2018 Utah Senate election

2018 Utah Senate election

November 6, 2018
15 of the 29 seats in the Utah State Senate 15 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   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 1 1 Popular vote 306,354 216,893 Percentage 57.29% 40.56%
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
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 (1)	23
	Democratic	13	216,893	40.56%	4 (1)	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%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[1]	Safe R	October 8, 2018

Results

The election took place on November 6, 2018.^[2]

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
2		Democratic	Jim Dabakis[3]	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

• Utah Senate
• Utah Legislature
• Utah elections, 2018

References

1. Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). "A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains". Governing. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
2. Utah Election Preliminary Results
3. Incumbent listing from "Full Senate Roster". Utah Senate. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.