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Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2022 (June 28 Republican primary)

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Utah's 1st Congressional District
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 4, 2022
Primary: June 28, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Utah
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+12
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
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A Republican Party primary took place on June 28, 2022, in Utah's 1st Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

Incumbent Blake Moore advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 1.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 4, 2022
June 28, 2022
November 8, 2022


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.

This page focuses on Utah's 1st Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 1

Incumbent Blake Moore defeated Andrew Badger and Tina Cannon in the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 1 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Blake Moore
Blake Moore
 
57.6
 
58,408
Image of Andrew Badger
Andrew Badger Candidate Connection
 
28.0
 
28,437
Image of Tina Cannon
Tina Cannon
 
14.4
 
14,577

Total votes: 101,422
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[2] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[3] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Blake Moore Republican Party $1,792,533 $1,354,851 $466,044 As of December 31, 2022
Andrew Badger Republican Party $142,260 $142,260 $0 As of December 31, 2022
Tina Cannon Republican Party $170,796 $169,846 $950 As of December 31, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Utah in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Utah, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Utah U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 7,000 $485.00 3/4/2022 Source
Utah U.S. House Unaffiliated 5% of registered voters in the district, or 300, whichever is less $485.00 3/4/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Utah District 1
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Utah District 1
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.


Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Utah after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[4] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[5]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Utah
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Utah's 1st 37.9% 57.8% 31.6% 64.2%
Utah's 2nd 39.5% 56.7% 40.2% 56.1%
Utah's 3rd 38.3% 57.5% 35.2% 60.3%
Utah's 4th 34.8% 60.7% 43.3% 52.4%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Utah.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Utah in 2022. Information below was calculated on June 2, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Thirteen candidates filed to run for Utah’s four U.S. House districts, including four Democrats and nine Republicans. That’s 3.25 candidates per district, less than the 3.75 candidates per district in 2020 and more than the 2.5 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Utah was apportioned four districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. All four incumbents filed to run for re-election, meaning there were no open seats this year. That was one fewer than in 2020, when there was one open seat.

All four incumbents faced primary challengers, the highest number since at least 2014, the earliest year for which we have data. Utah’s four incumbent congressmen were Republicans, meaning there were four contested Republican primaries this year. There were no contested Democratic primaries. The four contested primaries this year were the most since 2014, when six primaries were contested.

Four candidates, including incumbent Rep. Blake Moore (R), filed to run in the 1st district. That was the most candidates who ran for a seat this year. Republican and Democratic candidates filed to run in all four districts, so no seats were guaranteed to either party this year.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Utah's 1st the 120th most Republican district nationally.[6]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Utah's 1st based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
37.9% 57.8%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Utah, 2020

Utah presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 7 Democratic wins
  • 24 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R R D R R R D D D D D R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Utah and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Utah
Utah United States
Population 2,763,885 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 82,376 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 86.4% 72.5%
Black/African American 1.2% 12.7%
Asian 2.3% 5.5%
Native American 1.1% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.9% 0.2%
Other (single race) 5% 4.9%
Multiple 3% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 14% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 92.3% 88%
College graduation rate 34% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $71,621 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 9.8% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Utah's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Utah, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 4 6
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 4 6

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Utah's top three state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Utah, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Spencer Cox
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Deidre Henderson
Attorney General Republican Party Sean D. Reyes

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Utah State Legislature as of November 2022.

Utah State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 6
     Republican Party 23
     Vacancies 0
Total 29

Utah House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 17
     Republican Party 58
     Vacancies 0
Total 75

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Utah was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Utah Party Control: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas  •  Thirty-one 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
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
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
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

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Utah State Legislature, "Utah Code § 20A-9-403. Regular primary elections." accessed May 13, 2025
  2. Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  3. Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  4. Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  5. Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  6. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023


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