2024 Utah House of Representatives election

2024 Utah House of Representatives election
All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives; 38 seats needed for a majority
	Results: ; Republican gain Democratic gain; Republican hold Democratic hold
Speaker before election; Brad Wilson; Republican	Elected Speaker ; TBD;

The 2024 Utah House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial 2024 United States elections. All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives were up for election. The filing deadline for candidates was January 8, 2024. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2024. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in Utah, including for Governor, US Senate, US House, and the Utah Senate.^[1]

Partisan background

In the 2020 presidential election in Utah, Republican Donald Trump won the most votes in 58 House of Representatives Districts and Democrat Joe Biden won the most votes in 17 districts. Going into the 2024 Utah House of Representatives election, Democrats represented one district where Trump won the most votes in 2020: District 10, located in Ogden ( Trump 3%). Going into the election, Republicans represented four districts where Biden won the most votes in 2020, all located in the suburbs of Salt Lake County: District 26 ( Biden 4%); District 30 (Biden 6%); District 42 (Biden 0.08%) and District 43 (Biden 5%).

Retirements

Thirteen incumbents did not seek re-election.^[1]

Republicans

District 3: Dan Johnson is retiring.
District 9: Cal Musselman is retiring to run for State Senate.
District 28: Tim Jimenez is retiring.
District 30: Judy Weeks-Rohner is retiring to run for State Senate.
District 42: Robert Spendlove is retiring.
District 45: Susan Pulsipher is retiring.
District 48: Jay Cobb is retiring.
District 58: Keven Stratton is retiring to run for State Senate.
District 61: Marsha Judkins is retiring.
District 66: Steven Lund is retiring.
District 69: Phil Lyman is retiring to run for Governor.

Democrats

District 23: Brian King is retiring to run for Governor.
District 35: Mark Wheatley is retiring.

Incumbents defeated

At convention

One incumbent representative was defeated in the March 30 Salt Lake County Democratic convention.

Democrats

District 31: Brett Garner lost nomination to a full term to Verona Mauga.^[2]

In primary election

Two incumbent representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, were defeated in the June 25 primary election.^[3]

Democrats

District 24: Joel Briscoe lost renomination to Grant Miller.

Republicans

District 46: Jeff Stenquist lost renomination to Cal Roberts.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
CNalysis^[4]	Solid R	March 26, 2024

Summary

Summary of the November 5, 2024 Utah House of Representatives election
Party		Candidates^[a]	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates^[a]	No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	/–
	Republican	74	TBD		61	61	TBD
	Democratic	50	TBD		14	14	TBD
	United Utah	7	TBD		0	0	TBD
	Utah Forward	3	TBD		0	0	TBD
	Constitution	2	TBD		0	0	TBD
	Libertarian	2	TBD		0	0	TBD
	Independent	1	TBD		0	0	TBD
Total			TBD		All

Uncontested elections

In the following districts, only one candidate filed to run before the deadline:^[5]

Republicans

HD 7 – Ryan Wilcox, incumbent
HD 8 – Jason Kyle, incumbent
HD 11 – Katy Hall, incumbent
HD 14 – Karianne Lisonbee, incumbent
HD 36 – Jim Dunnigan, speaker pro tempore, incumbent
HD 50 – Stephanie Gricius, incumbent
HD 51 – Jefferson Moss, majority leader, incumbent
HD 54 – Brady Brammer, incumbent
HD 55 – Jon Hawkins, incumbent
HD 56 – Val Peterson, incumbent
HD 60 – Tyler Clancy, incumbent
HD 72 – Joseph Elison, incumbent
HD 73 – Colin Jack, incumbent
HD 74 – Neil Walter, incumbent

HD 1

Democratic primary

Candidates

Claudia Bigler^[5]
Chris Reid (eliminated at convention)^[5]

Utah HD 1 Democratic convention, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claudia Bigler	3	100
	Democratic	Chris Reid	0	0
Total votes			3

^[6]

Republican primary

Candidate

Thomas Peterson, incumbent^[5]

General election

Utah HD 1 General Election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Thomas Peterson
	Democratic	Claudia Bigler
Total votes

HD 2

Democratic primary

Candidate

Tom Liljegren^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Mike Monson^[5]
Michael Petersen, incumbent^[5]

Utah HD 2 Republican primary, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Mike Monson
	Republican	Michael Petersen (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 3

Republican primary

Candidates

Jason Thompson^[5]
Paul Borup^[5]

Utah HD 3 Republican primary, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Jason Thompson
	Republican	Paul Borup
Total votes

Independents

Candidate

Patrick Belmont^[5]

HD 4

Democratic primary

Candidate

Kris Campbell

Republican primary

Candidate

Kera Birkeland (incumbent)

General election

Utah HD 4 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Kris Campbell
	Republican	Kera Birkeland (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 5

Republican primary

Candidate

Casey Snider (incumbent)^[5]

Utah Forward primary

Candidate

Cary Youmans^[5]

General election

Utah HD 5 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Casey Snider (incumbent)
	Utah Forward	Cary Youmans
Total votes

HD 6

Democratic primary

Candidate

Amber Hardy^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Jon Beesley^[5]
Matthew Gwynn (incumbent)

Utah HD 6 Republican primary, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Jon Beesley
	Republican	Matthew Gwynn (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 7

Incumbent Ryan Wilcox is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.^[5]

Utah HD 7 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Wilcox (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 8

Incumbent Jason Kyle is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.^[5]

Utah HD 8 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Kyle (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 9

Democratic primary

Candidate

Angela Choberka^[5]

