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The2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the fourU.S. representatives from the state ofUtah, one from each of the state's fourcongressional districts. The elections coincided with the2020 U.S. presidential election, as well asother elections to the House of Representatives,elections to theUnited States Senate and variousstate andlocal elections.
Registered voters: 1,682,512. Turnout: 1,515,845 (90.09%)[1]
| Party | Candi- dates | Votes | Seats | |||
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| No. | % | No. | +/– | |||
| Republican Party | 4 | 873,347 | 60.98% | 4 | ||
| Democratic Party | 4 | 505,946 | 35.33% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian Party | 2 | 28,518 | 1.99% | 0 | ||
| United Utah | 2 | 15,077 | 1.05% | 0 | ||
| Constitution Party | 1 | 8,889 | 0.62% | 0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 1,432,232 | 100.0% | 4 | ||
| Republican | 60.98% | |||
| Democratic | 35.33% | |||
| Other | 3.7% | |||
| Republican | 100% | |||
| District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 1 | 237,988 | 69.52% | 104,194 | 30.43% | 169 | 0.05% | 342,351 | 100% | Republican Hold |
| District 2 | 208,997 | 59.0% | 129,762 | 36.63% | 15,465 | 4.37% | 354,224 | 100% | Republican Hold |
| District 3 | 246,674 | 68.73% | 96,067 | 26.77% | 16,186 | 4.51% | 358,927 | 100% | Republican Hold |
| District 4 | 179,688 | 47.70% | 175,923 | 46.70% | 21,119 | 5.6% | 376,730 | 100% | Republican gain |
| Total | 873,347 | 60.98% | 505,946 | 35.33% | 52,939 | 3.7% | 1,432,232 | 100% | |
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County results Moore: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Parry: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1st district is located in northern Utah, including the cities ofOgden,Logan,Park City,Layton,Clearfield, and the northern half of theGreat Salt Lake. The incumbent is RepublicanRob Bishop, who was re-elected with 61.6% of the vote in 2018,[2] and announced in August 2017 that this term would be his final term.[3]
Organizations
| Republican convention results[18] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 | Round 10 | Round 11 | |||||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Kerry Gibson | 248 | 25.7% | 248 | 25.7% | 248 | 25.7% | 252 | 26.2% | 253 | 26.3% | 260 | 27.0% | 269 | 28.1% | 292 | 30.7% | 329 | 34.9% | 404 | 43.4% | 514 | 57.0% |
| Blake Moore | 166 | 17.2% | 166 | 17.2% | 166 | 17.2% | 166 | 17.2% | 167 | 17.4% | 176 | 18.3% | 182 | 19.0% | 200 | 21.0% | 221 | 23.4% | 270 | 29.0% | 388 | 43.0% |
| Tina Cannon | 136 | 14.1% | 136 | 14.1% | 137 | 14.2% | 138 | 14.3% | 140 | 14.6% | 150 | 15.6% | 160 | 16.7% | 174 | 18.3% | 215 | 22.8% | 256 | 27.5% | Eliminated | |
| Doug Durbano | 130 | 13.5% | 130 | 13.5% | 131 | 13.6% | 132 | 13.7% | 139 | 14.4% | 142 | 14.8% | 143 | 14.9% | 151 | 15.9% | 179 | 19.0% | Eliminated | |||
| Howard Wallack | 106 | 11.0% | 106 | 11.0% | 106 | 11.0% | 107 | 11.1% | 108 | 11.2% | 117 | 12.2% | 126 | 13.2% | 135 | 14.2% | Eliminated | |||||
| Bob Stevenson | 61 | 6.3% | 61 | 6.3% | 61 | 6.3% | 62 | 6.4% | 62 | 6.4% | 67 | 7.0% | 77 | 8.0% | Eliminated | |||||||
| Mark Shepherd | 45 | 4.7% | 45 | 4.7% | 45 | 4.7% | 46 | 4.8% | 47 | 4.9% | 50 | 5.2% | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Katie Witt | 46 | 4.8% | 46 | 4.8% | 46 | 4.8% | 46 | 4.8% | 46 | 4.8% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
| Chadwick Fairbanks | 14 | 1.5% | 14 | 1.5% | 14 | 1.5% | 14 | 1.5% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||
| Zach Hartman | 10 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.0% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||
| JC DeYoung | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||
| Catherine Hammon | 0 | 0.0% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||
| Inactive Ballots | 0 ballots | 0 ballots | 0 ballots | 1 ballots | 2 ballots | 2 ballots | 7 ballots | 12 ballots | 20 ballots | 34 ballots | 62 ballots | |||||||||||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Tina Cannon | Douglas Durbano | Kerry Gibson | Catherine Hammon | Blake Moore | Mark Shepherd | Bob Stevenson | Katie Witt | Other | Undecided |
