2018 Utah Senate election
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Elections in Utah |
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The 2018 Utah Senate election was held on November 6, 2018. Fourteen Senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election, the Republicans held a majority.
Overview
[edit]Affiliation | Candidates | Votes | Vote % | Seats Won | Seats After | |
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Republican | 15 | 306,354 | 57.29% | 10 (![]() |
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Democratic | 13 | 216,893 | 40.56% | 4 (![]() |
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United Utah | 3 | 5,421 | 1.01% | 0 | ||
Independent American | 1 | 2,738 | 0.51% | 0 | ||
Libertarian | 1 | 2,095 | 0.39% | 0 | ||
Green | 1 | 1,225 | 0.23% | 0 | ||
Total | 32 | 534,726 | 100.0% | 14 | 29 |
Close races
[edit]District | Winner | Margin |
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District 8 | Democratic (flip) | 14.17% |
District 12 | Republican | 5.22% |
Results
[edit]The election took place on November 6, 2018. Candidate list and results from the Lieutenant Governor of Utah.[1]
District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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2 | Democratic | Jim Dabakis[2] | Ran for mayor of Salt Lake City | Democratic | Derek Kitchen | 32,930 | 76.65% | ||
Republican | Chase Winder | 10,030 | 23.35% | ||||||
3 | Democratic | Gene Davis | Re-elected | Democratic | Gene Davis | 22,362 | 70.04% | ||
Republican | Jeremy D. Egan | 9,566 | 29.96% | ||||||
4 | Democratic | Jani Iwamoto | Re-elected | Democratic | Jani Iwamoto | 34,651 | 67.09% | ||
Republican | Alan Monsen | 17,000 | 32.91% | ||||||
5 | Democratic | Karen Mayne | Re-elected | Democratic | Karen Mayne | 17,129 | 68.67% | ||
Republican | Kimdyl Allen | 7,814 | 31.33% | ||||||
8 | Republican | Brian Zehnder | Defeated | Democratic | Kathleen Riebe | 23,221 | 55.82% | ||
Republican | Brian Zehnder | 17,328 | 41.65% | ||||||
United Utah | John Jackson | 1,053 | 2.53% | ||||||
9 | Republican | Wayne Niederhauser | Retired | Republican | Kirk A. Cullimore Jr. | 24,410 | 65.89% | ||
Democratic | Alexander Castagno | 12,639 | 34.11% | ||||||
11 | Republican | Dan McCay | Re-elected | Republican | Dan McCay | 27,995 | 67.75% | ||
Democratic | Christian Burridge | 13,327 | 32.25% | ||||||
12 | Republican | Daniel Thatcher | Re-elected | Republican | Daniel Thatcher | 13,835 | 50.38% | ||
Democratic | Clare Collard | 12,400 | 45.16% | ||||||
Green | Abrian B. Velarde | 1,225 | 4.46% | ||||||
15 | Republican | Keith Grover | Re-elected | Republican | Keith Grover | 20,010 | 76.45% | ||
United Utah | Lee D. Houghton | 3,425 | 13.09% | ||||||
Independent American | Tommy Williams | 2,738 | 10.46% | ||||||
17 | Republican | Scott Sandall | Re-elected | Republican | Scott Sandall | 28,471 | 77.83% | ||
Democratic | Michael A. Keil | 8,110 | 22.17% | ||||||
18 | Republican | Ann Millner | Re-elected | Republican | Ann Millner | 20,278 | 63.64% | ||
Democratic | Jason Yu | 9,489 | 29.78% | ||||||
Libertarian | Kevin L. Bryan | 2,095 | 6.58% | ||||||
21 | Republican | Jerry W. Stevenson | Re-elected | Republican | Jerry W. Stevenson | 23,889 | 71.69% | ||
Democratic | Jake Penrod | 9,435 | 28.31% | ||||||
22 | Republican | Stuart Adams | Re-elected | Republican | Stuart Adams | 32,765 | 100% | ||
26 | Republican | Kevin T. VanTassell | Retired | Republican | Ronald Winterton | 24,727 | 62.71% | ||
Democratic | Eileen Gallagher | 13,758 | 34.89% | ||||||
United Utah | Cathy Callow-Heusser | 943 | 2.39% | ||||||
28 | Republican | Evan Vickers | Re-elected | Republican | Evan Vickers | 28,236 | 79.14% | ||
Democratic | Mark Chambers | 7,442 | 20.86% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Utah Election Preliminary Results
- ^ Incumbent listing from "Full Senate Roster". Utah Senate. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.