Republican Party primaries in Utah, 2026
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| June 23, 2026 |
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This page focuses on the Republican primaries that will take place in Utah on June 23, 2026.
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Utah, state law allows parties to decide who may vote in their primaries.[1] Check Vote.Utah.gov for details about upcoming elections.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Federal elections
U.S. House
District 1
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Blake Moore (Incumbent)
- Riley Owen
District 2
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Celeste Maloy (Incumbent)
District 3
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mike Kennedy (Incumbent)
District 4
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Burgess Owens (Incumbent)
- Ty Jensen
State elections
State Senate
- See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2026
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| District 1 |
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Scott Sandall (i) |
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Jennifer Plumb (i) |
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| District 12 |
Karen Kwan (i) |
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Kirk Cullimore (i) |
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Ronald Winterton (i) |
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| District 23 |
Keith Grover (i) |
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| District 28 |
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Evan Vickers (i) |
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House of Representatives
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Thomas Peterson (i) |
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Jason Thompson (i) |
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| District 9 |
Jake Sawyer (i) |
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| District 10 |
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| District 11 |
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| District 12 |
Mike Schultz (i) |
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| District 13 |
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Utah Forward Party Tony De Mille |
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| District 15 |
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Ariel Defay (i) |
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Raymond Ward (i) |
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| District 20 |
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Melissa Ballard (i) |
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Jeneanne Lock |
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| District 25 |
Angela Romero (i) |
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| District 26 |
Matt MacPherson (i) |
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| District 27 |
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| District 30 |
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| District 31 |
Verona Mauga (i) |
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| District 32 |
Sahara Hayes (i) |
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| District 33 |
Doug Owens (i) |
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| District 36 |
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Jim Dunnigan (i) |
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Utah Forward Party John Jackson |
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| District 42 |
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Clint Okerlund (i) |
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| District 43 |
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Steven Eliason (i) |
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| District 45 |
Tracy Miller (i) |
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| District 46 |
Cal Roberts (i) |
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| District 55 |
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Jon Hawkins (i) |
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Val Peterson (i) |
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Nelson Abbott (i) |
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State executive offices
Eight state executive offices are up for election in Utah in 2026:
State Board of Education (8 seats)
Utah State Board of Education
District 1
Republican primary candidatesNote: The list of Republican Party primary candidates is incomplete pending results from the convention.
District 2
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 4
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- LeAnn Wood (Incumbent)
- Adam Gerlach
District 5
Republican primary candidatesNote: The list of Republican Party primary candidates is incomplete pending results from the convention.
District 8
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 11
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 14
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Utah
Context of the 2026 elections
Utah Party Control: 1992-2026
No Democratic trifectas • Thirty-five years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
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| Governor | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
State party overview
Republican Party of Utah
- See also: Republican Party of Utah
Utah has a Republican state government trifecta. A trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and majorities in both state legislative chambers. As of February 27, 2026, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.
In the 2020 election, Republicans had a net gain of two trifectas and two states under divided government became trifectas. Prior to that election, Utah had a Republican trifecta. There were 21 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 14 divided governments.
