2018 Utah Senate election

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.

2018 Utah Senate election
November 6, 2018
14 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 298,540 199,764
Percentage 58.56% 38.19%
President of the Senate before election

Wayne L. Niederhauser
Republican

 President

J. Stuart Adams
Republican

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Overview
Affiliation Candidates Votes Vote % Seats Won Seats After
Republican 14 298,540 58.56% 10 (1) 23
Democratic 12 199,764 38.19% 4 (1) 6
United Utah 3 5,421 1.06% 0
Independent American 1 2,738 0.54% 0
Libertarian 1 2,095 0.41% 0
Green 1 1,225 0.24% 0
Total 32 509,783 100.0% 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] Democratic Derek Kitchen 32,930 76.65%
Republican Chase Winder 10,030 23.35%
3 Democratic Gene Davis Democratic Gene Davis 22,362 70.04%
Republican Jeremy D. Egan 9,566 29.96%
4 Democratic Jani Iwamoto Democratic Jani Iwamoto 34,651 67.09%
Republican Alan Monsen 17,000 32.91%
8 Republican Brian Zehnder 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 Republican Kirk A. Cullimore Jr. 24,410 65.89%
Democratic Alexander Castagno 12,639 34.11%
11 Republican Dan McCay Republican Dan McCay 27,995 67.75%
Democratic Christian Burridge 13,327 32.25%
12 Republican Daniel Thatcher 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 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 Republican Scott Sandall 28,471 77.83%
Democratic Michael A. Keil 8,110 22.17%
18 Republican Ann Millner 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 Republican Jerry W. Stevenson 23,889 71.69%
Democratic Jake Penrod 9,435 28.31%
22 Republican Stuart Adams Republican Stuart Adams 32,765 100%
26 Republican Kevin T. VanTassell 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 Republican Evan Vickers 28,236 79.14%
Democratic Mark Chambers 7,442 20.86%

See also

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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