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List of United States Senators from Utah

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This page displays current and historical information pertaining to the U.S. Senate delegation from Utah.

Current members

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Utah are:


Office Name Party Date assumed office Date term ends
U.S. Senate Utah John Curtis Republican January 3, 2025 January 3, 2031
U.S. Senate Utah Mike Lee Republican January 3, 2011 January 3, 2029


Election history

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For more information on the different classes of U.S. Senators, please see: Classes of United States Senators

Class I

Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2024 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class I terms run from the beginning of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025, to the end of the 121st Congress on January 3, 2031.

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Utah, 2024

General election
General election for U.S. Senate Utah

John Curtis defeated Caroline Gleich, Carlton Bowen, and Laird Hamblin in the general election for U.S. Senate Utah on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Curtis
John Curtis (R)
 
62.1
 
914,700
Image of Caroline Gleich
Caroline Gleich (D)
 
31.5
 
464,515
Image of Carlton Bowen
Carlton Bowen (Independent American Party of Utah)
 
5.7
 
83,972
Image of Laird Hamblin
Laird Hamblin (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
322
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
8,878

Total votes: 1,472,387
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Caroline Gleich advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Utah.

Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Utah

John Curtis defeated Trent Staggs, Brad R. Wilson, and Jason Walton in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Utah on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Curtis
John Curtis
 
48.7
 
206,094
Image of Trent Staggs
Trent Staggs Candidate Connection
 
32.7
 
138,143
Image of Brad R. Wilson
Brad R. Wilson
 
12.6
 
53,134
Image of Jason Walton
Jason Walton Candidate Connection
 
6.1
 
25,604

Total votes: 422,975
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Independent American Party of Utah primary election

The Independent American Party of Utah primary election was canceled. Carlton Bowen advanced from the Independent American Party of Utah primary for U.S. Senate Utah.

Democratic convention
Democratic convention for U.S. Senate Utah

Caroline Gleich defeated Laird Hamblin and Archie Williams III in the Democratic convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 27, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Caroline Gleich
Caroline Gleich (D)
 
92.5
 
795
Image of Laird Hamblin
Laird Hamblin (D)
 
5.6
 
48
Image of Archie Williams III
Archie Williams III (D)
 
1.9
 
16

Total votes: 859
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Republican convention

Republican Convention for U.S. Senate Utah

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Trent Staggs in round 4 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.


Total votes: 3,147
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Independent American Party of Utah convention
Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. Senate Utah

Carlton Bowen defeated Robert Newcomb in the Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 27, 2024.

Candidate
Image of Carlton Bowen
Carlton Bowen (Independent American Party of Utah)
Image of Robert Newcomb
Robert Newcomb (Independent American Party of Utah) Candidate Connection

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2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Utah

Mitt Romney defeated Jenny Wilson, Timothy Noel Aalders, Craig Bowden, and Reed McCandless in the general election for U.S. Senate Utah on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney (R)
 
62.6
 
665,215
Image of Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson (D)
 
30.9
 
328,541
Image of Timothy Noel Aalders
Timothy Noel Aalders (Constitution Party)
 
2.7
 
28,774
Image of Craig Bowden
Craig Bowden (L)
 
2.6
 
27,607
Image of Reed McCandless
Reed McCandless (Independent American Party)
 
1.2
 
12,708
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
52

Total votes: 1,062,897
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2012

U.S. Senate, Utah, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngOrrin G. Hatch Incumbent 65.8% 657,608
     Democratic Scott Howell 30.2% 301,873
     Constitution Shaun Lynn McCausland 3.2% 31,905
     Utah Justice Daniel Geery 0.8% 8,342
     Independent Bill Barron 0% 0
Total Votes 999,728
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2012 General Election Results"


2006

On November 7, 2006, Hatch won re-election to the U.S. Senate, defeating Pete Ashdown (D), Scott N. Bradley (Constitution), David Starr Seely (L), Roger I. Price (Personal Choice) and Julian Hatch (Desert Greens).[1]

U.S. Senate General Election, Utah, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngOrrin G. Hatch Incumbent 62.4% 356,238
     Democratic Pete Ashdown 31.1% 177,459
     Constitution Scott N. Bradley 3.8% 21,526
     Libertarian David Starr Seely 0.8% 4,428
     Independent Roger I. Price 1.6% 9,089
     Independent Julian Hatch 0.4% 2,512
Total Votes 571,252


2000

On November 7, 2000, Orrin Hatch won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Scott Howell (D), Carlton Edward Bowen (T) and Jim Dexter (L) in the general election.[2]

U.S. Senate, Utah General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngOrrin Hatch incumbent 65.6% 504,803
     Democratic Scott Howell 31.5% 242,569
     Independent American Carlton Edward Bowen 1.6% 11,938
     Libertarian Jim Dexter 1.4% 10,394
Total Votes 769,704


Class III

Senators in Class III were elected to office in the November 2022 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election. Class III terms run from the beginning of the 118th Congress on January 3, 2023, to the end of the 120th Congress on January 3, 2029.

