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Vance Hansen

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Elections and appointments
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


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 .


Total votes: 4,320
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hansen in this election.

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
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb (D)
 
99.4
 
32,817
Vance Hansen (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.6
 
213

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
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb
 
50.4
 
4,383
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen Candidate Connection
 
49.6
 
4,322

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
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb (D)
 
59.8
 
70
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.2
 
47

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

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.


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.[1]

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
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen (D)
 
76.7
 
32,930
Chase Winder (R)
 
23.3
 
10,030
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

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
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen
 
52.6
 
5,493
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb
 
47.4
 
4,943

Total votes: 10,436
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Campaign themes

2025

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2022

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2021

Vance Hansen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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