| Utah's 4th congressional district | |
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.svg)  Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
| Representative | |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2024) | 920,865[1] |
| Median household income | $109,469[1] |
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| Cook PVI | R+14[2] |
Utah's 4th congressional district is a congressional district created by the state legislature as a result of reapportionment by Congress after the2010 census showed population increases in the state relative to other states.[3] Prior to 2010 reapportionment, Utah had three congressional districts.[3]
Some 85 percent of the new district is concentrated inSalt Lake County and it includes a portion ofSalt Lake City, which is shared with the1st and2nd districts; it also includes parts ofUtah andJuab counties and all ofSanpete County.[4][5][6][7] With aCook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+14, it is the most Republican district in Utah, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.[2]
As a result of redistricting, the 2012 party candidates includedDemocratic U.S. CongressmanJim Matheson, who had previously representedUtah's 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2013. The Republican nominee wasMia Love, mayor ofSaratoga Springs and running for Congress for the first time. She won the Republican nomination in 2012 over twostate representatives,Stephen Sandstrom andCarl Wimmer, at theRepublican state convention.
Democratic candidate Matheson narrowly won the election against Love on November 6, 2012, and represented Utah's 4th congressional district until January 2015.[8] He decided not to seek re-election.[9] In 2014, Mia Love ran again for the seat and won in the general election, defeating Democratic candidateDoug Owens. She became the firstHaitian American and the first black female Republican elected to Congress, as well as the first black person of either sex elected to Congress from Utah.
In the 2018 elections, Love ran for a third term, losing toSalt Lake County mayorBen McAdams by 694 votes out of almost 270,000. As a result of McAdams's election, the district became themost Republican district in the country to be represented by a Democrat.[10] In 2020, RepublicanBurgess Owens narrowly defeated McAdams to regain the congressional seat for the Republican Party and was re-elected with over 61% of the vote in 2022 and 2024.
| Year | Office | Results[11][12] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 64% - 33% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 77% - 23% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 45% - 24% |
| Senate | Lee 71% - 24% | |
| Governor | Herbert 69% - 26% | |
| Attorney General | Reyes 68% - 22% | |
| Treasurer | Damschen 63% - 29% | |
| Auditor | Dougall 65% - 28% | |
| 2018 | Senate | Romney 66% - 27% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 61% - 35% |
| Governor | Cox 66% - 27% | |
| Attorney General | Reyes 63% - 31% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Lee 56% - 40% |
| 2024 | President | Trump 62% - 35% |
| Senate | Curtis 65% - 29% | |
| Governor | Cox 54% - 26% | |
| Attorney General | Brown 60% - 26% | |
| Treasurer | Oaks 68% - 27% | |
| Auditor | Cannon 66% - 29% |
| Year | Office | Results[13] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 69% - 28% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 82% - 18% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 50% - 20% |
| Senate | Lee 76% - 20% | |
| Governor | Herbert 74% - 22% | |
| Attorney General | Reyes 72% - 19% | |
| Treasurer | Damschen 68% - 24% | |
| Auditor | Dougall 70% - 24% | |
| 2018 | Senate | Romney 70% - 24% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 64% - 31% |
| Governor | Cox 71% - 24% | |
| Attorney General | Reyes 67% - 27% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Lee 58% - 38% |
| 2024 | President | Trump 65% - 32% |
| Senate | Curtis 68% - 26% | |
| Governor | Cox 56% - 23% | |
| Attorney General | Brown 63% - 23% | |
| Treasurer | Oaks 71% - 24% | |
| Auditor | Cannon 69% - 26% |
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established January 3, 2013 | |||||
 Jim Matheson (Salt Lake City) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | 113th | Redistricted from the2nd district andre-elected in 2012. Retired. | 2013–2023 Parts ofJuab,Salt Lake,Sanpete, andUtah |
 Mia Love (Saratoga Springs) | Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 | 114th 115th | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election. | |
 Ben McAdams (Salt Lake City) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | 116th | Elected in 2018. Lost re-election. | |
 Burgess Owens (Salt Lake City) | Republican | January 3, 2021 – present | 117th 118th 119th | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | |
2023–present.svg) Sanpete; parts ofJuab,Salt Lake, andUtah | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Matheson (Incumbent) | 119,803 | 48.84 | ||
| Republican | Mia Love | 119,035 | 48.53 | ||
| Libertarian | Jim L. Vein | 6,439 | 2.63 | ||
| Total votes | 245,277 | 100.0 | |||
| Democraticwin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mia Love | 64,390 | 50.04 | |||
| Democratic | Doug Owens | 60,165 | 46.75 | |||
| Libertarian | Jim L. Vein | 1,154 | 0.90 | |||
| Total votes | 125,709 | 97.7 | ||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mia Love (Incumbent) | 147,597 | 53.76 | ||
| Democratic | Doug Owens | 113,413 | 41.30 | ||
| Constitution | Collin R. Simonsen | 13,559 | 4.94 | ||
| Total votes | 274,569 | 100.0 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ben McAdams | 134,964 | 50.13 | |||
| Republican | Mia Love (Incumbent) | 134,270 | 49.87 | |||
| Independent | Jonathan Larele Peterson (write-in) | 37 | 0.0 | |||
| Total votes | 269,271 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Total votes | 376,701 | 100.0[a] | ||||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Burgess Owens (incumbent) | 155,110 | 61.05 | |
| Democratic | Darlene McDonald | 82,181 | 32.35 | |
| United Utah | January Walker | 16,740 | 6.59 | |
| Independent | Jonathan L. Peterson (write-in) | 25 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 254,056 | 100 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Burgess Owens (incumbent) | 230,627 | 63.4 | |
| Democratic | Katrina Fallick-Wang | 109,838 | 30.2 | |
| United Utah | Vaughn Cook | 17,347 | 4.8 | |
| Independent | M. Evan Bullard | 5,856 | 1.6 | |
| Total votes | 363,668 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
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