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
There are no Pivot Counties in Utah. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Utah with 45.5 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 27.5 percent. Independent candidate and Utah native Evan McMullin received 21.5 percent of the vote, his strongest showing in a state. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Utah cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same timeframe, Utah supported Republican candidates more often than Democrats, 73.3 to 23.3 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Utah. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won seven out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 20.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 19 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 21.9 points. Clinton won six districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 68 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 54.4 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 56 out of 75 state House districts in Utah with an average margin of victory of 30.7 points. |
| 2016 presidential results by state House district | |||||||
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| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 9.42% | 89.03% | R+79.6 | 10.81% | 62.88% | R+52.1 | R |
| 2 | 9.49% | 88.76% | R+79.3 | 11.45% | 51.57% | R+40.1 | R |
| 3 | 12.34% | 85.57% | R+73.2 | 15.18% | 48.43% | R+33.2 | R |
| 4 | 22.96% | 73.62% | R+50.7 | 30.29% | 33.77% | R+3.5 | R |
| 5 | 10.92% | 87.18% | R+76.3 | 13.60% | 51.67% | R+38.1 | R |
| 6 | 10.18% | 87.91% | R+77.7 | 13.94% | 48.70% | R+34.8 | R |
| 7 | 22.58% | 75.17% | R+52.6 | 24.95% | 47.41% | R+22.5 | R |
| 8 | 32.39% | 64.89% | R+32.5 | 33.89% | 42.27% | R+8.4 | R |
| 9 | 30.35% | 67.18% | R+36.8 | 29.16% | 46.44% | R+17.3 | R |
| 10 | 34.81% | 62.01% | R+27.2 | 37.00% | 38.57% | R+1.6 | R |
| 11 | 24.47% | 73.17% | R+48.7 | 25.28% | 48.10% | R+22.8 | R |
| 12 | 20.44% | 77.27% | R+56.8 | 20.63% | 52.90% | R+32.3 | R |
| 13 | 19.95% | 77.67% | R+57.7 | 20.41% | 47.72% | R+27.3 | R |
| 14 | 21.75% | 75.91% | R+54.2 | 21.48% | 44.83% | R+23.4 | R |
| 15 | 13.20% | 85.22% | R+72 | 15.05% | 49.86% | R+34.8 | R |
| 16 | 22.55% | 75.36% | R+52.8 | 24.02% | 47.62% | R+23.6 | R |
| 17 | 15.44% | 82.73% | R+67.3 | 18.65% | 44.09% | R+25.4 | R |
| 18 | 14.51% | 83.99% | R+69.5 | 18.83% | 43.66% | R+24.8 | R |
| 19 | 19.24% | 78.78% | R+59.5 | 23.75% | 40.60% | R+16.8 | R |
| 20 | 21.05% | 77.07% | R+56 | 25.91% | 40.61% | R+14.7 | R |
| 21 | 27.07% | 70.44% | R+43.4 | 24.26% | 47.55% | R+23.3 | R |
| 22 | 37.41% | 59.20% | R+21.8 | 35.79% | 35.31% | D+0.5 | D |
| 23 | 56.84% | 39.68% | D+17.2 | 59.42% | 21.08% | D+38.3 | D |
| 24 | 61.48% | 33.07% | D+28.4 | 68.79% | 16.04% | D+52.8 | D |
| 25 | 69.65% | 23.70% | D+45.9 | 74.08% | 11.49% | D+62.6 | D |
| 26 | 60.94% | 32.81% | D+28.1 | 64.98% | 19.07% | D+45.9 | D |
| 27 | 6.44% | 92.24% | R+85.8 | 11.91% | 56.88% | R+45 | R |
| 28 | 54.60% | 41.73% | D+12.9 | 64.09% | 18.31% | D+45.8 | D |
| 29 | 13.06% | 85.33% | R+72.3 | 14.40% | 58.81% | R+44.4 | R |
