United States House elections in Utah (2018 Democratic primaries)

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2018 U.S. House Elections in Utah

Primary Date
June 26, 2018
GOP primaries • Democratic primaries

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2018 U.S. Senate Elections

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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Utah took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. This page focuses on the Democratic Party convention and primary election.

On April 28, 2018, a Democratic Party convention was held to nominate the Democratic candidates who would appear on the general election ballot for each of Utah's four congressional districts. If no candidate received greater than 60 percent of the vote, the top two convention vote-getters would advance to the Democratic primary election on June 26, 2018. District 1 was the only district to hold a primary election; the Democratic candidates for Districts 2, 3, and 4 were selected at the convention.


Candidates

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District 1

Lee Castillo defeated Kurt Frederick Weiland in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 1 on June 26, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 1

Candidate
%
Votes
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Lee Castillo Candidate Connection
 
57.2
 
7,273
Image of Kurt Frederick Weiland
Kurt Frederick Weiland
 
42.8
 
5,439

Total votes: 12,712
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District 2

The Democratic nominee, Shireen Ghorbani, was selected via convention.

Democratic Party Democratic convention candidates

Note: The Utah Democratic Party held a nominating convention on April 28, 2018.

Withdrew

District 3

The Democratic nominee, James Singer, was selected via convention.

Democratic Party Democratic convention candidates

Note: The Utah Democratic Party held a nominating convention on April 28, 2018.

District 4

The Democratic nominee, Ben McAdams, was selected via convention.

Democratic Party Democratic convention candidates

Note: The Utah Democratic Party held a nominating convention on April 28, 2018.

Withdrew


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.[11][12]

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.

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Footnotes



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