Libertarian primary

Candidate

Jacob Johnson^[5]

Republican primary

Candidate

Jake Sawyer^[5]

General election

Utah HD 9 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Angela Choberka
	Libertarian	Jacob Johnson
	Republican	Jake Sawyer
Total votes

HD 10

Democratic primary

Candidate

Rosemary Lesser (incumbent)^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Jill Koford^[5]
Nacho Valdez^[5]

Utah HD 10 Republican primary, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Jill Koford
	Republican	Nacho Valdez
Total votes

HD 11

Incumbent Katy Hall is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.^[5]

Utah HD 11 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Katy Hall (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 12

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sharon Hilton^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Korry Green^[5]
Mike Schultz (incumbent)^[5]

Utah HD 12 Republican primary, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Korry Green
	Republican	Mike Schultz (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 13

Democratic primary

Candidate

Lorri Rogers^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Curtis Beames^[5]
Karen M. Peterson (incumbent)^[5]

Utah HD 13 Republican primary, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Curtis Beames
	Republican	Karen M. Peterson (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 14

Incumbent Karianne Lisonbee is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.^[5]

Utah HD 14 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karianne Lisonbee (incumbent)
Total votes

HD 15

Republican primary

Candidate

Ariel Defay (incumbent)^[5]

Utah Forward primary

Candidate

Josh Smith^[5]

General election

Utah HD 15 general election, 2024
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Ariel Defay (incumbent)
	Utah Forward	Josh Smith
Total votes

HD 16

Republican primary

Candidates

Trevor Lee (incumbent)^[5]
Daniela Harding^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Zeaid Hasan^[5]

HD 17

Republican primary

Candidates

Stewart Barlow (incumbent)^[5]
Jennifer Garner^[5]

Libertarian primary

Candidate

Adam Feller^[5]

HD 18

Republican primary

Candidate

Paul Culter (incumbent)^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Steve Hartwick^[5]
Mark Whitaker^[5]

HD 19

Republican primary

Candidates

Raymond Ward (incumbent)^[5]
Tenna Hartman^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Erik Hans Fronberg^[5]
Nick Wadsworth^[5]

Constitution primary

Candidate

Cameron Dransfield^[5]

HD 20

Republican primary

Candidate

Melissa Garff Ballard (incumbent)^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Lew Jeppson^[5]

HD 21

Republican primary

Candidates

David Atkin^[5]
Taylor Aaron Bunot^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sandra Hollins (incumbent)^[5]

HD 22

Republican primary

Candidate

Steve Harmsen^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jennifer Dailey-Provost (incumbent)^[5]
Jakey Sala Siolo^[5]

HD 23

Republican primary

Candidate

M. Scott Romney^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jeff Howell^[5]
Hoang Nguyen^[5]

United Utah primary

Candidate

Cabot Wm. Nelson^[5]

HD 24

Republican primary

Candidate

David R. Spjut^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Joel Briscoe (incumbent)^[5]
Ramón Barthelemy^[5]
Grant Amjad Miller^[5]

HD 25

Republican primary

Candidates

Richard Nowak^[5]
'Alama 'Ulu'ave^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Angela Romero (incumbent)^[5]

HD 26

Republican primary

Candidate

Matt MacPherson (incumbent)^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Jeanetta Williams^[5]

HD 27

Republican primary

Candidate

Anthony Edward Loubet^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Dawn Stevenson^[5]

HD 28

Republican primary

Candidates

Nicholeen P. Peck^[5]
Timothy Adrian Jimenez (withdrew)^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Fred L Baker^[5]

HD 29

Republican primary

Candidate

Bridger Bolinder^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Ron Draper^[5]
Brad Bartholomew (withdrew)^[5]

HD 30

Republican primary

Candidate

Fred C Cox^[5]
Dave Parke^[5]
Cindy Thompson^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Jake Fitisemanu^[5]
Sophia Hawes-Tingey^[5]

HD 31

Republican primary

Candidate

Bill Swan^[5]
Andrew G. Nieto (withdrew)^[5]
Russ Moore (withdrew)^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Verona Mauga^[5]
Brett Gardner^[5]

HD 32

Republican primary

Candidate

Sarah Dawn Montes^[5]
Jerry Schmidt (withdrew)^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sahara Hayes^[5]

United Utah primary

Candidate

Adam Christopher Bean (withdrew)^[5]

HD 33

Republican primary

Candidate

Sheryl R Fraser^[5]
Henry Billy Malone^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Doug Owens^[5]

HD 34

Republican primary

Candidate

Karl J. Jurek^[5]

Democratic primary

Candidate

Carol Spackman Moss^[5]

United Utah primary

Candidate

Dennis Roach^[5]

Notes

^ One candidate per district

References

^ ^a ^b "Utah House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ McKellar, Katie (April 1, 2024). "Utah Rep. Brett Garner falters at Democratic convention, will lose his House seat". Utah News Dispatch. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ Schott, Bryan (June 27, 2024). "Incumbent lawmakers fared well in Utah's 2024 primary election. But these two will likely lose". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
^ "24 UT Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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^ "2024 Utah Democratic Convention Results". Utah Democratic Party. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

[5] One candidate per district

[UTHR-1] "Utah House of Representatives elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[2] McKellar, Katie (April 1, 2024). "Utah Rep. Brett Garner falters at Democratic convention, will lose his House seat". Utah News Dispatch. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[3] Schott, Bryan (June 27, 2024). "Incumbent lawmakers fared well in Utah's 2024 primary election. But these two will likely lose". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

[4] "24 UT Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

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[7] "2024 Utah Democratic Convention Results". Utah Democratic Party. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

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