Election Name: | 2020 Utah Senate election |
Country: | Utah |
Flag Year: | 2011 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2018 Utah Senate election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2022 Utah Senate election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Seats For Election: | 15 of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate |
Majority Seats: | 15 |
Turnout: | 41.67% |
Image1: | Utah Senate President Stuart Adams - 2022 (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Stuart Adams |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Seats Before1: | 23 |
Seats After1: | 23 |
Popular Vote1: | 546,124 |
Percentage1: | 77.90% |
Leader2: | Karen Mayne |
Party2: | Utah Democratic Party |
Leaders Seat2: | 5th district |
Seats Before2: | 6 |
Seats After2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 136,448 |
Percentage2: | 19.46% |
Map Size: | 300px |
President of the Senate | |
Posttitle: | President |
Before Election: | J. Stuart Adams |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | J. Stuart Adams |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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.
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | 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 |
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 |
Three incumbents did not seek re-election in 2020.
Allen M. Christensen retired.
Ralph Okerlund retired.
One Republican lost renomination.
Lyle W. Hillyard lost renomination to Chris H. Wilson.
Republicans held three of their open seats.
Won by John D. Johnson.
Won by Derrin Owens.
District | Winner | Margin | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
District 6 | data-sort-value=1 | Republican | 11.2% | |
District 8 | data-sort-value=1 | Democratic | 13.2% | |
District 19 | data-sort-value=1 | Republican | 14.2% |
See also: Utah's 1st State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 10th State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 19th State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 20th State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 23rd State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 24th State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 25th State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 27th State Senate district.
See also: Utah's 29th State Senate district.