United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9 (mail), or Oct. 30 (online or in-person)
- Early voting: Oct. 23 - Nov. 2
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: Yes
- Voter ID: Non-photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Utah took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held all four of the congressional seats from Utah.
| Members of the U.S. House from Utah -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2018 | After the 2018 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 4 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2018 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Bishop | 1 | |
| Chris Stewart | 2 | |
| John Curtis | 3 | |
| Mia Love | 4 |
Candidates
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District 1
General election
General election candidates
- Robert Bishop (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lee Castillo (Democratic Party)
- Adam Davis (Green Party)
- Eric Eliason (Independent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican convention candidates
Note: The Utah Republican Party held a nominating convention on April 21, 2018.
- Rob Bishop (Incumbent)
- Chadwick Fairbanks III
- Kevin Probasco[1]
- Withdrew
District 2
General election
General election candidates
- Chris Stewart (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Shireen Ghorbani (Democratic Party)
- Jeffrey Whipple (Libertarian Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Jan Garbett (Independent)
Primary candidates
Democratic convention candidates
Note: The Utah Democratic Party held a nominating convention on April 28, 2018.
- Withdrew
Republican convention candidates
Note: The Utah Republican Party held a nominating convention on April 21, 2018.
- Chris Stewart (Incumbent)
- Mary Burkett[7]
- Ken Clark
District 3
General election
General election candidates
- John Curtis (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- James Singer (Democratic Party)
- Gregory Duerden (Independent American Party)
- Tim Zeidner (United Utah Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Melanie McCoard (Independent)
Primary candidates
Democratic convention candidates
Note: The Utah Democratic Party held a nominating convention on April 28, 2018.
- James Singer
- Kent Moon
Republican primary candidates
- John Curtis (Incumbent) ✔
- Christopher Herrod
Did not make the ballot:
District 4
General election
General election candidates
- Mia Love (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Ben McAdams (Democratic Party) ✔
Write-in candidates
Primary candidates
Democratic convention candidates
Note: The Utah Democratic Party held a nominating convention on April 28, 2018.
- Withdrew
- Adam Homer[12]
- Morgan Shepherd
- Marla Mott-Smith[13]
Republican convention candidates
Note: The Utah Republican Party held a nominating convention on April 21, 2018.
- Mia Love (Incumbent)
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to U.S. House elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| U.S. House wave elections | ||||||
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| Year | President | Party | Election type | House seats change | House majority[14] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -97 | D | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -76 | R | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -70 | D | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -63 | R (flipped) | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -59 | R | |
| 1946 | Truman | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1994 | Clinton | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | First midterm | -53 | D (flipped) | |
| 1942 | Roosevelt | D | Third midterm | -50 | D | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[15] | -48 | D | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[16] | -48 | D | |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
- ↑ Kevin Probasco for Congress, "Home," accessed March 20, 2018
- ↑ Standard-Examiner, "Park City area woman to challenge U.S. Rep. Bishop, cites Bears Ears issue," May 4, 2017
- ↑ Shireen Ghorbani for Congress, "Home," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Randy Hopkins for Congress, "Home," accessed February 19, 2018
- ↑ Misty Snow for Congress, "Home," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "SURVEYOR, CHARLOTTE," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Mary Burkett for Congress, "Home," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia on March 3, 2018
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams jumps into U.S. House race against Rep. Mia Love," October 19, 2017
- ↑ Darlene McDonald for Congress, "Home," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ Tom Taylor for Congress, "Home," accessed August 25, 2017
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "HOMER, ADAM ORSON," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Marla Mott-Smith for Congress, "Home," accessed October 3, 2017
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
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