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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

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Source revisionSep 19, 2026
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The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Utah, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

Overview

Registered voters: 1,682,512. Turnout: 1,515,845 (90.09%)

By district

District 1

The 1st district is located in northern Utah, including the cities of Ogden, Logan, Park City, Layton, Clearfield, and the northern half of the Great Salt Lake. The incumbent was Republican Rob Bishop, who was re-elected with 61.6% of the vote in 2018, and announced in August 2017 that this term would be his final term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Tina Cannon, Morgan County councilwoman

J.C. DeYoung

Doug Durbano, businessman and lawyer

Chadwick Fairbanks, property manager

Kerry Gibson, Utah Commissioner of Agriculture and Food and former Weber County commissioner

Catherine Brenchley Hammon

Zach Hartman, real estate investment advisor

Blake Moore, former U.S. foreign service officer

Mark Shepherd, mayor of Clearfield

Bob Stevenson, Davis County commissioner

Howard Wallack, retired business executive

Katie Witt, mayor of Kaysville and former Longmont city councilwoman

Declined

Rob Bishop, incumbent U.S. representative

Francis Gibson, majority leader of the Utah House of Representatives

F. Ann Millner, state senator

Mike Schultz, majority whip of the Utah House of Representatives

Chris Stewart, incumbent U.S. representative (for the 2nd district)

Stan Summers, Box Elder County commissioner

Todd Weiler, state senator

Logan Wilde, state representative

Brad Wilson, speaker of the Utah House of Representatives

Endorsements

Convention results

Polling

Debate

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Jamie Cheek, college debate coach and rehabilitation counselor

Darren Parry, chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation

Convention results

Polling

Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

Debate

Primary results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 2

The 2nd district encompasses both Salt Lake City and the rural western and southern parts of the state. The incumbent was Republican Chris Stewart, who was re-elected with 56.1% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Chris Stewart, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated at convention

Mary Burkett, candidate for Utah House of Representatives in 2012 and for Utah's 2nd congressional district in 2018

Ty Jensen, political podcaster and 2018 candidate for United States Senate

Carson Jorgensen, farmer

Polling

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Kael Weston, college professor and former U.S. State Department official

Eliminated at convention

Randy Hopkins, retired Utah Department of Workforce Services regional director and candidate for this district in 2018

Larry Livingston, former IRS agent

Polling

Polls with a sample size of <100 are marked in red to indicate a lack of reliability.

General election

Debate

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 3

The 3rd district includes rural southeastern Utah, stretches into the Provo-Orem metro area, and takes in the southeastern Salt Lake City suburbs of Holladay, Cottonwood Heights, Sandy, and Draper.

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