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

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Utah's 3rd Congressional District
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Democratic primary
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Election details
Filing deadline: January 8, 2024
Primary: June 25, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Utah
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe 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, 2024
See also
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 25, 2024, in Utah's 3rd Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

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

All 435 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Republicans had a 220 to 212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As of June 2024, 45 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 64.4%-29.5%. 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) 57.5%-38.3%.[2]

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
January 8, 2024
June 25, 2024
November 5, 2024


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.[3] 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 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

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

Candidate profiles

This section includes candidate profiles that may be created in one of two ways: either the candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, or Ballotpedia staff may compile a profile based on campaign websites, advertisements, and public statements after identifying the candidate as noteworthy. For more on how we select candidates to include, click here.

Glenn J. Wright

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "Two tour USAF Vietnam Veteran, Forward Air Controller, also flew the Berlin Corridor. 30 years as industrial safety, fire protection and security consultant for a U.S. insurance company with 12 years international business experience. 6 years in local government on the Summit County Council. Non-profit experience with Habitat for Humanity (6 years) and the local American Legion Post. I am a father and grandfather of a multi racial family with LGBTQ members."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

The Path to Prosperity and Freedom involves improving the economy for all not the just the few, preserving and improving the environment, Preserving, Protecting and Defending the Constitution of the United States against all foes foreign and domestic, including jailed insurrectionists, and protecting the freedom of choice in reproductive health and family planning

i will vote to codify the Roe and Casey decisions

America First is America Alone. Our Alliances must be supported, cultivated and expanded to protect US interests and individual freedom. Support for foreign despots is unacceptable.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Utah District 3 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Utah

Election information in Utah: June 25, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: June 25, 2024
  • By mail: Received by June 14, 2024
  • Online: June 14, 2024

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: June 25, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by June 24, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

June 11, 2024 to June 21, 2024

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?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (MST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Glenn J. Wright Democratic Party $83,348 $83,537 $0 As of December 5, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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.

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 in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

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

Utah U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 4 4 1 13 8 0 3 37.5% 2 66.7%
2022 4 4 0 13 8 0 4 50.0% 4 100.0%
2020 4 4 1 15 8 1 2 37.5% 0 0.0%
2018 4 4 0 10 8 1 1 25.0% 1 25.0%
2016 4 4 0 10 8 0 2 25.0% 2 50.0%
2014 4 4 1 17 8 2 4 75.0% 3 100.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Utah in 2024. Information below was calculated on May 26, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Thirteen candidates ran for Utah’s four U.S. House districts, including three Democrats and 10 Republicans. That’s 3.25 candidates per district. There were 3.25 candidates per district in 2022, 3.75 candidates per district in 2020, and 2.5 in 2018.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district in Utah in 2024, tying with 2020 and 2014 for the most this decade.

Incumbent John Curtis (R-03) did not run for re-election because he ran for the U.S. Senate.

Six candidates—one Democrat and five Republicans—ran for the open 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a seat in Utah in 2024.

Three primaries—all Republican—were contested in 2024. Four primaries were contested in 2022, three primaries were contested in 2020, and two were in 2018.

Two incumbents—Blake Moore (R-01) and Celeste Maloy (R-02)—were in contested primaries in Utah in 2024. That’s less than the four incumbents in contested primaries in 2022 but more than the zero incumbents in contested primaries in 2020.

The 2nd Congressional District was guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats appeared on the ballot. Republicans filed to run in every congressional district, meaning none were guaranteed to Democrats.

Partisan Voter Index

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

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+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Utah's 3rd the 106th most Republican district nationally.[4]

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 3rd based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
38.3% 57.5%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[5] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
28.7 64.1 R+35.5

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
See also: Party control of Utah state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Utah's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Utah
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 May 2024.

State executive officials in Utah, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Spencer Cox
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Deidre Henderson
Attorney General Republican Party Sean D. Reyes

State legislature

Utah State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 6
     Republican Party 23
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 29

Utah House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 14
     Republican Party 60
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 75

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Utah Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Thirty-three 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 23 24
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 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 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 R R

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Utah in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Utah, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Utah U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 7,000 $485.00 1/8/2024 Source
Utah U.S. House Unaffiliated 5% of registered voters in the district, or 300, whichever is less $485.00 6/18/2024 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  3. ↑ Utah State Legislature, "Utah Code § 20A-9-403. Regular primary elections." accessed May 13, 2025
  4. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  5. ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


Utah's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
John Curtis (R)
Mike Lee (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
Republican Party (6)


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