2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

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The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah were held on November 3, 2020, 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 the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

Quick facts All 4 Utah seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...
2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

 2018
November 3, 2020
2022 

All 4 Utah seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 3 1
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 873,347 505,946
Percentage 60.98% 35.33%
Swing Increase 2.33% Decrease 0.21%

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Overview

Registered voters: 1,682,512. Turnout: 1,515,845 (90.09%)[1]

More information Party, Candi-dates ...
PartyCandi-
dates
VotesSeats
No.%No.+/–
Republican Party4873,34760.98%4Increase 1
Democratic Party4505,94635.33%0Decrease 1
Libertarian Party228,5181.99%0Steady
United Utah215,0771.05%0Steady
Constitution Party18,8890.62%0Steady
Total131,432,232100.0%4Steady
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Popular vote
Republican
60.98%
Democratic
35.33%
Other
3.7%
House seats
Republican
100%

By district

More information District, Republican ...
District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
District 1237,98869.52%104,19430.43%1690.05%342,351100%Republican hold
District 2208,99759.0%129,76236.63%15,4654.37%354,224100%Republican hold
District 3246,67468.73%96,06726.77%16,1864.51%358,927100%Republican hold
District 4179,68847.70%175,92346.70%21,1195.6%376,730100%Republican gain
Total873,34760.98%505,94635.33%52,9393.7%1,432,232100%
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District 1

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2020 Utah's 1st congressional district election

 2018
2022 
 
Nominee Blake Moore Darren Parry
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 237,988 104,194
Percentage 69.5% 30.4%

County results
Moore:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Parry:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Rob Bishop
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Blake Moore
Republican

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The 1st district is located in northern Utah, including the cities of Ogden, Logan, Park City, Layton, Clearfield, and the northern half of the Great Salt Lake. The incumbent was Republican Rob Bishop, who was re-elected with 61.6% of the vote in 2018,[2] and announced in August 2017 that this term would be his final term.[3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Endorsements

Katie Witt

Convention results

More information Republican convention results, Candidate ...
Republican convention results[18]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Kerry Gibson 248 25.7% 248 25.7% 248 25.7% 252 26.2% 253 26.3% 260 27.0% 269 28.1% 292 30.7% 329 34.9% 404 43.4% 514 57.0%
Blake Moore 166 17.2% 166 17.2% 166 17.2% 166 17.2% 167 17.4% 176 18.3% 182 19.0% 200 21.0% 221 23.4% 270 29.0% 388 43.0%
Tina Cannon 136 14.1% 136 14.1% 137 14.2% 138 14.3% 140 14.6% 150 15.6% 160 16.7% 174 18.3% 215 22.8% 256 27.5% Eliminated
Doug Durbano 130 13.5% 130 13.5% 131 13.6% 132 13.7% 139 14.4% 142 14.8% 143 14.9% 151 15.9% 179 19.0% Eliminated
Howard Wallack 106 11.0% 106 11.0% 106 11.0% 107 11.1% 108 11.2% 117 12.2% 126 13.2% 135 14.2% Eliminated
Bob Stevenson 61 6.3% 61 6.3% 61 6.3% 62 6.4% 62 6.4% 67 7.0% 77 8.0% Eliminated
Mark Shepherd 45 4.7% 45 4.7% 45 4.7% 46 4.8% 47 4.9% 50 5.2% Eliminated
Katie Witt 46 4.8% 46 4.8% 46 4.8% 46 4.8% 46 4.8% Eliminated
Chadwick Fairbanks 14 1.5% 14 1.5% 14 1.5% 14 1.5% Eliminated
Zach Hartman 10 1.0% 10 1.0% 10 1.0% Eliminated
JC DeYoung 2 0.2% 2 0.2% Eliminated
Catherine Hammon 0 0.0% Eliminated
Inactive Ballots 0 ballots 0 ballots 0 ballots 1 ballots 2 ballots 2 ballots 7 ballots 12 ballots 20 ballots 34 ballots 62 ballots
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Tina
Cannon
Douglas
Durbano
Kerry
Gibson
Catherine
Hammon
Blake
Moore
Mark
Shepherd
Bob
Stevenson
Katie
Witt
Other Undecided
Global Strategy Group[19][A] June 18–20, 2020 834 (LV) ± 3.7% 15% 25% 23% 12% 25%
Dan Jones & Associates[20][A] June 2–9, 2020 417 (LV) ± 5% 13% 16% 16% 7% 48%
Y2 Analytics[21] May 16–18, 2020 127 (LV) ± 8.7% 20% 16% 38% 26%
Y2 Analytics[22] March 21–30, 2020 103 (LV) ± 9.7% 8% 11% 7% 12% 6% 13% 25% 17% > 1%[b]
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Debate

