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Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

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Utah's 1st Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 19, 2020
Primary: June 30, 2020
General: November 3, 2020

Pre-election incumbent:
Rob Bishop (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Utah
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2020
See also
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All U.S. congressional districts, including the 1st Congressional District of Utah, held elections in 2020.

Both a Democratic Party convention and a Republican Party convention were held on April 25, 2020. The conventions narrowed down the candidate field for the primaries.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 19, 2020
June 30, 2020
November 3, 2020


Heading into the election the incumbent was Republican Rob Bishop, who was first elected in 2002.


Blake Moore defeated Bob Stevenson, Kerry Gibson, and Katie Witt in the Republican primary. Darren Parry defeated Jamie Cheek in the Democratic primary.

Utah's 1st Congressional District is located in the northern portion of the state and includes Box Elder, Cache, daggett, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Summit, Uintah, and Weber counties and a part of Davis County.[1]

Democratic Party For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.
Republican Party For more information about the Republican primary, click here.

Post-election analysis

The table below compares the vote totals in the 2020 presidential election and 2020 U.S. House election for this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

Presidential and congressional election results, Utah's 1st Congressional District, 2020
Race Presidential U.S. House
Democratic candidate Democratic Party 31.6 30.4
Republican candidate Republican Party 64.2 69.5
Difference 32.6 39.1

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Utah modified its absentee/mail-in voting procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: The third-party collection and return of absentee ballots was restricted to individuals residing in the same household as the voter.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 1

Blake Moore defeated Darren Parry, Taylor Lee, and Mikal Smith in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Blake Moore
Blake Moore (R) Candidate Connection
 
69.5
 
237,988
Image of Darren Parry
Darren Parry (D) Candidate Connection
 
30.4
 
104,194
Image of Taylor Lee
Taylor Lee (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
157
Mikal Smith (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
12

Total votes: 342,351
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 1

Darren Parry defeated Jamie Cheek in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 1 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Darren Parry
Darren Parry Candidate Connection
 
50.9
 
11,667
Image of Jamie Cheek
Jamie Cheek Candidate Connection
 
49.1
 
11,242

Total votes: 22,909
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 1

Blake Moore defeated Bob Stevenson, Kerry Gibson, and Katie Witt in the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 1 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Blake Moore
Blake Moore Candidate Connection
 
30.9
 
39,260
Image of Bob Stevenson
Bob Stevenson
 
28.6
 
36,288
Image of Kerry Gibson
Kerry Gibson
 
23.6
 
29,991
Image of Katie Witt
Katie Witt Candidate Connection
 
16.8
 
21,317

Total votes: 126,856
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 1

Jamie Cheek and Darren Parry advanced from the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 1 on April 25, 2020.

Candidate
Image of Jamie Cheek
Jamie Cheek (D) Candidate Connection
Image of Darren Parry
Darren Parry (D) Candidate Connection

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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 1 on April 25, 2020.


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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.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+26, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 26 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Utah's 1st Congressional District the 14th most Republican nationally.[4]

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.00. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.00 points toward that party.[5]

Race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[6]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[7][8][9]

Race ratings: Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
Race trackerRace ratings
November 3, 2020October 27, 2020October 20, 2020October 13, 2020
The Cook Political ReportSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season.

Candidate ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for 1st Congressional District candidates in Utah in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Utah, click here.

Filing requirements, 2020
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
Utah 1st Congressional District Qualified party 7,000 Fixed number $485.00 Fixed number 3/19/2020 (declaration of candidacy); petitions due two weeks before party convention Source
Utah 1st Congressional District Unaffiliated 300 Fixed number $485.00 Fixed number 3/19/2020 Source

District election history

2018

See also: Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 1

Incumbent Robert Bishop defeated Lee Castillo, Eric Eliason, and Adam Davis in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Robert Bishop
Robert Bishop (R)
 
61.6
 
156,692
Image of Lee Castillo
Lee Castillo (D) Candidate Connection
 
24.9
 
63,308
Eric Eliason (Independent)
 
11.6
 
29,547
Adam Davis (G)
 
1.9
 
4,786

Total votes: 254,333
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 1

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lee Castillo
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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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Robert Bishop advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 1.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Rob Bishop (R) defeated Peter Clemens (D), Craig Bowden (L), and Chadwick Fairbanks III (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. David Yu-Lin Chiu was eliminated in the Republican convention on April 23, 2016.[10]

U.S. House, Utah District 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRob Bishop Incumbent 65.9% 182,925
     Democratic Peter Clemens 26.4% 73,380
     Libertarian Craig Bowden 5.9% 16,296
     Independent Chadwick Fairbanks III 1.7% 4,850
Total Votes 277,451
Source: Utah Secretary of State

2014

See also: Utah's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Incumbent Rob Bishop won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. He defeated Donna McAleer, Craig Bowden and Dwayne Vance in the general election.

U.S. House, Utah District 1 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRob Bishop Incumbent 64.8% 84,231
     Democratic Donna McAleer 28% 36,422
     Libertarian Craig Bowden 3.7% 4,847
     Independent American Dwayne Vance 3.5% 4,534
Total Votes 130,034
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Elections,"

See also

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Footnotes


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