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2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah were held on November 8, 2016, 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 2016 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. The primaries were held on June 28.

The 1st District covers northern Utah, including the cities of Ogden and Logan. Incumbent Republican Rob Bishop, ran for re-election.

  • Rob Bishop, incumbent U.S. Representative

  • Peter Clemens

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political ReportSafe RNovember 7, 2016
Daily Kos ElectionsSafe RNovember 7, 2016
RothenbergSafe RNovember 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 7, 2016
RCPSafe ROctober 31, 2016
No.DateHostModeratorLinkRepublicanDemocratic
Oct. 19, 2016Utah Debate CommissionJennifer Napier-PearcePP

Bishop was re-elected with 65% of the vote.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican182,92865.9
Democratic73,38126.4
Libertarian16,2965.9
Independent4,8501.8
277,455100.0

The 2nd District stretches from the Summit County, Utah line and goes west to the Nevada border and down through St. George. It includes parts of Davis, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Juab Counties. Incumbent Republican Chris Stewart, who had represented the district since 2012, ran for re-election. The district has a PVI of R+18.

  • Chris Stewart, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic candidate Charlene McArthur Albarran announced her intention to run on February 1, 2016, and formally filed with the Utah Elections office on March 11, 2016.

  • Charlene McArthur Albarran
SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political ReportSafe RNovember 7, 2016
Daily Kos ElectionsSafe RNovember 7, 2016
RothenbergSafe RNovember 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 7, 2016
RCPSafe ROctober 31, 2016
No.DateHostModeratorLinkRepublicanDemocratic
Oct. 4, 2016Utah Debate CommissionKen VordoiaPP

Stewart was re-elected to his third term with 62% of the vote.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican170,54261.6
Democratic93,78033.9
Constitution12,5194.5
276,841100.0

The 3rd district is located in southern and eastern Utah and includes the cities of Orem and Provo. Incumbent Republican Jason Chaffetz, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 72% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+28.

  • Jason Chaffetz, incumbent U.S. Representative

  • Chia-Chi Teng

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican47,43978.6
Republican12,92221.4
60,361100.0
  • Stephen Tryon
SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political ReportSafe RNovember 7, 2016
Daily Kos ElectionsSafe RNovember 7, 2016
RothenbergSafe RNovember 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 7, 2016
RCPSafe ROctober 31, 2016
No.DateHostModeratorLinkRepublicanDemocratic
Oct. 28, 2016Utah Debate CommissionDavid MaglebyPP

Chaffetz won re-election in 2016 with 74% of the vote.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican209,58973.5
Democratic75,71626.5
285,305100.0

The 4th district is located in northern-central Utah and includes parts of Salt Lake, Utah, Juab, and Sanpete Counties. Incumbent Republican Mia Love, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. She was elected with 50% of the vote in 2014 and the district has a PVI of R+16.

  • Mia Love, incumbent U.S. Representative

  • Doug Owens, attorney, son of former representative Wayne Owens and nominee for this seat in 2014

No.DateHostModeratorLinkRepublicanDemocratic
Oct. 10, 2016Utah Debate CommissionKen VordoiaPP
Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMargin oferrorMiaLove (R)DougOwens (D)CollinSimonsen (C)Undecided
Dan Jones & AssociatesOctober 12–22, 2016404± 4.9%51%38%4%7%
ALG Research (D-Owens)October 11–13, 2016500± 4.4%50%40%6%4%
University of UtahSeptember 12–19, 2016409± 4.8%53%35%3%8%
Dan Jones & AssociatesJuly 18–August 8, 2016405± 4.9%51%38%4%7%
Y2 Analytics (R-Love)July 7–12, 2016300± 5.7%51%36%—8%
SurveyUSAJune 2–8, 2016573± 4.2%45%51%1%3%
SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political ReportLean RNovember 7, 2016
Daily Kos ElectionsLikely RNovember 7, 2016
RothenbergLikely RNovember 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 7, 2016
RCPTossupOctober 31, 2016

Love won re-election with 53% of the vote.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican147,59753.8
Democratic113,41341.3
Constitution13,5594.9
274,569100.0
  • U.S. House elections in Utah, 2016 at Ballotpedia
  • Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets
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