Utah's 3rd congressional district
Utah's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Population (2019) | 779,460 | ||
Median household income | $78,931[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+17[2] |
Utah's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. It is located in southern and eastern Utah and includes the cities of Orem and Provo.
The district was created when Utah was awarded an extra congressional seat following the 1980 U.S. Census. Four of its five Representatives have been Republicans; Bill Orton, a Democrat, represented the district from 1991 to 1997. The current Representative is Republican John Curtis, elected in a special election November 7, 2017.
Recent election results from statewide races[]
Source:[3]
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Bush 75 – 24% |
2004 | President | Bush 77 – 20% |
2008 | President | McCain 67 – 29% |
2012 | President | Romney 78 – 20% |
2016 | President | Trump 47 – 23% |
2020 | President | Trump 60 - 35% |
List of members representing the district[]
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Counties |
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District created January 3, 1983 | |||||
Howard Nielson (Provo) |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991 |
98th 99th 100th 101st |
Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired. |
1983–1993 Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Uintah, Utah, and Wasatch |
Bill Orton (Provo) |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 |
102nd 103rd 104th |
Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election. | |
1993–2003 Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Kane, Morgan, Piute, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and Wayne | |||||
Chris Cannon (Provo) |
Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009 |
105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th |
Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost renomination. | |
2003–2013 Beaver, Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Sevier, and Utah | |||||
Jason Chaffetz (Alpine) |
Republican | January 3, 2009 – June 30, 2017 |
111th 112th 113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned.[4] | |
2013–present Carbon, Emery, Grand, Salt Lake, San Juan, Utah, and Wasatch | |||||
Vacant | June 30, 2017 – November 13, 2017 |
115th | |||
John Curtis (Provo) |
Republican | November 13, 2017 – present |
115th 116th 117th |
Elected to finish Chaffetz's term. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
Election results[]
1982[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Howard C. Nielson | 108,478 | 76.86 | ||
Independent | Henry A. Huish | 32,661 | 23.14 | ||
Total votes | 141,139 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
1984[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Howard C. Nielson (Incumbent) | 138,918 | 74.46 | |
Democratic | Bruce R. Baird | 46,560 | 24.95 | |
Libertarian | D.W. Crosby | 1,094 | 0.59 | |
Total votes | 186,572 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1986[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Howard C. Nielson (Incumbent) | 86,599 | 66.58 | |
Democratic | Dale F. Gardiner | 42,582 | 32.74 | |
Socialist Workers | David P. Hurst | 893 | 0.68 | |
Total votes | 130,074 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1988[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Howard C. Nielson (Incumbent) | 129,951 | 66.83 | |
Democratic | Robert W. Stringham | 60,018 | 30.86 | |
American | E. Dean Christensen | 3,285 | 1.69 | |
Socialist Workers | Judy Stranahan | 1,207 | 0.62 | |
Total votes | 194,461 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1990[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Bill Orton | 79,163 | 58.35 | |||
Republican | Karl Snow | 49,452 | 36.45 | |||
American | Robert J. Smith | 6,542 | 4.82 | |||
Socialist Workers | Anthony Melvin Dutrow | 519 | 0.38 | |||
Total votes | 135,676 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1992[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bill Orton (Incumbent) | 135,029 | 58.95 | |
Republican | Richard R. Harrington | 84,019 | 36.68 | |
Independent | Wayne L. Hill | 5,764 | 2.52 | |
Independent | Charles M. Wilson | 2,068 | 0.90 | |
Libertarian | Doug Jones | 1,797 | 0.78 | |
Socialist Workers | Nels J'Anthony | 384 | 0.17 | |
Total votes | 229,061 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1994[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bill Orton (Incumbent) | 91,505 | 58.98 | |
Republican | Dixie Thompson | 61,839 | 39.86 | |
Socialist Workers | Barbara Greenway | 1,802 | 1.16 | |
Total votes | 155,146 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1996[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Chris Cannon | 106,220 | 51.14 | |||
Democratic | Bill Orton (Incumbent) | 98,178 | 47.27 | |||
Libertarian | Amy L. Lassen | 2,341 | 1.13 | |||
Independent | Gerald "Bear" Slothower | 706 | 0.34 | |||
Socialist Workers | John Phillip Langford | 270 | 0.13 | |||
Total votes | 207,715 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1998[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cannon (Incumbent) | 100,830 | 76.90 | |
Will Christensen | 20,720 | 15.80 | ||
Libertarian | Kitty K. Burton | 9,553 | 7.29 | |
Write-in | 20 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 131,123 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2000[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cannon (Incumbent) | 138,943 | 58.54 | |
