Vance Hansen (Utah)

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Vance Hansen

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Last election

November 4, 2025

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Vance Hansen ran for election to the Salt Lake City Council to represent District 5 in Utah. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Salt Lake City, Utah (2025)

General election

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Note: The vote totals below are from the first round of ranked-choice voting. If voting goes beyond the first round, Ballotpedia will include additional rounds of voting after results from the final round become available.

General election for Salt Lake City Council District 5

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Erika Carlsen in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Erika Carlsen	65.7	2,838	0	Won (1)
		Amy Hawkins	31.0	1,341	0	1
	Submit photo	Vance Hansen	3.3	141	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 4,320
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2022

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 9

Jennifer Plumb defeated Vance Hansen in the general election for Utah State Senate District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Plumb (D)	99.4	32,817
	Submit photo	Vance Hansen (Independent) (Write-in)	0.6	213

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,030
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 9

Jennifer Plumb defeated incumbent Derek Kitchen in the Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 9 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Plumb	50.4	4,383
		Derek Kitchen	49.6	4,322

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,705
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 9

Jennifer Plumb and incumbent Derek Kitchen advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 9 on April 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Plumb (D)	59.8	70
✔		Derek Kitchen (D)	40.2	47

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117
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2021

See also: City elections in Salt Lake City, Utah (2021)

General election

General election for Salt Lake City Council District 5

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Darin Mano in round 2 . 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
		Darin Mano	50.1	2,907	5	Won (2)
		Sarah Reale	24.9	1,447	7	2
		Amy Hawkins	19.8	1,149	12	2
		George Chapman	5.2	300	14	2
	Submit photo	Vance Hansen	0.0	0	-48	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Darin Mano	49.9	2,902	0	Won (2)
		Sarah Reale	24.8	1,440	0	2
		Amy Hawkins	19.6	1,137	0	2
		George Chapman	4.9	286	0	2
	Submit photo	Vance Hansen	0.8	48	0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,813
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2018

See also: United States Senate election in Utah, 2018

Hansen was a write-in candidate for Utah State Senate District 2. Hansen received one vote in the general election.

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 2

Derek Kitchen defeated Chase Winder in the general election for Utah State Senate District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Derek Kitchen (D)	76.7	32,930
	Submit photo	Chase Winder (R)	23.3	10,030
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,961
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 2

Derek Kitchen defeated Jennifer Plumb in the Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 2 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Derek Kitchen	52.6	5,493
		Jennifer Plumb	47.4	4,943

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 10,436
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2025

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2022

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2021

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