More information No., Date ...
2020 Utah's 1st congressional district Republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Kerry Gibson Blake Moore Bob Stevenson Katie Witt
1 Jun. 2, 2020 Utah Debate Commission Rod Arquette [23] P P P P
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Primary results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Republican primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blake Moore 39,260 31.0
Republican Bob Stevenson 36,288 28.6
Republican Kerry Gibson 29,991 23.6
Republican Katie Witt 21,317 16.8
Total votes 126,856 100.0
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Jamie Cheek, college debate coach and rehabilitation counselor[25]
  • Darren Parry, chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation[26]

Convention results

More information Democratic convention results, Darren Parry ...
Democratic convention results[27]
Candidate Pct.
Darren Parry 55.6%
Jamie Cheek 44.4%
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Polling

Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Jamie
Cheek
Darren
Parry
Y2 Analytics[22] March 21–30, 2020 29 (LV) ± 18.2% 42% 58%
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Debate

More information No., Date ...
2020 Utah's 1st congressional district Democratic primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Jamie Cheek Darren Parry
1 Jun. 1, 2020 Utah Debate Commission Rod Arquette [28] P P
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Primary results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Democratic primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darren Parry 11,667 50.9
Democratic Jamie Cheek 11,242 49.1
Total votes 22,909 100.0
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General election

Debate

More information No., Date ...
2020 Utah's 1st congressional district debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Blake Moore Darren Parry
1 Sep. 24, 2020 Utah Debate Commission Rod Arquette [29] P P
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Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[30] Safe R July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[31] Safe R June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] Safe R July 2, 2020
Politico[33] Safe R April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[34] Safe R June 3, 2020
RCP[35] Safe R June 9, 2020
Niskanen[36] Safe R June 7, 2020
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Blake
Moore (R)
Darren
Parry (D)
Other Undecided
Lighthouse Research[37] August 31 – September 12, 2020 500 (RV) ± 4.38% 49% 22% 1%[c] 28%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Utah's 1st congressional district, 2020[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Blake Moore 237,988 69.5
Democratic Darren Parry 104,194 30.4
Write-in 169 0.1
Total votes 342,351 100.0
Republican hold
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District 2

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2020 Utah's 2nd congressional district election

 2018
2022 
 
Nominee Chris Stewart Kael Weston
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 208,997 129,762
Percentage 59.0% 36.6%

County results
Stewart:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Weston:      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Chris Stewart
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Chris Stewart
Republican

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The 2nd district encompasses both Salt Lake City and the rural western and southern parts of the state. The incumbent was Republican Chris Stewart, who was re-elected with 56.1% of the vote in 2018.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Eliminated at convention

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Mark
Burkett
Ty
Jensen
Carson
Jorgensen
Chris
Stewart
Y2 Analytics[46] March 21–30, 2020 175 (LV) 17% 6% 4% 73%
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
Eliminated at convention
  • Randy Hopkins, retired Utah Department of Workforce Services regional director and candidate for this district in 2018[49]
  • Larry Livingston, former IRS agent[50]

Polling

Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Randy
Hopkins
Larry
Livingston
Kael
Weston
Y2 Analytics[51] March 21–30, 2020 59 (LV) 41% 19% 40%
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General election

Debate

More information No., Date ...
2020 Utah's 2nd congressional district debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic Libertarian
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Chris Stewart Kael Weston Rob Latham
1 Oct. 19, 2020 Utah Debate Commission Pat Jones [52] P P P
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Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[30] Safe R July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[31] Safe R June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] Safe R July 2, 2020
Politico[33] Safe R April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[34] Safe R June 3, 2020
RCP[35] Safe R June 9, 2020
Niskanen[36] Safe R June 7, 2020
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Chris
Stewart (R)
Kael
Weston (D)
Rob
Latham (L)
Other Undecided
Lighthouse Research[37] August 31 – September 12, 2020 500 (RV) ± 4.38% 48% 28% 7% 0% 17%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Utah's 2nd congressional district, 2020[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Stewart (incumbent) 208,997 59.0
Democratic Kael Weston 129,762 36.6
Libertarian Rob Latham 15,465 4.4
Total votes 354,224 100.0
Republican hold
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District 3