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| Global Strategy Group[19][A] | June 18–20, 2020 | 834 (LV) | ± 3.7% | – | – | 15% | – | 25% | – | 23% | 12% | – | 25% |
| Dan Jones & Associates[20][A] | June 2–9, 2020 | 417 (LV) | ± 5% | – | – | 13% | – | 16% | – | 16% | 7% | – | 48% |
| Y2 Analytics[21] | May 16–18, 2020 | 127 (LV) | ± 8.7% | – | – | 20% | – | 16% | – | 38% | 26% | – | – |
| Y2 Analytics[22] | March 21–30, 2020 | 103 (LV) | ± 9.7% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 12% | 6% | 13% | 25% | 17% | > 1%[b] | – |
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican |
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| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||||
| Kerry Gibson | Blake Moore | Bob Stevenson | Katie Witt | |||||
| 1 | Jun. 2, 2020 | Utah Debate Commission | Rod Arquette | [23] | P | P | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Blake Moore | 39,260 | 31.0 | |
| Republican | Bob Stevenson | 36,288 | 28.6 | |
| Republican | Kerry Gibson | 29,991 | 23.6 | |
| Republican | Katie Witt | 21,317 | 16.8 | |
| Total votes | 126,856 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic convention results[27] | |
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| Candidate | Pct. |
| Darren Parry | 55.6% |
| Jamie Cheek | 44.4% |
Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Jamie Cheek | Darren Parry |
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| Y2 Analytics[22] | March 21–30, 2020 | 29 (LV) | ± 18.2% | 42% | 58% |
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic |
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| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Jamie Cheek | Darren Parry | |||||
| 1 | Jun. 1, 2020 | Utah Debate Commission | Rod Arquette | [28] | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Darren Parry | 11,667 | 50.9 | |
| Democratic | Jamie Cheek | 11,242 | 49.1 | |
| Total votes | 22,909 | 100.0 | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic |
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| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Blake Moore | Darren Parry | |||||
| 1 | Sep. 24, 2020 | Utah Debate Commission | Rod Arquette | [29] | P | P |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[30] | Safe R | July 2, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[31] | Safe R | June 2, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] | Safe R | July 2, 2020 |
| Politico[33] | Safe R | April 19, 2020 |
| Daily Kos[34] | Safe R | June 3, 2020 |
| RCP[35] | Safe R | June 9, 2020 |
| Niskanen[36] | Safe R | June 7, 2020 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Blake Moore (R) | Darren Parry (D) | Other | Undecided |
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| Lighthouse Research[37] | August 31 – September 12, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.38% | 49% | 22% | 1%[c] | 28% |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Blake Moore | 237,988 | 69.5 | |
| Democratic | Darren Parry | 104,194 | 30.4 | |
| Write-in | 169 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 342,351 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
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County results Stewart: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Weston: 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2nd district encompasses bothSalt Lake City and the rural western and southern parts of the state. The incumbent is RepublicanChris Stewart, who was re-elected with 56.1% of the vote in 2018.[2]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Mark Burkett | Ty Jensen | Carson Jorgensen | Chris Stewart |
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| Y2 Analytics[46] | March 21–30, 2020 | 175 (LV) | – | 17% | 6% | 4% | 73% |
Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Randy Hopkins | Larry Livingston | Kael Weston |
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| Y2 Analytics[51] | March 21–30, 2020 | 59 (LV) | – | 41% | 19% | 40% |
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic | Libertarian |
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| Chris Stewart | Kael Weston | Rob Latham | |||||
| 1 | Oct. 19, 2020 | Utah Debate Commission | Pat Jones | [52] | P | P | P |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[30] | Safe R | July 2, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[31] | Safe R | June 2, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] | Safe R | July 2, 2020 |