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Utah, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Utah on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Lee
Mike Lee (R)
 
53.2
 
571,974
Image of Evan McMullin
Evan McMullin (Independent)
 
42.7
 
459,958
Image of James Arthur Hansen
James Arthur Hansen (L) Candidate Connection
 
3.0
 
31,784
Tommy Williams (Independent American Party of Utah)
 
1.1
 
12,103
Image of Laird Hamblin
Laird Hamblin (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
152
Michael Seguin (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
60
Image of Abe Korb
Abe Korb (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
37

Total votes: 1,076,068
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Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Utah

Incumbent Mike Lee defeated Becky Edwards and Ally Isom in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Utah on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Lee
Mike Lee
 
61.9
 
258,089
Image of Becky Edwards
Becky Edwards Candidate Connection
 
29.7
 
123,617
Image of Ally Isom
Ally Isom
 
8.4
 
34,997

Total votes: 416,703
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. James Arthur Hansen advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Utah.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. Senate Utah

No candidate advanced from the convention.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kael Weston
Kael Weston (D)
 
43.2
 
594
 Other/Write-in votes
 
56.8
 
782

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.

Total votes: 1,376
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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. Senate Utah

The following candidates ran in the Republican convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mike Lee
Mike Lee (R)
 
70.7
 
2,621
Image of Becky Edwards
Becky Edwards (R) Candidate Connection
 
11.8
 
436
Image of Ally Isom
Ally Isom (R)
 
9.7
 
358
Image of Jeremy Friedbaum
Jeremy Friedbaum (R)
 
3.6
 
132
Image of Evan Barlow
Evan Barlow (R) Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
75
Loy Arlan Brunson (R)
 
1.9
 
71
Image of Laird Hamblin
Laird Hamblin (R)
 
0.3
 
12

Total votes: 3,705
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Constitution convention

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Independent American Party of Utah convention

Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. Senate Utah

Tommy Williams advanced from the Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 23, 2022.

Candidate
Tommy Williams (Independent American Party of Utah)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Utah

James Arthur Hansen defeated Lucky Bovo in the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Utah on April 9, 2022.


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2016

See also: United States Senate election in Utah, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Utah's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mike Lee (R) defeated Misty Snow (D), Stoney Fonua (Independent American), and Bill Barron (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Lee faced no primary challenger, while Snow defeated Jonathan Swinton to win the Democratic nomination. The primaries took place on June 28, 2016. Jade Tuan Quoc Vo (D) was eliminated at the party convention on April 23, 2016.[3][4]

U.S. Senate, Utah General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Lee Incumbent 68.1% 760,220
     Democratic Misty Snow 27.1% 301,858
     Independent American Stoney Fonua 2.5% 27,339
     Independent Bill Barron 2.3% 26,166
Total Votes 1,115,583
Source: Utah Secretary of State


U.S. Senate, Utah Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMisty Snow 59.4% 28,928
Jonathan Swinton 40.6% 19,774
Total Votes 48,702
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor


2010

On November 2, 2010, Mike Lee won election to the U.S. Senate He defeated Sam F. Granato (D) and Scott N. Bradley (Constitution).[5]

U.S. Senate, Utah, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMike Lee 61.6% 360,403
     Democratic Sam F. Granato 32.8% 191,732
     Constitution Scott N. Bradley 5.7% 33,095
Total Votes 585,230


2004

On November 2, 2004, Bennett was re-elected to the United States Senate. He defeated R. Paul Van Dam, Gary Van Horn and Joe LaBonte in the general election.[6]

U.S. Senate, Utah General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Bennett Incumbent 68.7% 626,640
     Democratic R. Paul Van Dam 28.4% 258,955
     Constitution Gary Van Horn 1.9% 17,289
     Personal Choice Joe LaBonte 1% 8,824
     N/A Write-In 0% 18
Total Votes 911,726


Historical members

Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Utah
Party Total
     Democratic 5
     Republican 13
Class 1 Senators from Utah
Senator Years Served Party
Frank J. Cannon 1896-1899 Republican
Thomas Kearns 1901-1905 Republican
George Sutherland 1905-1917 Republican
William H. King 1917-1941 Democratic
O. Abram Murdock, Jr. 1941-1947 Democratic
Arthur V. Watkins 1947-1959 Republican
Frank E. Moss 1959-1977 Democratic
Orrin Hatch 1977-2019 Republican
Mitt Romney 2019-2025 Republican
John Curtis 2025-present Republican
Class 3 Senators from Utah
Senator Years Served Party
Arthur Brown 1896-1897 Republican
Joseph L. Rawlins 1897-1903 Democratic
Reed Smoot 1903-1933 Republican
Elbert D. Thomas 1933-1951 Democratic
Wallace F. Bennett 1951-1974 Republican
E. J. Jake Garn 1974-1993 Republican
Robert Bennett 1993-2011 Republican
Mike Lee 2011-Present Republican

See also

Footnotes


Senators
Representatives
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District 2
District 3
District 4
Republican Party (6)