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2020 Utah's 3rd congressional district election

 2018
2022 
 
Nominee John Curtis Devin Thorpe
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 246,674 96,067
Percentage 68.8% 26.8%

County results
Curtis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Thorpe:      40–50%

U.S. Representative before election

John Curtis
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

John Curtis
Republican

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The 3rd district includes rural southeastern Utah, stretches into the Provo-Orem metro area, and takes in the southeastern Salt Lake City suburbs of Holladay, Cottonwood Heights, Sandy, and Draper. The incumbent was Republican John Curtis, who was re-elected with 67.5% of the vote in 2018.[2]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Tim
Alders
John
Curtis
Y2 Analytics[46] March 21–30, 2020 184 (LV) 22% 78%
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Devin D. Thorpe, nonprofit founder[55]
Eliminated at convention

Polling

Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Jared
Anderson
Tray
Robinson
Devin
Thorpe
Y2 Analytics[51] March 21–30, 2020 37 (LV) 37% 21% 42%
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Independents

Candidates

Withdrew
  • Russel Fugal, former Utah Republican Party delegate[57]

General election

Debate

More information No., Date ...
2020 Utah's 3rd congressional district debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
John Curtis Devin Thorpe
1 Oct. 15, 2020 Utah Debate Commission David Magleby [58] P P
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Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[30] Safe R July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[31] Safe R June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] Safe R July 2, 2020
Politico[33] Safe R April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[34] Safe R June 3, 2020
RCP[35] Safe R June 9, 2020
Niskanen[36] Safe R June 7, 2020
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
John
Curtis (R)
Devin
Thorpe (D)
Other Undecided
Lighthouse Research[37] August 31 – September 12, 2020 500 (RV) ± 4.38% 51% 20% 5%[l] 24%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Utah's 3rd congressional district, 2020[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Curtis (incumbent) 246,674 68.8
Democratic Devin Thorpe 96,067 26.8
Constitution Daniel Clyde Cummings 8,889 2.5
United Utah Thomas G. McNeill 7,040 2.0
Write-in 257 0.1
Total votes 358,927 100.0
Republican hold
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District 4

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2020 Utah's 4th congressional district election

 2018
2022 
 
Nominee Burgess Owens Ben McAdams
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 179,688 175,923
Percentage 47.7% 46.7%

County results
Owens:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
McAdams:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Ben McAdams
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Burgess Owens
Republican

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The 4th district is based in southwest Salt Lake County, taking in parts of West Valley City and Salt Lake City, as well as South Salt Lake, Taylorsville, Murray, West Jordan, Midvale, South Jordan, Riverton, Herriman, and Bluffdale. The district also stretches south into eastern Utah County, western Juab County, and northern Sanpete County. The incumbent was Democrat Ben McAdams, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.1% of the vote in 2018.[2] On November 17 the election was called for Burgess Owens, with a margin of less than 1%. Owens won the election by overperforming in traditionally Democratic Salt Lake County, and he ultimately defeated McAdams by 3,765 votes, a larger margin than McAdams won by in 2018.[60] The election was one of the closest House races in the country in 2020, and was not officially called until thirteen days after Election Day.[60]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
Defeated at convention
  • Daniel Beckstrand, dental office manager[61]

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Kim Coleman

State officials

Organizations

Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kathleen
Anderson
Chris
Biesinger
Trent
Christensen
Kim
Coleman
Jay
McFarland
Burgess
Owens
Cindy
Thompson
Undecided
Y2 Analytics[82] May 16–18, 2020 148 (LV) ± 8.1% 13% 23% 28% 36%
Hinckley Institute[83] April 19–24, 2020 352 (LV) ± 5.2% 6% 3% 4% 4% 8% 6% 2% 67%
Y2 Analytics[51] March 21–30, 2020 112 (LV) ± 9.3% 17% 6% 6% 17% 31% 22% 1%
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Convention results

More information US House of Representatives-District 4, Candidate ...
US House of Representatives-District 4 [86]
Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Kim Coleman 324 43.4% 324 43.4% 332 44.6% 348 46.7% 365 49.3% 402 54.5%
Burgess Owens 211 28.3% 212 28.4% 218 29.3% 237 31.8% 268 36.2% 335 45.5%
Jay 'JayMac' McFarland 75 10.1% 75 10.1% 79 10.6% 97 13.0% 107 14.5% Eliminated
Kathleen Anderson 53 7.1% 54 7.2% 60 8.1% 63 8.5% Eliminated
Trent Christensen 51 6.8% 51 6.8% 56 7.5% Eliminated
James Christian Biesinger II 29 3.9% 30 4.0% Eliminated
Cindy Thompson 3 0.4% Eliminated
Inactive Ballots 0 ballots 0 ballots 1 ballots 1 ballots 6 ballots 9 ballots
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Debate

