Utah's 2nd Congressional District

Utah's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Celeste Maloy (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Utah representatives represented an average of 818,813 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 692,691 residents.

Elections

2024

Utah's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

Utah's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Celeste Maloy defeated Nathaniel Woodward, Cassie Easley, and Tyler Murset in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 2 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Celeste Maloy (R)	58.0	205,234
	Nathaniel Woodward (D)	34.2	121,114
	Cassie Easley (Constitution Party)	5.6	19,650
	Tyler Murset (Unaffiliated)	2.2	7,840

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 353,838
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Nathaniel Woodward advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brian Adams (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Celeste Maloy defeated Colby Jenkins in the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 2 on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Celeste Maloy	50.1	53,748
	Colby Jenkins	49.9	53,534

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 107,282
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ty Jensen (R)

Constitution primary election

The Constitution primary election was canceled. Cassie Easley advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Brian Adams advanced from the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Brian Adams (D)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Colby Jenkins and incumbent Celeste Maloy advanced from the Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 27, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Colby Jenkins (R)	56.8	469
✔	Celeste Maloy (R)	43.2	356

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 825
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ty Jensen (R)

Constitution convention

Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Cassie Easley advanced from the Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 13, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Cassie Easley (Constitution Party)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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2023

See also: Utah's 2nd Congressional District special election, 2023

A special election to fill the seat representing Utah's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House was held in 2023. The general election was held November 21, 2023. The primary election was held September 5, 2023. The filing deadline was July 5, 2023.^[1]

The special election filled the vacancy of Chris Stewart (R). He resigned on September 15, 2023.

Riebe was elected to the Utah Senate in 2018.^[2] She said she was running for Congress "to fight for the working families of our state, solve problems with common sense, and to represent folks who have had enough of one-party control."^[3]

Maloy, a former Chief Legal Counsel in the office of Rep. Stewart. Maloy, said she would "fight to secure our border, protect our religious freedoms, defend the 2nd amendment, stop out of control spending, rein in inflation, and fight the abortion agenda."^[4]

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Utah District 2

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Utah District 2 on November 21, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Celeste Maloy (R)	56.8	89,866
		Kathleen Riebe (D)	33.5	52,949
		Brad Green (L)	2.9	4,528
		Cassie Easley (Constitution Party)	2.3	3,678
		January Walker (United Utah Party)	1.8	2,856
	Submit photo	Perry Myers (Independent)	1.4	2,276
		Joseph Geddes Buchman (Independent)	0.8	1,281
	Submit photo	Jonathan La Rele Peterson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	688

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 158,124
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Kathleen Riebe advanced from the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 2

Celeste Maloy defeated Becky Edwards and Bruce Hough in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 2 on September 5, 2023.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Celeste Maloy	38.8	36,288
	Becky Edwards	32.7	30,560
	Bruce Hough	28.4	26,562

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,410
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Remy Kush (R)

Constitution primary election

The Constitution primary election was canceled. Cassie Easley advanced from the special Constitution primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Brad Green advanced from the special Libertarian primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

United Utah Party primary election

The United Utah Party primary election was canceled. January Walker advanced from the special United Utah Party primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Democratic convention

Special Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Kathleen Riebe defeated Guy Warner and Archie Williams III in the special Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on June 28, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kathleen Riebe (D)	85.6	243
	Submit photo	Guy Warner (D)	12.7	36
		Archie Williams III (D)	1.8	5

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 284
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Republican convention

Special Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

The following candidates ran in the special Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on June 24, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Celeste Maloy (R)	52.4	380
		Gregory Hughes (R)	47.6	345
	Submit photo	Jordan Hess (R)	0.0	0
		Becky Edwards (R)	0.0	0
		Scott Reber (R)	0.0	0
		Kathleen Anderson (R)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Henry Eyring (R)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	R. Quin Denning (R)	0.0	0
		Bruce Hough (R)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Bill Hoster (R)	0.0	0
		Scott Hatfield (R)	0.0	0

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 725
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ty Jensen (R)

Constitution convention

Special Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Cassie Easley advanced from the special Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on July 1, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cassie Easley (Constitution Party)	100.0	24

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24
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Libertarian convention

Special Libertarian convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Brad Green advanced from the special Libertarian convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on June 24, 2023.

