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

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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

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