More information No., Date ...
2020 Utah's 4th congressional district Republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Trent Christensen Kim Coleman Jay McFarland Burgess Owens
1 Jun. 1, 2020 Utah Debate Commission Jennifer Napier-Pearce [87] P P P P
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Primary results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Republican primary results[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Burgess Owens 49,456 43.5
Republican Kim Coleman 27,575 24.3
Republican Jay McFarland 24,456 21.5
Republican Trent Christensen 12,165 10.7
Total votes 113,652 100.0
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United Utah Party

Candidates

Declared
  • Jonia Broderick, author[88]

General election

Debate

More information No., Date ...
2020 Utah's 4th congressional district debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Ben McAdams Burgess Owens
1 Oct. 12, 2020 Utah Debate Commission Doug Wilks [89] P P
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Endorsements

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[30] Tossup August 14, 2020
Inside Elections[31] Tilt D June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] Lean D July 2, 2020
Politico[33] Tossup April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[34] Tossup June 3, 2020
RCP[35] Tossup June 9, 2020
Niskanen[36] Tossup June 7, 2020
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Polling

More information Poll source, Date(s) administered ...
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Ben
McAdams (D)
Burgess
Owens (R)
Other Undecided
RMG Research[91] October 12–17, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 45%[s] 46% 4%[t] 5%
47%[u] 45%
43%[v] 48%
RMG Research[92] September 7–12, 2020 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 45% 41% 3%[w] 11%
Lighthouse Research[37] August 31 – September 12, 2020 500 (RV) ± 4.38% 47% 37% 2%[x] 14%
RMG Research[93] July 27 – August 1, 2020 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 35% 35% 6% [y] 24%
Moore Information (R)[94][C] July 8–11, 2020 400 (LV) ± 5.0% 34% 43% 5% [z] 11%
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Results

More information Party, Candidate ...
Utah's 4th congressional district, 2020[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Burgess Owens 179,688 47.7
Democratic Ben McAdams (incumbent) 175,923 46.7
Libertarian John Molnar 13,053 3.5
United Utah Jonia Broderick 8,037 2.1
Write-in 29 0.0
Total votes 376,730 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic
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Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. JC DeYoung with 1%; Chadwick Fairbanks and Zach Hartman with < 1%
  3. "Other" with 1%
  4. "Someone else" with 4%; "other" with 1%
  5. "Someone else" with 9%; "other" with 3%
  6. "Third party candidate" with 15%; "other" with 2%
  7. "Third party candidate" with 11%; "other" with 3%
  8. "Someone else" with 7%; "other" with 1%
  9. "Someone else" with 7%; "other" with 4%
  10. "Third party candidate" with 5%; "other" with 2%
  11. "Third party candidate" with 7%; "other" with 5%
  12. McNeill (UUP) with 3%; Cummings (C) with 2%; "Other" with 0%
  13. "Someone else" and "other" with 2%
  14. "Someone else" with 5%; "other" with 3%
  15. "Third party candidate" with 10%; "other" with 6%
  16. "Third party candidate" with 10%; "other" with 4%
  17. Not yet released
  18. "Someone else" with 7%; Burgess Owens with 2%
  19. Standard VI response
  20. Molnar (L) with 3%; Broderick (UUP) with 1%
  21. Results generated with high Democratic turnout model
  22. Results generated with high Republican turnout model
  23. Molnar (L) with 2%; Broderick (UUP) with 1%
  24. Molnar (L) with 2%; Broderick (UUP) and "Other" with 0%
  25. John Molnar (L) with 4%; Jonia Broderick (United Utah Party) with 2%
  26. John Molnar (L) with 5%; Jonia Broderick (United Utah Party) with <0.5%
  27. "Someone else" with 9%
  28. "Someone else" with 7%; "other" with 5%
  29. "Third party candidate" with 8%; "other" with 3%
  30. "Third party candidate" with 6%; "other" with 3%

Partisan clients

  1. Poll sponsored by Moore's campaign
  2. Poll sponsored by Kathleen Anderson campaign.
  3. This poll's sponsor is a PAC which supports exclusively Republican Congressional candidates

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