		Candidate
✔		Brad Green (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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United Utah Party convention

Special United Utah Party convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

January Walker defeated Stoney Fonua in the special United Utah Party convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on June 27, 2023.

		Candidate
		Stoney Fonua (United Utah Party)
✔		January Walker (United Utah Party)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2
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Republican convention details

The Republican convention featured five rounds of voting. After each round, candidates with low vote numbers were eliminated or withdrew and delegates voted again until a winner was declared.^[5] The above results show the votes from the final round of voting. Five Republican candidates, four in addition to participating in the convention and one in lieu of participating, declared their intent to gather signatures to appear on the ballot for the Republican primary. Becky Edwards and Bruce Hough submitted enough certified signatures to appear on the Republican primary ballot.^[6]

2022

See also: Utah's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Chris Stewart defeated Nick Mitchell, Jay Mcfarland, and Cassie Easley in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 2 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Stewart (R)	59.7	154,883
	Nick Mitchell (D)	34.0	88,224
	Jay Mcfarland (United Utah Party)	3.3	8,622
	Cassie Easley (Constitution Party)	3.0	7,670

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 259,399
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Phelan Acheson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Nick Mitchell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Chris Stewart defeated Erin Rider in the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 2 on June 28, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Stewart	72.6	75,588
	Erin Rider	27.4	28,480

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 104,068
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Constitution primary election

The Constitution primary election was canceled. Cassie Easley advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

United Utah Party primary election

The United Utah Party primary election was canceled. Jay Mcfarland advanced from the United Utah Party primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Nick Mitchell defeated Steve Hartwick in the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Nick Mitchell (D)	60.2	198
	Steve Hartwick (D)	39.8	131

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 329
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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Chris Stewart defeated Erin Rider in the Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Stewart (R)	84.3	657
	Erin Rider (R)	15.7	122

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 779
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American Independent Party convention

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Thomas DeMille (American Independent Party)

Constitution convention

Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Cassie Easley advanced from the Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cassie Easley (Constitution Party)	100.0	63

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63
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United Utah Party convention

United Utah Party convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Jay Mcfarland advanced from the United Utah Party convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Jay Mcfarland (United Utah Party)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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2020

See also: Utah's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Chris Stewart defeated Kael Weston and J. Robert Latham in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 2 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chris Stewart (R)	59.0	208,997
	Kael Weston (D)	36.6	129,762
	J. Robert Latham (L)	4.4	15,465

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 354,224
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joseph Jarvis (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ashley Jolin (D)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Kael Weston defeated Randy Hopkins and Larry Livingston in the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
		Randy Hopkins (D)
	Submit photo	Larry Livingston (D)
✔		Kael Weston (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Chris Stewart defeated Mary Burkett, Ty Jensen, and Carson Jorgensen in the Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 2 on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Chris Stewart (R)
		Mary Burkett (R)
		Ty Jensen (R)
		Carson Jorgensen (R)

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2018

See also: Utah's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 2

Incumbent Chris Stewart defeated Shireen Ghorbani and Jeffrey Whipple in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Stewart (R)	56.1	151,489
		Shireen Ghorbani (D)	38.9	105,051
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Whipple (L)	5.0	13,504

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 270,044
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jan Garbett (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Shireen Ghorbani advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Misty Snow (D)
Charlotte Surveyor (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Chris Stewart advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 2.

2016

See also: Utah's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Chris Stewart (R) defeated Charlene Albarran (D) and Paul McCollaum Jr. (Constitution Party) in the general election on November 8, 2016.^[7]

**U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chris Stewart Incumbent	61.6%	170,524
	Democratic	Charlene Albarran	33.9%	93,778
	Constitution	Paul McCollaum Jr.	4.5%	12,517
Total Votes				276,819
Source: Utah Secretary of State

2014

See also: Utah's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Utah held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Chris Stewart (R) defeated Luz Robles (D), Wayne Hill (IA), Shaun McCausland (C) and Bill Barron (I) in the general election.

