2024 United States Senate election in Utah

For related races, see 2024 United States Senate elections.

Not to be confused with 2024 Utah Senate election.

The 2024 United States Senate election in Utah was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Utah. Republican congressman John Curtis won his first term in office, succeeding Republican incumbent Mitt Romney, who did not seek a second term.^[1][2]

2024 United States Senate election in Utah

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Nominee John Curtis Caroline Gleich Carlton Bowen Party Republican Democratic Independent American Popular vote 914,700 464,515 83,972 Percentage 62.50% 31.74% 5.74%

County results Curtis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Gleich:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election Mitt Romney Republican Elected U.S. senator John Curtis Republican

Despite finishing a distant second behind Riverton mayor Trent Staggs at the Utah Republican convention, Curtis won the Republican primary with 49% of the vote over Staggs and former state House speaker Brad Wilson. Democratic environmentalist Caroline Gleich won her party's nomination after receiving 93% of vote at the Utah Democratic convention. Democrats have not won a Senate election in Utah since 1970.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• John Curtis, U.S. representative from Utah's 3rd congressional district (2017–2025)^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Trent Staggs, mayor of Riverton (2018–present) and nominee for mayor of Salt Lake County in 2020^[4]
• Jason Walton, pest control company owner^[5]
• Brad Wilson, former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (2019–2023) from HD-15 (2011–2023)^[6]

Eliminated at convention

• Jeremy Friedbaum, piano technician and perennial candidate^[5]
• Brent Hatch, attorney, treasurer of the Federalist Society, and son of former U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch^[7]
• Brian Jenkins, window cleaning contractor and perennial candidate^[5]
• Carolyn Phippen, former advisor to U.S. Senator Mike Lee^[8]
• Josh Randall, accountant and audit manager^[9]
• Chandler Tanner, attorney^[5]
• Clark White, supply chain manager^[5]

Withdrawn

• Rod Bird, mayor of Roosevelt (ran for U.S. House)^[10]
• Tyrone Jensen, political commentator and perennial candidate (ran for U.S. House)^[5]

Declined

• Spencer Cox, Governor of Utah (2021–present) (ran for re-election, endorsed Wilson)^[11]
• Greg Hughes, former Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives (2015–2018) from HD-51 (2003–2018), candidate for Governor of Utah in 2020, and candidate for Utah's 2nd congressional district in 2023^[12]
• Carson Jorgensen, former chair of the Utah Republican Party (2021–2023) and candidate for Utah's 2nd congressional district in 2020^[13] (ran for governor)^[14]
• Robert O'Brien, former U.S. National Security Advisor (2019–2021)^[15]
• Sean Reyes, Utah Attorney General (2013–2025)^[16]
• Josh Romney, real estate executive and son of incumbent Mitt Romney^[17]
• Mitt Romney, incumbent U.S. senator (2019–2025)^[1]
• Chris Stewart, U.S. representative from Utah's 2nd congressional district (2013–2023)^[18] (resigned from Congress, endorsed Curtis)^[19]

Endorsements

John Curtis

U.S. representatives

• Blake Moore, UT-01 (2021–present)^[20]
• Chris Stewart, UT-02 (2013–2023)^[21]

Organizations

• American Conservation Coalition^[22]
• American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)^[23] (previously endorsed Romney)
• BIPAC^[24]
• ClearPath Action Fund^[25]
• Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions^[26]
• Republican Main Street Partnership PAC^[27]

Political parties

• Forward Party^[28]

Trent Staggs

Executive branch officials

• Richard Grenell, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany (2018–2020)^[29]
• Mark Levin, Chief of Staff to the U.S. Attorney General (1988–1989)^[30]
• Kash Patel, former chief of staff to the acting United States Secretary of Defense^[31]
• Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017–2021)^[32]

U.S. Senators

• Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (2011–present)^[33]
• Tommy Tuberville, U.S. Senator from Alabama (2021–present)^[34]

Party leaders

• Harmeet Dhillon, Republican National Committeewoman for California (2016–present)^[30]

Individuals

• Charlie Kirk, founder and executive director of Turning Point USA^[30]
• Kari Lake, former KSAZ-TV news anchor and nominee for governor of Arizona in 2022^[35]
• Vivek Ramaswamy, businessman and former 2024 presidential candidate^[36]
• John Stockton, former Utah Jazz basketball player^[37]

Political parties

• Utah Republican Party^[38]

Organizations

• Citizens United PVF^[39]
• Senate Conservatives Fund^[40]
• Turning Point Action^[41]
• Republicans for National Renewal^[42]

Labor unions

• Utah Fraternal Order of Police^[43]

Brad Wilson

Statewide officials

• Spencer Cox, Governor of Utah (2021–present)^[44]

