Election Name: | 2022 Utah Senate election |
Country: | Utah |
Flag Year: | 2011 |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2020 Utah Senate election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Utah Senate election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | 15 of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate |
Majority Seats: | 15 |
Image1: | Utah Senate President Stuart Adams - 2022 (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Stuart Adams |
Party1: | Utah Republican Party |
Leaders Seat1: | 7th |
Seats Before1: | 23 |
Seats After1: | 23 |
Popular Vote1: | 305,987 |
Percentage1: | 63.59% |
Leader2: | Karen Mayne |
Party2: | Utah Democratic Party |
Leaders Seat2: | 12th |
Seats Before2: | 6 |
Seats Needed2: | 9 |
Seats After2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 151,169 |
Percentage2: | 31.41% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Senate President | |
Before Election: | Stuart Adams |
Before Party: | Utah Republican Party |
After Election: | Stuart Adams |
After Party: | Utah Republican Party |
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. Following the 2022 elections, Republicans maintained their supermajority with an unchanged 23-to-6 member advantage over Democrats.[4]
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:
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||
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% | 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 |
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