2024 Utah House of Representatives election

The 2024 Utah House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial 2024 United States elections. All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives were up for election for the 66th Legislature. The filing deadline for candidates was January 8, 2024. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2024. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in Utah, including for Governor, US Senate, US House, and the Utah Senate.

Partisan background

In the 2020 presidential election in Utah, Republican Donald Trump won the most votes in 58 House of Representatives Districts and Democrat Joe Biden won the most votes in 17 districts. Going into the 2024 Utah House of Representatives election, Democrats represented one district where Trump won the most votes in 2020: District 10, located in Ogden. Going into the election, Republicans represented four districts where Biden won the most votes in 2020, all located in the suburbs of Salt Lake County: District 26 ; District 30 ; District 42 and District 43.

Retirements

Thirteen incumbents did not seek re-election.

Republicans

District 3: Dan Johnson is retiring.
District 9: Cal Musselman is retiring to run for State Senate.
District 28: Tim Jimenez is retiring.
District 30: Judy Weeks-Rohner is retiring to run for State Senate.
District 42: Robert Spendlove is retiring.
District 45: Susan Pulsipher is retiring.
District 48: Jay Cobb is retiring.
District 58: Keven Stratton is retiring to run for State Senate.
District 61: Marsha Judkins is retiring.
District 66: Steven Lund is retiring.
District 69: Phil Lyman is retiring to run for Governor.

Democrats

District 23: Brian King is retiring to run for Governor.
District 35: Mark Wheatley is retiring.

Incumbents defeated

At convention

One incumbent representative was defeated in the March 30 Salt Lake County Democratic convention.

Democrats

District 31: Brett Garner lost nomination to a full term to Verona Mauga.

In primary election

Two incumbent representatives, one Democrat and one Republican, were defeated in the June 25 primary election.

Democrats

District 24: Joel Briscoe lost renomination to Grant Miller.

Republicans

District 46: Jeff Stenquist lost renomination to Cal Roberts.

Summary

Close races

''Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:''

Uncontested elections

In the following districts, only one candidate filed to run before the deadline:

Republicans

HD 7 – Ryan Wilcox, incumbent
HD 8 – Jason Kyle, incumbent
HD 11 – Katy Hall, incumbent
HD 14 – Karianne Lisonbee, incumbent
HD 36 – Jim Dunnigan, speaker pro tempore, incumbent
HD 50 – Stephanie Gricius, incumbent
HD 51 – Jefferson Moss, majority leader, incumbent
HD 54 – Brady Brammer, incumbent
HD 55 – Jon Hawkins, incumbent
HD 56 – Val Peterson, incumbent
HD 60 – Tyler Clancy, incumbent
HD 72 – Joseph Elison, incumbent
HD 73 – Colin Jack, incumbent
HD 74 – Neil Walter, incumbent

House District 1

Democratic primary

Candidates

Claudia Bigler
Chris Reid

Republican primary

Candidate

Thomas Peterson, incumbent

House District 2

Democratic primary

Candidate

Tom Liljegren

Republican primary

Candidates

Mike Monson
Michael Petersen, incumbent

House District 3

Republican primary

Candidates

Jason Thompson
Paul Borup

Independents

Candidate

Patrick Belmont

House District 4

Democratic primary

Candidate

Kris Campbell

Republican primary

Candidate

Kera Birkeland

House District 5

Republican primary

Candidate

Casey Snider

Utah Forward primary

Candidate

Cary Youmans

House District 6

Democratic primary

Candidate

Amber Hardy

Republican primary

Candidates

Jon Beesley
Matthew Gwynn

House District 7

Incumbent Ryan Wilcox is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.

House District 8

Incumbent Jason Kyle is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.

House District 9

Democratic primary

Candidate

Angela Choberka

Libertarian primary

Candidate

Jacob Johnson

Republican primary

Candidate

Jake Sawyer

House District 10

Democratic primary

Candidate

Rosemary Lesser

Republican primary

Candidates

Jill Koford
Nacho Valdez

House District 11

Incumbent Katy Hall is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.

House District 12

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sharon Hilton

Republican primary

Candidates

Korry Green
Mike Schultz

House District 13

Democratic primary

Candidate

Lorri Rogers

Republican primary

Candidates

Curtis Beames
Karen M. Peterson

House District 14

Incumbent Karianne Lisonbee is running unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.

House District 15

Republican primary

Candidate

Ariel Defay

Utah Forward primary

Candidate

Josh Smith

House District 16

Republican primary

Candidates

Trevor Lee
Daniela Harding

Democratic primary

Candidate

Zeaid Hasan

House District 17

Republican primary

Candidates

Stewart Barlow
Jennifer Garner

Libertarian primary

Candidate

Adam Feller

House District 18

Republican primary

Candidate

Paul Culter

Democratic primary

Candidates

Steve Hartwick
Mark Whitaker

House District 19

Republican primary

Candidates

Raymond Ward
Tenna Hartman

Democratic primary

Candidates

Erik Hans Fronberg
Nick Wadsworth

Constitution primary

Candidate

Cameron Dransfield

House District 20

Republican primary

Candidate

Melissa Garff Ballard

Democratic primary

Candidate

Lew Jeppson

House District 21

Republican primary

Candidates

David Atkin
Taylor Aaron Bunot

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sandra Hollins

House District 22

Republican primary

Candidate

Steve Harmsen

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jennifer Dailey-Provost
Jakey Sala Siolo

House District 23

Republican primary

Candidate

M. Scott Romney

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jeff Howell
Hoang Nguyen

United Utah primary

Candidate

Cabot Wm. Nelson

House District 24

Republican primary

Candidate

David R. Spjut

Democratic primary

Candidates

House District 25

Republican primary

Candidates

Richard Nowak
'Alama 'Ulu'ave

Democratic primary

Candidate

Angela Romero

House District 26

Republican primary

Candidate

Matt MacPherson

Democratic primary

Candidate

Jeanetta Williams

House District 27

Republican primary

Candidate

Anthony Edward Loubet

Democratic primary

Candidate

Dawn Stevenson

House District 28

Republican primary

Candidates

Nicholeen P. Peck
Timothy Adrian Jimenez

Democratic primary

Candidate

Fred L Baker

House District 29

Republican primary

Candidate

Bridger Bolinder

Democratic primary

Candidates

Ron Draper
Brad Bartholomew

House District 30

Republican primary

Candidate

Fred Cox
Dave Parke
Cindy Thompson

Democratic primary

Candidate

Jake Fitisemanu
Sophia Hawes-Tingey

House District 31

Republican primary

Candidate

Bill Swan
Andrew G. Nieto
Russ Moore

Democratic primary

Candidate

House District 32

Republican primary

Candidate

Sarah Dawn Montes
Jerry Schmidt

Democratic primary

Candidate

Sahara Hayes

United Utah primary

Candidate

Adam Christopher Bean

House District 33

Republican primary

Candidate

Sheryl R Fraser
Henry Billy Malone

Democratic primary

Candidate

Doug Owens

House District 34

Republican primary

Candidate

Karl J. Jurek

Democratic primary

Candidate

Carol Spackman Moss

United Utah primary

Candidate

Dennis Roach