**U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chris Stewart Incumbent	60.9%	88,915
	Democratic	Luz Robles	32.6%	47,585
	Independent American	Wayne Hill	2.3%	3,328
	Constitution	Shaun McCausland	3.1%	4,509
	Independent	Bill Barron	1.2%	1,734
Total Votes				146,071
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Elections,"

2012

See also: Utah's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

On November 6, 2012, Chris Stewart (R) won his first term election to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 2nd Congressional District of Utah on November 6, 2012.^[8]

**U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chris Stewart	62.2%	154,523
	Democratic	Jay Seegmiller	33.5%	83,176
	Constitution	Jonathan D. Garrard	2%	5,051
	Independent	Joseph Andrade	1.2%	2,971
	Independent	Charles E. Kimball	1.1%	2,824
Total Votes				248,545
Source: Utah Lieutenant Governor "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Jim Matheson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Morgan Philpot (R), Randall Hinton (Constitution), Dave Glissmeyer (Unaffiliated) and Wayne L. Hill (Unaffiliated) in the general election.^[9]

U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Matheson incumbent	50.4%	127,151
	Republican	Morgan Philpot	46%	116,001
	Constitution	Randall Hinton	1.8%	4,578
	Unaffiliated	Dave Glissmeyer	1.2%	2,945
	Unaffiliated	Wayne L. Hill	0.6%	1,604
Total Votes				252,279

2008
On November 4, 2008, Jim Matheson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Dew (R), Dennis Ray Emery (Constitution) and Mathew Arndt (L) in the general election.^[10]

U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Matheson incumbent	63.4%	220,666
	Republican	Bill Dew	34.5%	120,083
	Constitution	Dennis Ray Emery	0.9%	3,000
	Libertarian	Mathew Arndt	1.3%	4,576
Total Votes				348,325

2006
On November 7, 2006, Jim Matheson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated LaVar Christensen (R), W. David Perry (Constitution), Austin Sherwood Lett (L) and Bob Brister (G) in the general election.^[11]

U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Matheson incumbent	59%	133,231
	Republican	LaVar Christensen	37.3%	84,234
	Constitution	W. David Perry	1.5%	3,395
	Libertarian	Austin Sherwood Lett	0.7%	1,620
	Green	Bob Brister	1.5%	3,338
Total Votes				225,818

2004
On November 2, 2004, Jim Matheson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Swallow (R), Jeremy Paul Petersen (Constitution), Ronald R. Amos (Personal Choice) and Patrick S. Diehl (G) in the general election.^[12]

U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Matheson incumbent	54.8%	187,250
	Republican	John Swallow	43.2%	147,778
	Constitution	Jeremy Paul Petersen	1%	3,541
	Personal Choice	Ronald R. Amos	0.4%	1,210
	Green	Patrick S. Diehl	0.6%	2,189
Total Votes				341,968

2002
On November 5, 2002, Jim Matheson won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Swallow (R), Ron Copier (L) and Patrick Diehl (G) in the general election.^[13]

U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Matheson incumbent	49.4%	110,764
	Republican	John Swallow	48.7%	109,123
	Libertarian	Ron Copier	0.7%	1,622
	Green	Patrick Diehl	1.2%	2,589
Total Votes				224,098

2000
On November 7, 2000, Jim Matheson won election to the United States House. He defeated Derek W. Smith (R), Bruce Bangerter (Independent American), Peter Pixton (L) and Steven Alberts Voris (Unaffiliated) in the general election.^[14]

U.S. House, Utah District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jim Matheson	55.9%	145,021
	Republican	Derek W. Smith	41.3%	107,114
	Independent American	Bruce Bangerter	1.8%	4,704
	Libertarian	Peter Pixton	0.8%	2,165
	Unaffiliated	Steven Alberts Voris	0.2%	597
Total Votes				259,601

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Utah after the 2020 census

Utah enacted new congressional districts on November 12, 2021, after Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed a map proposal approved by the House and the Senate. The enacted map was drafted by the legislature and differed from a proposal the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission released on November 5, 2021.^[15] The congressional map passed the Utah House 50-22 on November 9, 2021, with five Republicans and all Democratic House members voting against it. The Senate approved the map on November 10, 2021, in a 21-7 vote. Before signing the congressional map, Cox said he would not veto any maps approved by the legislature. He said, "The Legislature is fully within their rights to actually make those decisions and decide where they want to draw those lines."^[16] This map took effect for Utah's 2022 congressional elections.