| Politico[33] | Safe R | April 19, 2020 |
| Daily Kos[34] | Safe R | June 3, 2020 |
| RCP[35] | Safe R | June 9, 2020 |
| Niskanen[36] | Safe R | June 7, 2020 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Chris Stewart (R) | Kael Weston (D) | Rob Latham (L) | Other | Undecided |
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| Lighthouse Research[37] | August 31 – September 12, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.38% | 48% | 28% | 7% | 0% | 17% |
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with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Chris Stewart (incumbent) | 208,997 | 59.0 | |
| Democratic | Kael Weston | 129,762 | 36.6 | |
| Libertarian | Rob Latham | 15,465 | 4.4 | |
| Total votes | 354,224 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
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County results Curtis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Thorpe: 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 3rd district includes rural southeastern Utah, stretches into theProvo-Orem metro area, and takes in the southeasternSalt Lake City suburbs ofHolladay,Cottonwood Heights,Sandy, andDraper. The incumbent is RepublicanJohn Curtis, who was re-elected with 67.5% of the vote in 2018.[2]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Tim Alders | John Curtis |
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| Y2 Analytics[46] | March 21–30, 2020 | 184 (LV) | – | 22% | 78% |
Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Jared Anderson | Tray Robinson | Devin Thorpe |
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| Y2 Analytics[51] | March 21–30, 2020 | 37 (LV) | – | 37% | 21% | 42% |
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic |
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| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| John Curtis | Devin Thorpe | |||||
| 1 | Oct. 15, 2020 | Utah Debate Commission | David Magleby | [58] | P | P |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[30] | Safe R | July 2, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[31] | Safe R | June 2, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] | Safe R | July 2, 2020 |
| Politico[33] | Safe R | April 19, 2020 |
| Daily Kos[34] | Safe R | June 3, 2020 |
| RCP[35] | Safe R | June 9, 2020 |
| Niskanen[36] | Safe R | June 7, 2020 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | John Curtis (R) | Devin Thorpe (D) | Other | Undecided |
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| Lighthouse Research[37] | August 31 – September 12, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.38% | 51% | 20% | 5%[l] | 24% |
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with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | John Curtis (incumbent) | 246,674 | 68.8 | |
| Democratic | Devin Thorpe | 96,067 | 26.8 | |
| Constitution | Daniel Clyde Cummings | 8,889 | 2.5 | |
| United Utah | Thomas G. McNeill | 7,040 | 2.0 | |
| Write-in | 257 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 358,927 | 100.0 | ||
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County results Owens: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% McAdams: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 4th district is based in southwestSalt Lake County, taking in parts ofWest Valley City andSalt Lake City, as well asSouth Salt Lake,Taylorsville,Murray,West Jordan,Midvale,South Jordan,Riverton,Herriman, andBluffdale. The district also stretches south into easternUtah County, westernJuab County, and northernSanpete County. The incumbent is DemocratBen McAdams, who flipped the district and was elected with 50.1% of the vote in 2018.[2] On November 17 the election was called forBurgess Owens, with a margin less than 1%. Owens won the election by overperforming in traditionally Democratic Salt Lake County and he ultimately defeated McAdams by 3,765 votes, a larger margin than McAdams won by in 2018.[60] The election was one of the closest House races in the country in 2020, and was not officially called until thirteen days after Election Day.[60]
State officials
Organizations
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Kathleen Anderson | Chris Biesinger | Trent Christensen | Kim Coleman | Jay McFarland | Burgess Owens | Cindy Thompson | Undecided |
