2018 Utah Senate election

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2018 Utah Senate election

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14 of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate
15 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Niederhauser (cropped).JPG Gene Davis.jpg
Leader Wayne L. Niederhauser
(retired)
Gene Davis
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 9th district 3rd district
Seats before 24 5
Seats after 23 6
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 306,354 216,893
Percentage 57.29% 40.56%

President of the Senate before election

Wayne L. Niederhauser
Republican

President

J. Stuart Adams
Republican

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[]

Affiliation Candidates Votes Vote % Seats Won Seats After
Republican 15 306,354 57.29% 10 (Decrease1) 23
Democratic 13 216,893 40.56% 4 (Increase1) 6
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[]

District Winner Margin
District 8 Democratic (flip) 14.17%
District 12 Republican 5.22%

Results[]

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 %
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 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%
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[]

  • Utah Senate
  • Utah Legislature
  • Utah elections, 2018

References[]

  1. ^ Utah Election Preliminary Results
  2. ^ Incumbent listing from "Full Senate Roster". Utah Senate. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
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