Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

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Utah's 1st Congressional District
Democratic primary Republican primary 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
Ballotpedia analysis
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All U.S. House districts, including the 1st Congressional District of Utah, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 28, 2022. The filing deadline was March 4, 2022.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.

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 37.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 57.8%.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

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

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Utah District 1

Incumbent Blake Moore defeated Rick Jones in the general election for U.S. House Utah District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Blake Moore (R)	67.0	178,434
		Rick Jones (D)	33.0	87,986

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 266,420
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Marshall Frodsham (Independent)

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
✔		Blake Moore	57.6	58,408
		Andrew Badger	28.0	28,437
		Tina Cannon	14.4	14,577

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,422
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alena Ericksen (R)

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 1

Rick Jones advanced from the Democratic convention for U.S. House Utah District 1 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Jones (D)	100.0	1,461

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,461
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Republican convention

Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 1

Andrew Badger defeated incumbent Blake Moore, William Campbell, Tina Cannon, and Julie Fullmer in the Republican convention for U.S. House Utah District 1 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andrew Badger (R)	59.3	540
		Blake Moore (R)	40.7	371
		William Campbell (R)	0.0	0
		Tina Cannon (R)	0.0	0
		Julie Fullmer (R)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 911
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Note: The Republican convention advanced to three 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.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Utah

Election information in Utah: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Oct. 28, 2022
• By mail: Received by Oct. 28, 2022
• Online: Oct. 28, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: N/A
• By mail: N/A by N/A
• Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: N/A
• By mail: N/A by N/A

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 25, 2022 to Nov. 2, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election. 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. 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
Rick Jones	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Andrew Badger	Republican Party	$142,260	$142,260	$0	As of December 31, 2022
William Campbell	Republican Party	$275,674	$275,674	$0	As of June 30, 2022
Tina Cannon	Republican Party	$170,796	$169,846	$950	As of December 31, 2022
Julie Fullmer	Republican Party	$116,595	$116,595	$0	As of August 8, 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. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election 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.
• 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 1st Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
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 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

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Utah District 1
starting January 3, 2023

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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. This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Utah
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
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.

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	Donald Trump
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	Spencer Cox
Lieutenant Governor	Deidre Henderson
Attorney General	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

District history

2020

See also: Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)

Utah's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)

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
✔		Blake Moore (R)	69.5	237,988
		Darren Parry (D)	30.4	104,194
		Taylor Lee (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	157
	Submit photo	Mikal Smith (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Darren Parry	50.9	11,667
		Jamie Cheek	49.1	11,242

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,909
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Liggera (D)

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
✔		Blake Moore	30.9	39,260
		Bob Stevenson	28.6	36,288
		Kerry Gibson	23.6	29,991
		Katie Witt	16.8	21,317

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 126,856
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cory Green (R)
• Taylor Lee (R)

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
✔		Jamie Cheek (D)
✔		Darren Parry (D)

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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.

		Candidate
		Tina Cannon (R)
	Submit photo	JC DeYoung (R)
		Douglas Durbano (R)
		Chadwick H. Fairbanks III (R)
✔		Kerry Gibson (R)
	Submit photo	Catherine Brenchley Hammon (R)
		Zachary Hartman (R)
✔		Blake Moore (R)
		Mark Shepherd (R)
	Submit photo	Howard Wallack (R)

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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
✔		Robert Bishop (R)	61.6	156,692
		Lee Castillo (D)	24.9	63,308
	Submit photo	Eric Eliason (Independent)	11.6	29,547
	Submit photo	Adam Davis (G)	1.9	4,786

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Lee Castillo	57.2	7,273
		Kurt Frederick Weiland	42.8	5,439

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

• Cathy Callow-Heusser (R)

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.

U.S. House, Utah District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rob 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

Primary candidates:

Democratic

Peter Clemens a

Republican

Rob Bishop - Incumbent a
David Yu-Lin Chiu (Out in convention)

Third Party/Other

Craig Bowden (Libertarian) a
Chadwick Fairbanks III (Independent) a

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	Rob 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,"

Republican convention

On April 26, 2014, at Utah’s GOP Convention, delegates chose incumbent Rob Bishop as the Republican candidate in the 2014 general election. Bishop received 767 votes, or 80.74 percent, while David Yu-Lin Chiu received 183 votes, or 19.26 percent.

Utah uses a convention-primary system to choose candidates for general elections. At the state nominating convention, delegates cast votes for a candidate on behalf of their district. If a delegate receives 60 percent of the votes, the candidate moves on to the general election; otherwise, the two remaining candidates compete in a primary election. According to The Salt Lake Tribune, “The group Count My Vote, led by former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt and other influential and well-heeled Republicans, launched a petition drive last year to put a measure on the ballot to strip the party conventions of most of their authority, arguing the caucus-convention system is exclusionary and doesn’t represent the average Utahn.”

Democratic convention

On April 26, 2014, Donna McAleer won the Democratic nomination with 66 percent of the vote. She defeated Peter Conover Clemens. After winning the nomination McAleer said, “Our Utah pioneers came to this state for the common good, and it’s with that spirit that we must unite. And we must help identify those independents and save them from the radical right. All Utahns, we need to get our country back on track – a track that’s not left, not right, but forward – right here, right now.”

See also

Utah	2022 primaries	2022 U.S. Congress elections
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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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