Utah's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026

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Utah's 3rd Congressional District
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: Pending
Primary: Pending General: November 3, 2026
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Utah
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
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All U.S. House districts, including the 3rd Congressional District of Utah, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.

Candidates and election results

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Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Utah District 3

Incumbent Mike Kennedy is running in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 3 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mike Kennedy (R)

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Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Utah

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• Mike Kennedy

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Mike Kennedy	Republican Party	$284,103	$172,812	$236,493	As of June 30, 2025
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. 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.

General election race ratings

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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.
• 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.

Race ratings: Utah's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/2/2025	8/26/2025	8/19/2025	8/12/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Utah's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Utah's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)

Utah's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 25 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 3

Mike Kennedy defeated Glenn J. Wright in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Kennedy (R)	66.4	242,496
		Glenn J. Wright (D)	33.6	122,780

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 365,276
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Glenn J. Wright advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 3.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 3

Mike Kennedy defeated Case Lawrence, JR Bird, Stewart O. Peay, and John Dougall in the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 3 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Kennedy	38.8	43,618
		Case Lawrence	22.1	24,884
		JR Bird	15.3	17,207
		Stewart O. Peay	14.2	15,954
		John Dougall	9.6	10,800

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 112,463
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kathryn Dahlin (R)
• Tate Howell (R)
• Clayton Hunsaker (R)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Glenn J. Wright advanced from the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Glenn J. Wright (D)

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Republican convention

Republican Convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Select round: Round 6 Round 5 Round 4 Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Mike Kennedy in round 6 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mike Kennedy	61.5	537	9	Advanced (6)
	Submit photo	Zac Wilson	38.5	336	110	6
		JR Bird	0.0	0	-132	5
		Kathryn Dahlin	0.0	0	0	4
		Stewart O. Peay	0.0	0	0	4
		John Dougall	0.0	0	0	3
		Christopher Herrod	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Lucky Bovo	0.0	0	0	1
		Case Lawrence	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mike Kennedy	59.6	528	31	Advanced (6)
	Submit photo	Zac Wilson	25.5	226	59	6
		JR Bird	14.9	132	3	5
		Kathryn Dahlin	0.0	0	-73	4
		Stewart O. Peay	0.0	0	-33	4
		John Dougall	0.0	0	0	3
		Christopher Herrod	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Lucky Bovo	0.0	0	0	1
		Case Lawrence	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mike Kennedy	55.3	497	26	Advanced (6)
	Submit photo	Zac Wilson	18.6	167	80	6
		JR Bird	14.3	129	-43	5
		Kathryn Dahlin	8.1	73	-5	4
		Stewart O. Peay	3.7	33	-14	4
		John Dougall	0.0	0	-44	3
		Christopher Herrod	0.0	0	0	2
	Submit photo	Lucky Bovo	0.0	0	0	1
		Case Lawrence	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mike Kennedy	52.4	471	64	Advanced (6)
	Submit photo	Zac Wilson	9.7	87	2	6
		JR Bird	19.1	172	-13	5
		Kathryn Dahlin	8.7	78	2	4
		Stewart O. Peay	5.2	47	-15	4
		John Dougall	4.9	44	-21	3
		Christopher Herrod	0.0	0	-45	2
	Submit photo	Lucky Bovo	0.0	0	0	1
		Case Lawrence	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mike Kennedy	44.0	407	40	Advanced (6)
	Submit photo	Zac Wilson	9.2	85	10	6
		JR Bird	20.0	185	14	5
		Kathryn Dahlin	8.2	76	1	4
		Stewart O. Peay	6.7	62	-7	4
		John Dougall	7.0	65	-13	3
		Christopher Herrod	4.9	45	-19	2
		Case Lawrence	0.0	0	-48	1
	Submit photo	Lucky Bovo	0.0	0	-4	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Mike Kennedy	38.6	367	0	Advanced (6)
	Submit photo	Zac Wilson	7.9	75	0	6
		JR Bird	18.0	171	0	5
		Kathryn Dahlin	7.9	75	0	4
		Stewart O. Peay	7.3	69	0	4
		John Dougall	8.2	78	0	3
		Christopher Herrod	6.7	64	0	2
		Case Lawrence	5.0	48	0	1
	Submit photo	Lucky Bovo	0.4	4	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 951
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Clayton Hunsaker (R)

2022

See also: Utah's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 3

Incumbent John Curtis defeated Glenn J. Wright, Michael Stoddard, Daniel Clyde Cummings, and Aaron Heineman in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Curtis (R)	64.4	182,497
		Glenn J. Wright (D)	29.5	83,687
		Michael Stoddard (L)	2.9	8,287
		Daniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution Party)	1.7	4,874
	Submit photo	Aaron Heineman (Independent American Party of Utah)	1.4	4,035

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 283,380
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Glenn J. Wright advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Utah District 3.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 3

Incumbent John Curtis defeated Christopher Herrod in the Republican primary for U.S. House Utah District 3 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Curtis	69.6	78,341
		Christopher Herrod	30.4	34,204

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 112,545
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brandon Casper (R)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Glenn J. Wright defeated Archie Williams III in the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Glenn J. Wright (D)	91.2	291
		Archie Williams III (D)	8.8	28

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 319
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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Christopher Herrod and incumbent John Curtis defeated Lyman Wight, Jason Preston, and Timothy Noel Aalders in the Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher Herrod (R)	54.7	558
✔		John Curtis (R)	45.3	462
	Submit photo	Lyman Wight (R)	0.0	0
		Jason Preston (R)	0.0	0
		Timothy Noel Aalders (R)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,020
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Constitution convention

Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Daniel Clyde Cummings advanced from the Constitution convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Daniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution Party)	100.0	63

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Independent American Party of Utah convention

Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Aaron Heineman advanced from the Independent American Party of Utah convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Aaron Heineman (Independent American Party of Utah)

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Michael Stoddard advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Michael Stoddard (L)

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Note: The Republican convention advanced to two rounds of voting. In each round, candidates were eliminated or withdrew. After each round, delegates voted again until a winner was declared. The Republican convention results above show only the vote totals from the final round of voting.

2020

See also: Utah's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 3

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Curtis (R)	68.7	246,674
		Devin Thorpe (D)	26.8	96,067
		Daniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution Party)	2.5	8,889
		Thomas McNeill (United Utah Party)	2.0	7,040
		Trey Robinson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	250
		Jeremy Friedbaum (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	7

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 358,927
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Russel Fugal (Independent)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Devin Thorpe defeated Jared Lyle Anderson and Trey Robinson in the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
		Jared Lyle Anderson (D)
		Trey Robinson (D)
✔		Devin Thorpe (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 3

Incumbent John Curtis defeated Timothy Noel Aalders in the Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 3 on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		John Curtis (R)
		Timothy Noel Aalders (R)

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District analysis

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See also

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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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