The Utah Supreme Court ruled on July 11, 2024, that the legislature's override of Proposition 4 likely violated voters' constitutional right to participate in government.^[17] The Court returned the case to Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson to determine whether the legislature's changes to the ballot initiative were "narrowly tailored to advance a compelling government interest."^[18] On August 25, 2025, Gibson struck down the state's congressional map, writing, "The nature of the violation lies in the Legislature’s refusal to respect the people’s exercise of their constitutional lawmaking power and to honor the people’s right to reform their government."^[19] On September 15, 2025, the Utah Supreme Court rejected the legislature's appeal to pause the district court ruling, allowing plans to redraw the map by November 10, 2025, to proceed.^[20]

How does redistricting in Utah work? In Utah, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are ultimately enacted by the state legislature. An advisory commission submits proposed maps to the legislature for its approval. This commission comprises the following seven members:^[21]

One appointed by the governor, to serve as the chair of the commission;
One appointed by the president of the Utah Senate;
One appointed by the speaker of the Utah House of Representatives;
One appointed by the leader of the largest minority political party in the Utah Senate;
One appointed by the leader of the largest minority political party in the Utah House of Representatives;
One appointed jointly by the leadership of the majority political party in the Utah Senate, president of the Utah Senate, and the leadership of the same political party in the Utah House of Representatives; and
One appointed jointly by the leadership of the largest minority political party in the Utah Senate, and the leadership of the same political party in the Utah House of Representatives, including the speaker of the House, if the speaker is a member of the same political party.

The commission is required to select between one and three plans, with the affirmative votes of at least five members, to submit to the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court. The chief justice is responsible for determining if the commission's plans meet redistricting standards. The commission then forwards the plans to the state legislature, which may decide whether to accept, amend, or reject the plans.

Utah District 2
until January 2, 2023

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Utah District 2
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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Utah after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Utah after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Utah State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Utah's 2nd the 131st most Republican district nationally.^[22]

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Utah's 2nd the 128th most Republican district nationally.^[23]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 56.7%-39.5%.^[24]

2022

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+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Utah's 2nd the 132nd most Republican district nationally.^[25]

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 39.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 56.7%.^[26]

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Utah's 2nd Congressional District the 75th most Republican nationally.^[27]

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 1.16. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.16 points toward that party.^[28]

External links

GovTrack District 2

Footnotes

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Utah's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Curtis (R)

Mike Lee (R)

Representatives

District 1

Blake Moore (R)

District 2

Celeste Maloy (R)

District 3

Mike Kennedy (R)

District 4

Burgess Owens (R)

Republican Party (6)

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[2] Riebe for Congress, "About," accessed October 20, 2023

[3] Riebe for Congress, "Home," accessed October 20, 2023

[4] Celeste for Congress, "Meet Celeste," accessed October 20, 2023

[5] Utah Republican Party, "CD2 Special Convention Results," accessed July 7, 2023

[6] Utah.gov, "2023 Signature Gathering Candidates," accessed July 7, 2023

[list-7] Utah Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Filings," accessed March 19, 2016

[8] ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Utah," November 7, 2012

[9] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013

[10] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013

[11] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013

[12] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013

[13] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013

[14] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013

[15] Deseret News, "Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signs off on controversial congressional map that ‘cracks’ Salt Lake County," November 12, 2021

[16] Deseret News, "Utah redistricting: Congressional map splitting Salt Lake County 4 ways heads to Gov. Spencer Cox," November 10, 2021

[17] New York Times, "Utah’s Gerrymandered House Map Ignored Voters’ Will, State Supreme Court Says," July 11, 2024

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[utloyola-21] All About Redistricting, "Utah," accessed May 4, 2015

[22] Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025

[23] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024

[24] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[25] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023

[26] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[27] Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017

[28] FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018

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