election; Chris Stewart; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Chris Stewart; Republican

2018 Utah's 1st congressional district election
← 2016 2020 →
	County results; Bishop: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Castillo: 50–60%
U.S. Representative before election; Rob Bishop; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Rob Bishop; Republican

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah
All 4 Utah seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70%	Democratic 50–60%

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

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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]

Quick Facts All 4 Utah seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...

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. As of 2022, this remains the last time that a Democrat has won any congressional election in Utah.

District 1

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

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]

District 2

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

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]

District 3

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

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]

District 4

Quick Facts Nominee, Party ...

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]

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District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	156,692	61.61%	63,308	24.89%	34,333	13.50%	254,333	100%	Republican Hold
District 2	151,489	56.10%	105,051	38.90%	13,504	5.00%	270,044	100%	Republican Hold
District 3	174,856	67.55%	70,686	27.31%	13,316	5.14%	258,858	100%	Republican Hold
District 4	134,270	49.86%	134,964	50.12%	37	0.01%	269,271	100%	Democratic Gain
Total	617,307	58.65%	374,009	35.54%	61,190	5.81%	1,052,506	100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lee Castillo	7,273	57.21
	Democratic	Kurt Weiland	5,439	42.79
Total votes			12,712	100.0

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic	United Utah
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Rob Bishop	Lee Castillo	Eric Eliason
1	Oct. 17, 2018	Utah Debate Commission	Natalie Gochnour	YouTube	P	P	P

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%

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

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Chris Stewart	Shireen Ghorbani
1	Sep. 19, 2018	Utah Debate Commission	Doug Wilks	YouTube	P	P

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%

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

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

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					John Curtis	James Singer
1	Oct. 26, 2018	Utah Debate Commission	David Magleby	YouTube	P	P

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

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Mia Love	Ben McAdams
1	Oct. 15, 2018	Utah Debate Commission	Doug Wright	YouTube	P	P

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)^{[permanent dead link]}	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%

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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