Steve Aste

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Steve Aste

Republican Party

Candidate, Utah House of Representatives District 41

Elections and appointments

Last election

June 25, 2024

Next convention

April 18, 2026

Contact

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Steve Aste (Republican Party) is running for election to the Utah House of Representatives to represent District 41. He declared candidacy for the Republican convention scheduled on April 18, 2026.^[source]

Elections

2026

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 23, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Incumbent John Arthur (D) and Stephen Miller (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		John Arthur
	Submit photo	Stephen Miller

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Darren Croft (R) and Eryn Russo (R) are running in the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Darren Croft
	Submit photo	Eryn Russo

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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Incumbent John Arthur (D) and Stephen Miller (D) are running in the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on April 11, 2026.

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		John Arthur
	Submit photo	Stephen Miller

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Steve Aste (R), Darren Croft (R), and Eryn Russo (R) are running in the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on April 18, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Steve Aste
	Submit photo	Darren Croft
	Submit photo	Eryn Russo

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2024

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 15

Incumbent Kathleen Riebe defeated Scott Cuthbertson in the general election for Utah State Senate District 15 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathleen Riebe (D)	57.0	27,103
		Scott Cuthbertson (R)	43.0	20,414

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,517
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Kathleen Riebe advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 15.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 15

Scott Cuthbertson defeated Amber Shill and Steve Aste in the Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 15 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Cuthbertson	39.8	3,802
		Amber Shill	37.2	3,557
	Submit photo	Steve Aste	23.0	2,196

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,555
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 15

Incumbent Kathleen Riebe advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 15 on March 30, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Kathleen Riebe (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 15

Scott Cuthbertson and Steve Aste defeated Amber Shill in the Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 15 on April 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Cuthbertson (R)	59.6	62
✔	Submit photo	Steve Aste (R)	40.4	42
		Amber Shill (R)	0.0	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 104
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Edward Bennett (R)

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Incumbent Gay Lynn Bennion defeated Wayne Gary Sandberg in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gay Lynn Bennion (D)	63.2	12,579
	Submit photo	Wayne Gary Sandberg (R)	36.8	7,333

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,912
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gay Lynn Bennion advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 41.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Wayne Gary Sandberg defeated Steve Aste in the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Wayne Gary Sandberg	57.4	3,515
	Submit photo	Steve Aste	42.6	2,613

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,128
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Incumbent Gay Lynn Bennion advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Gay Lynn Bennion (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41

Steve Aste and Wayne Gary Sandberg advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 41 on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Steve Aste (R)	50.9	29
✔	Submit photo	Wayne Gary Sandberg (R)	49.1	28

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Steve Aste campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	Utah State Senate District 15	Lost primary	$9,002	$-6,234
2022	Utah House of Representatives District 41	Lost primary	$100	$-5,835
Grand total			$9,102	$-12,069
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Utah House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Mike Schultz

Majority Leader:Casey Snider

Minority Leader:Angela Romero

Representatives

District 1

Thomas Peterson (R)

District 2

Mike Petersen (R)

District 3

Jason Thompson (R)

District 4

Tiara Auxier (R)

District 5

Casey Snider (R)

District 6

Matt Gwynn (R)

District 7

Ryan Wilcox (R)

District 8

Jason Kyle (R)

District 9

Jake Sawyer (R)

District 10

Jill Koford (R)

District 11

Katy Hall (R)

District 12

Mike Schultz (R)

District 13

Karen Peterson (R)

District 14

Karianne Lisonbee (R)

District 15

Ariel Defay (R)

District 16

Trevor Lee (R)

District 17

Stewart Barlow (R)

District 18

Paul Cutler (R)

District 19

Raymond Ward (R)

District 20

Melissa Ballard (R)

District 21

Sandra Hollins (D)

District 22

Jen Dailey-Provost (D)

District 23

Hoang Nguyen (D)

District 24

Grant Miller (D)

District 25

Angela Romero (D)

District 26

Matt MacPherson (R)

District 27

Anthony Loubet (R)

District 28

Nicholeen Peck (R)

District 29

Bridger Bolinder (R)

District 30

Jake Fitisemanu (D)

District 31

Verona Mauga (D)

District 32

Sahara Hayes (D)

District 33

Doug Owens (D)

District 34

Carol Moss (D)

District 35

Rosalba Dominguez (D)

District 36

Jim Dunnigan (R)

District 37

Ashlee Matthews (D)

District 38

Cheryl Acton (R)

District 39

Ken Ivory (R)

District 40

Andrew Stoddard (D)

District 41

John Arthur (D)

District 42

Clint Okerlund (R)

District 43

Steven Eliason (R)

District 44

Jordan Teuscher (R)

District 45

Tracy Miller (R)

District 46

Cal Roberts (R)

District 47

Mark Strong (R)

District 48

Doug Fiefia (R)

District 49

Candice Pierucci (R)

District 50

Stephanie Gricius (R)

District 51

Leah Hansen (R)

District 52

Cory Maloy (R)

District 53

Kay Christofferson (R)

District 54

Kristen Chevrier (R)

District 55

Jon Hawkins (R)

District 56

Val Peterson (R)

District 57

Nelson Abbott (R)

District 58

David Shallenberger (R)

District 59

Mike Kohler (R)

District 60

Tyler Clancy (R)

District 61

Lisa Shepherd (R)

District 62

Norman Thurston (R)

District 63

Stephen Whyte (R)

District 64

Jefferson Burton (R)

District 65

Doug Welton (R)

District 66

Troy Shelley (R)

District 67

Christine Watkins (R)

District 68

Scott Chew (R)

District 69

Logan Monson (R)

District 70

Carl Albrecht (R)

District 71

Rex Shipp (R)

District 72

Joseph Elison (R)

District 73

Colin Jack (R)

District 74

Neil Walter (R)

District 75

Walt Brooks (R)

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