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| Y2 Analytics[82] | May 16–18, 2020 | 148 (LV) | ± 8.1% | – | – | 13% | 23% | 28% | 36% | – | – |
| Hinckley Institute[83] | April 19–24, 2020 | 352 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 6% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 8% | 6% | 2% | 67% |
| Y2 Analytics[51] | March 21–30, 2020 | 112 (LV) | ± 9.3% | 17% | 6% | 6% | 17% | 31% | 22% | 1% |
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with Dan Hemmert, and Jefferson Moss
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| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | ||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Kim Coleman | 324 | 43.4% | 324 | 43.4% | 332 | 44.6% | 348 | 46.7% | 365 | 49.3% | 402 | 54.5% |
| Burgess Owens | 211 | 28.3% | 212 | 28.4% | 218 | 29.3% | 237 | 31.8% | 268 | 36.2% | 335 | 45.5% |
| Jay 'JayMac' McFarland | 75 | 10.1% | 75 | 10.1% | 79 | 10.6% | 97 | 13.0% | 107 | 14.5% | Eliminated | |
| Kathleen Anderson | 53 | 7.1% | 54 | 7.2% | 60 | 8.1% | 63 | 8.5% | Eliminated | |||
| Trent Christensen | 51 | 6.8% | 51 | 6.8% | 56 | 7.5% | Eliminated | |||||
| James Christian Biesinger II | 29 | 3.9% | 30 | 4.0% | Eliminated | |||||||
| Cindy Thompson | 3 | 0.4% | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Inactive Ballots | 0 ballots | 0 ballots | 1 ballots | 1 ballots | 6 ballots | 9 ballots | ||||||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican |
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| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||||
| Trent Christensen | Kim Coleman | Jay McFarland | Burgess Owens | |||||
| 1 | Jun. 1, 2020 | Utah Debate Commission | Jennifer Napier-Pearce | [87] | P | P | P | P |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Burgess Owens | 49,456 | 43.5 | |
| Republican | Kim Coleman | 27,575 | 24.3 | |
| Republican | Jay McFarland | 24,456 | 21.5 | |
| Republican | Trent Christensen | 12,165 | 10.7 | |
| Total votes | 113,652 | 100.0 | ||
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
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| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| Ben McAdams | Burgess Owens | |||||
| 1 | Oct. 12, 2020 | Utah Debate Commission | Doug Wilks | [89] | P | P |
Individuals
Unions
Organizations
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| The Cook Political Report[30] | Tossup | August 14, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[31] | Tilt D | June 2, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] | Lean D | July 2, 2020 |
| Politico[33] | Tossup | April 19, 2020 |
| Daily Kos[34] | Tossup | June 3, 2020 |
| RCP[35] | Tossup | June 9, 2020 |
| Niskanen[36] | Tossup | June 7, 2020 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Ben McAdams (D) | Burgess Owens (R) | Other | Undecided |
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| RMG Research[91] | October 12–17, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 45%[s] | 46% | 4%[t] | 5% |
| 47%[u] | 45% | – | – | ||||
| 43%[v] | 48% | – | – | ||||
| RMG Research[92] | September 7–12, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 45% | 41% | 3%[w] | 11% |
| Lighthouse Research[37] | August 31 – September 12, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.38% | 47% | 37% | 2%[x] | 14% |
| RMG Research[93] | July 27 – August 1, 2020 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 35% | 35% | 6%[y] | 24% |
| Moore Information (R)[94][C] | July 8–11, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 5.0% | 34% | 43% | 5%[z] | 11% |
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With Jay McFarland
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Burgess Owens | 179,688 | 47.7 | |||
| Democratic | Ben McAdams (incumbent) | 175,923 | 46.7 | |||
| Libertarian | John Molnar | 13,053 | 3.5 | |||
| United Utah | Jonia Broderick | 8,037 | 2.1 | |||
| Write-in | 29 | 0.0 | ||||
| Total votes | 376,730 | 100.0 | ||||
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Partisan clients
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Official campaign websites for 2nd district candidates
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Official campaign websites for 4th district candidates