| 30 | 36.99% | 60.36% | R+23.4 | 38.48% | 33.65% | D+4.8 | R |
| 31 | 43.06% | 54.05% | R+11 | 43.41% | 31.30% | D+12.1 | D |
| 32 | 27.09% | 70.42% | R+43.3 | 31.20% | 42.83% | R+11.6 | R |
| 33 | 44.21% | 52.69% | R+8.5 | 44.63% | 31.45% | D+13.2 | R |
| 34 | 39.64% | 57.37% | R+17.7 | 41.60% | 31.42% | D+10.2 | D |
| 35 | 51.49% | 44.22% | D+7.3 | 55.00% | 24.81% | D+30.2 | D |
| 36 | 42.19% | 54.94% | R+12.7 | 49.52% | 26.90% | D+22.6 | D |
| 37 | 40.42% | 56.67% | R+16.3 | 45.86% | 31.84% | D+14 | D |
| 38 | 37.19% | 59.58% | R+22.4 | 37.41% | 33.31% | D+4.1 | R |
| 39 | 35.46% | 61.95% | R+26.5 | 36.62% | 35.54% | D+1.1 | R |
| 40 | 50.87% | 45.38% | D+5.5 | 56.43% | 22.35% | D+34.1 | D |
| 41 | 16.24% | 81.72% | R+65.5 | 18.41% | 49.31% | R+30.9 | R |
| 42 | 23.97% | 73.84% | R+49.9 | 27.04% | 39.88% | R+12.8 | R |
| 43 | 30.88% | 66.58% | R+35.7 | 32.50% | 37.41% | R+4.9 | R |
| 44 | 37.44% | 59.36% | R+21.9 | 40.71% | 33.05% | D+7.7 | R |
| 45 | 34.33% | 62.63% | R+28.3 | 37.99% | 35.99% | D+2 | R |
| 46 | 41.80% | 55.26% | R+13.5 | 47.04% | 32.01% | D+15 | D |
| 47 | 29.03% | 68.70% | R+39.7 | 30.89% | 39.06% | R+8.2 | R |
| 48 | 8.85% | 89.34% | R+80.5 | 15.28% | 49.21% | R+33.9 | R |
| 49 | 33.11% | 64.55% | R+31.4 | 37.68% | 38.47% | R+0.8 | R |
| 50 | 18.79% | 79.57% | R+60.8 | 23.63% | 43.95% | R+20.3 | R |
| 51 | 22.76% | 75.35% | R+52.6 | 27.60% | 46.79% | R+19.2 | R |
| 52 | 18.13% | 79.66% | R+61.5 | 20.72% | 46.22% | R+25.5 | R |
| 53 | 24.78% | 72.98% | R+48.2 | 28.04% | 53.13% | R+25.1 | R |
| 54 | 36.66% | 60.93% | R+24.3 | 39.86% | 41.21% | R+1.3 | R |
| 55 | 8.36% | 90.17% | R+81.8 | 7.51% | 77.30% | R+69.8 | R |
| 56 | 8.26% | 89.97% | R+81.7 | 12.12% | 51.01% | R+38.9 | R |
| 57 | 8.06% | 90.22% | R+82.2 | 12.76% | 53.20% | R+40.4 | R |
| 58 | 9.98% | 88.32% | R+78.3 | 10.13% | 66.35% | R+56.2 | R |
| 59 | 10.79% | 87.00% | R+76.2 | 15.98% | 48.16% | R+32.2 | R |
| 60 | 10.30% | 87.22% | R+76.9 | 16.52% | 47.59% | R+31.1 | R |
| 61 | 13.38% | 84.32% | R+70.9 | 18.52% | 43.41% | R+24.9 | R |
| 62 | 13.30% | 85.02% | R+71.7 | 13.61% | 71.08% | R+57.5 | R |
| 63 | 11.11% | 86.48% | R+75.4 | 18.77% | 31.71% | R+12.9 | R |
| 64 | 14.96% | 81.98% | R+67 | 21.07% | 38.70% | R+17.6 | R |
| 65 | 9.38% | 88.79% | R+79.4 | 13.36% | 54.10% | R+40.7 | R |
| 66 | 8.98% | 89.30% | R+80.3 | 11.64% | 58.71% | R+47.1 | R |
| 67 | 9.57% | 88.60% | R+79 | 10.46% | 62.32% | R+51.9 | R |
| 68 | 15.24% | 82.39% | R+67.2 | 14.03% | 62.30% | R+48.3 | R |
| 69 | 26.06% | 71.16% | R+45.1 | 20.44% | 66.97% | R+46.5 | R |
| 70 | 15.90% | 81.72% | R+65.8 | 14.64% | 71.90% | R+57.3 | R |
| 71 | 14.57% | 83.10% | R+68.5 | 14.76% | 69.24% | R+54.5 | R |
| 72 | 13.87% | 83.89% | R+70 | 15.11% | 63.65% | R+48.5 | R |
| 73 | 24.42% | 73.56% | R+49.1 | 23.16% | 62.62% | R+39.5 | R |
| 74 | 17.87% | 80.76% | R+62.9 | 20.14% | 66.98% | R+46.8 | R |
| 75 | 13.77% | 84.32% | R+70.6 | 15.58% | 68.95% | R+53.4 | R |
| Total | 24.75% | 72.79% | R+48 | 27.46% | 45.54% | R+18.1 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Utah State Legislature, "Utah Code § 20A-9-403. Regular primary elections." accessed May 13, 2025
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