Democratic | Donald Dunn | 88,547 | 37.31 | |
Michael J. Lehman | 5,436 | 2.29 | ||
Libertarian | Kitty K. Burton | 3,570 | 1.50 | |
Natural Law | Randall Tolpinrud | 852 | 0.36 | |
Total votes | 237,348 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2002[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cannon (Incumbent) | 103,598 | 67.43 | |
Democratic | Nancy Jane Woodside | 44,533 | 28.98 | |
Libertarian | Kitty K. Burton | 5,511 | 3.59 | |
Write-in | John William Maurin | 1 | 0.00 | |
Total votes | 153,643 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2004[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chris Cannon (Incumbent) | 173,010 | 63.39 | |
Democratic | Beau Babka | 88,748 | 32.52 | |
Constitution | Ronald Winfield | 5,089 | 1.86 | |
Libertarian | Jim Dexter | 3,691 | 1.35 | |
Personal Choice | Curtis Darrell James | 2,390 | 0.88 | |
Total votes | 272,928 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2006[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Chris Cannon (Incumbent) | 95,455 | 57.71 | |
Democratic | Christian Burridge | 53,330 | 32.24 | |
Constitution | Jim Noorlander | 14,533 | 8.79 | |
Libertarian | Philip Lear Hallman | 2,080 | 1.26 | |
Total votes | 165,398 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2008[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jason Chaffetz | 187,035 | 65.61 | |
Democratic | Bennion Spencer | 80,626 | 28.28 | |
Constitution | Jim Noorlander | 17,408 | 6.11 | |
Total votes | 285,069 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2010[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) | 139,721 | 72.32 | |
Democratic | Karen Hyer | 44,320 | 22.94 | |
Constitution | Douglas Sligting | 4,596 | 2.38 | |
Libertarian | Jake Shannon | 2,945 | 1.52 | |
Independent | Joseph L. Puente | 1,604 | 0.83 | |
Total votes | 193,186 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2012[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) | 198,828 | 76.61 | |
Democratic | 60,719 | 23.39 | ||
Total votes | 259,547 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) | 102,952 | 72.21 | |
Democratic | Brian Wonnacott | 32,059 | 22.48 | |
Zack Strong | 3,192 | 2.24 | ||
Unaffiliated | Stephen P. Tryon | 2,584 | 1.81 | |
Unaffiliated | Ben J. Mates | 1,513 | 1.06 | |
Write-in | David A. Else | 280 | 0.20 | |
Total votes | 142,580 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) | 209,589 | 73.46 | |
Democratic | Stephen P. Tryon | 75,716 | 26.54 | |
Total votes | 285,305 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2017 (Special)[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Curtis | 85,739 | 58.03 | |
Democratic | Kathie Allen | 37,778 | 25.57 | |
United Utah | Jim Bennett | 13,745 | 9.30 | |
Independent | Sean Whalen | 4,550 | 3.08 | |
Libertarian | Joe Buchman | 3,643 | 2.47 | |
Jason Christensen | 2,286 | 1.55 | ||
Write-in | Brendan Phillips | — | — | |
Write-in | Russell Paul Roesler | — | — | |
Total votes | 147,741 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Curtis (Incumbent) | 174,856 | 67.55 | |
Democratic | James Courage Singer | 70,686 | 27.31 | |
Gregory C. Duerden | 6,686 | 2.58 | ||
United Utah | Timothy L. Zeidner | 6,630 | 2.56 | |
Total votes | 258,858 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2020[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John Curtis (Incumbent) | 246,674 | 68.77 | |
Democratic | Devin Thorpe | 96,067 | 26.78 | |
Constitution | Daniel Cummings | 8,889 | 2.48 | |
United Utah | Thomas McNeill | 7,040 | 1.97 | |
Total votes | 358,670 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries[]
See also[]
- Utah's congressional districts
- List of United States congressional districts
- Utah's 3rd congressional district special election, 2017
References[]
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ "Presidential Election Results, by district" – via swingstateproject.com.
- ^ Tribune, Courtney Tanner And Lee Davidson The Salt Lake. "Utah sets condensed special election calendar – and it's already started". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (May 5, 1983). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "1984 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "1986 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "1988 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "1990 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "1992 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "1994 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "1996 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "1998 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2000 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2002 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2004 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2006 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2008 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2010 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF).
- ^ "2014 Election Results".
- ^ 2016 Election Results
- ^ "Utah Election Preliminary Results". State (Utah). Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
External links[]
- "U.S. House, Utah – 3rd District". CQ Politics. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
Coordinates: 38°41′48″N 110°12′59″W / 38.69667°N 110.21639°W
Categories:
- Congressional districts of Utah