2024 Utah House of Representatives election explained

Election Name:	2024 Utah House of Representatives election
Country:	Utah
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2022 Utah House of Representatives election
Previous Year:	2022
Next Election:	2026 Utah House of Representatives election
Next Year:	2026
Seats For Election:	All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives
Majority Seats:	38
Image1:	Mike Schultz September 2024.jpeg
Image1 Size:	160x160px
Leader1:	Mike Schultz
Party1:	Utah Republican Party
Leader Since1:	November 15, 2023
Leaders Seat1:	HD 12–Hooper
Last Election1:	61 seats, 70.0%
Seats1:	61
Image2 Size:	160x160px
Leader2:	Angela Romero
Party2:	Utah Democratic Party
Leader Since2:	January 17, 2023
Leaders Seat2:	HD 25–Salt Lake City
Last Election2:	14 seats, 25.3%
Seats2:	14
Map Size:	350px
Speaker
Before Election:	Brad Wilson
Before Party:	Utah Republican Party

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.

Summary

Summary of the November 5, 2024 Utah House of Representatives election
Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates		%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	74	TBD	61	61	61	61
	Democratic	50	TBD	14	14	14	14
	United Utah	7	TBD	0	0	0	0
	Utah Forward	3	TBD	0	0	0	0
	Constitution	2	TBD	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian	2	TBD	0	0	0	0
	Independent	1	TBD	0	0	0	0
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

House District 1

Democratic primary

Candidates

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

^[6]

Republican primary

Candidate

Thomas Peterson, incumbent^[5]

General election

House District 2

Democratic primary

Candidate

Tom Liljegren^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

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

General election

House District 3

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Independents

Candidate

Patrick Belmont^[5]

General election

House District 4

Democratic primary

Candidate

Kris Campbell

Republican primary

Candidate

Kera Birkeland (incumbent)

General election

House District 5

Republican primary

Candidate

Casey Snider (incumbent)^[5]

Utah Forward primary

Candidate

Cary Youmans^[5]

General election

House District 6

Democratic primary

Candidate

Amber Hardy^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

Jon Beesley^[5]
Matthew Gwynn (incumbent)

General election

House District 7

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

House District 8

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

House District 9

Democratic primary

Candidate

Angela Choberka^[5]

Libertarian primary

Candidate

Jacob Johnson^[5]

Republican primary

Candidate

Jake Sawyer^[5]

General election

House District 10

Democratic primary

Candidate

Rosemary Lesser (incumbent)^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

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

General election

House District 11

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

House District 12

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sharon Hilton^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

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

General election

House District 13

Democratic primary

Candidate

Lorri Rogers^[5]

Republican primary

Candidates

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

General election

House District 14

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

House District 15

Republican primary

Candidate

Ariel Defay (incumbent)^[5]

Utah Forward primary

Candidate

Josh Smith^[5]

General election

House District 16

Republican primary

Candidates

Trevor Lee (incumbent)
Daniela Harding

Democratic primary

Candidate

Zeaid Hasan

General election

House District 17

Republican primary

Candidates

Stewart Barlow (incumbent)
Jennifer Garner

Libertarian primary

Candidate

Adam Feller

General election

House District 18

Republican primary

Candidate

Paul Culter (incumbent)

Democratic primary

Candidates

Steve Hartwick
Mark Whitaker

General election

House District 19

Republican primary

Candidates

Raymond Ward (incumbent)
Tenna Hartman

Democratic primary

Candidates

Erik Hans Fronberg
Nick Wadsworth

Constitution primary

Candidate

Cameron Dransfield

General election

House District 20

Republican primary

Candidate

Melissa Garff Ballard (incumbent)

Democratic primary

Candidate

Lew Jeppson

General election

House District 21

Republican primary

Candidates

David Atkin
Taylor Aaron Bunot

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sandra Hollins (incumbent)

General election

House District 22

Republican primary

Candidate

Steve Harmsen

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jennifer Dailey-Provost (incumbent)
Jakey Sala Siolo

General election

House District 23

Republican primary

Candidate

M. Scott Romney

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jeff Howell
Hoang Nguyen

United Utah primary

Candidate

Cabot Wm. Nelson

General election

House District 24

Republican primary

Candidate

David R. Spjut

Democratic primary

Candidates

Joel Briscoe (incumbent)
Ramón Barthelemy
Grant Amjad Miller

General election

House District 25

Republican primary

Candidates

Richard Nowak
'Alama 'Ulu'ave

Democratic primary

Candidate

Angela Romero (incumbent)

General election

House District 26

Republican primary

Candidate

Matt MacPherson (incumbent)

Democratic primary

Candidate

Jeanetta Williams

General election

House District 27

Republican primary

Candidate

Anthony Edward Loubet

Democratic primary

Candidate

Dawn Stevenson

General election

House District 28

Republican primary

Candidates

Nicholeen P. Peck
Timothy Adrian Jimenez (withdrew)

Democratic primary

Candidate

Fred L Baker

General election

House District 29

Republican primary

Candidate

Bridger Bolinder

Democratic primary

Candidates

Ron Draper
Brad Bartholomew (withdrew)

General election

House District 30

Republican primary

Candidate

Fred C Cox
Dave Parke
Cindy Thompson

Democratic primary

Candidate

Jake Fitisemanu
Sophia Hawes-Tingey

General election

House District 31

Republican primary

Candidate

Bill Swan
Andrew G. Nieto (withdrew)
Russ Moore (withdrew)

Democratic primary

Candidate

Verona Mauga
Brett Gardner

General election

House District 32

Republican primary

Candidate

Sarah Dawn Montes
Jerry Schmidt (withdrew)

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sahara Hayes

United Utah primary

Candidate

Adam Christopher Bean (withdrew)

General election

House District 33

Republican primary

Candidate

Sheryl R Fraser
Henry Billy Malone

Democratic primary

Candidate

Doug Owens

General election

House District 34

Republican primary

Candidate

Karl J. Jurek

Democratic primary

Candidate

Carol Spackman Moss

United Utah primary

Candidate

Dennis Roach

General election

House District 35

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House District 72

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House District 73

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House District 74

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House District 75

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Notes and References

Web site: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2024. Ballotpedia. July 8, 2024.
News: McKellar. Katie. Utah Rep. Brett Garner falters at Democratic convention, will lose his House seat. April 1, 2024. Utah News Dispatch. July 8, 2024.
News: Schott. Bryan. Incumbent lawmakers fared well in Utah’s 2024 primary election. But these two will likely lose. June 27, 2024. The Salt Lake Tribune. July 8, 2024.
Web site: 24 UT Forecast . 2024-03-26 . projects.cnalysis.com.
Web site: 2024 Candidate Filings . vote.utah.gov . 25 January 2024.
Web site: 2024 Utah Democratic Convention Results . 2024-04-28 . Utah Democratic Party . en-US.