State legislators

• 16 state senators, including senate president Stuart Adams^[16]
• 47 state representatives^[16]

Mitt Romney (declined to run)

U.S. Senators

• Steve Daines, U.S. Senator from Montana (2015–present)^[45]
• Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator from Kentucky (1985–present), Senate Minority Leader (2007–2015, 2021–2025), and former Senate Majority Leader (2015–2021)^[45]

Organizations

• American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)^[46] (switched endorsement to Curtis)

Declined to endorse

U.S. Senators

• Mitt Romney, incumbent U.S. Senator from Utah (2019–present)^[47]
• Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah (2011–present)^[48]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 5, 2024
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
John Curtis (R)	$3,796,591	$3,607,565	$575,864
Trent Staggs (R)	$1,247,183[a]	$871,934	$375,248
Jason Walton (R)	$2,882,658[b]	$2,620,544	$262,114
Brad Wilson (R)	$5,019,090[c]	$4,465,090	$554,000
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	John Curtis	Trent Staggs	Jason Walton	Brad Wilson	Other	Undecided
Noble Predictive Insights[50]	June 20–21, 2024	432 (LV)	± 4.7%	48%	28%	6%	9%	7%[d]	2%
HarrisX[51][A]	June 4–7, 2024	469 (RV)	± 4.5%	34%	16%	4%	12%	–	33%
				47%	21%	8%	24%	–	–
Guidant Polling and Strategy[52][B]	April 30 – May 3, 2024	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	41%	15%	2%	9%	–	33%
Noble Predictive Insights[53]	April 8–16, 2024	283 (RV)	± 5.8%	27%	5%	2%	10%	15%[e]	41%
Dan Jones & Associates[54]	January 16–21, 2024	428 (RV)	± 4.74%	18%	3%	1%	8%	18%[f]	52%
Guidant Polling and Strategy[55][B]	November 28– December 5, 2023	600 (RV)	± 4.0%	40%	6%	–	11%	–	43%
				44%	–	–	–	12%	44%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Deidre Henderson	Mike Kennedy	Sean Reyes	Mitt Romney	Trent Staggs	Brad Wilson	Other	Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates[56]	August 7–14, 2023	803 (RV)	± 3.5%	–	–	–	44%	3%	6%	32%[g]	14%
Noble Predictive Insights[57]	July 7–18, 2023	301 (RV)	± 5.7%	3%	5%	13%	30%	3%	5%	–	39%
				8%	7%	16%	–	4%	7%	–	55%

Convention results

State Republican convention results, 2024
Candidate	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Trent Staggs	1342	42.64%	1571	51.68%	1686	57.68%	1892	69.74%
John Curtis	683	21.70%	683	22.47%	721	24.67%	821	30.26%
Carolyn Phippen	411	13.06%	356	11.71%	273	9.34%	Eliminated
Brad Wilson	242	7.69%	162	5.56%	142	4.86%	Eliminated
Jason Walton	224	7.12%	139	4.57%	101	3.46%	Eliminated
Chandler Tanner	82	2.61%	69	2.27%	Eliminated
Brent Hatch	107	3.40%	53	1.74%	Eliminated
Josh Randall	47	1.49%	Eliminated
Brian Jenkins	5	0.16%	Eliminated
Jeremy Friedbaum	4	0.13%	Eliminated
Inactive Ballots	0 ballots		0 ballots		5 ballots		21 ballots

Debate

2024 United States Senate election in Utah republican primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Curtis	Staggs	Walton	Wilson
1	Jun. 10, 2024	Utah Debate Commission	Glen Mills	[58]	P	P	P	P

Results

Results by county:

  Curtis

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Staggs

•   40–50%

Republican primary results^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Curtis	206,094	48.73%
	Republican	Trent Staggs	138,143	32.66%
	Republican	Brad Wilson	53,134	12.56%
	Republican	Jason Walton	25,604	6.05%
Total votes			422,975	100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Caroline Gleich, skier and mountaineer^[60]

Eliminated at convention

• Laird Hamblin, biologist and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022^[60]
• Archie Williams, heavy equipment operator and perennial candidate^[60]

Endorsements

Caroline Gleich

Individuals

• Conrad Anker, professional rock climber^[61]

Political parties

• Utah Democratic Party^[62]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 7, 2024
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Caroline Gleich (D)	$389,534	$303,924	$85,610
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

Results

Convention

State Democratic Convention results, 2024
Candidate	First ballot	Pct.
Caroline Gleich	795	92.5%
Laird Hamblin	48	5.6%
Archie Williams	16	1.9%
Total	859	100.0%

Independent American convention

Candidates

Nominee

• Carlton Bowen, former American Fork city councilor and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000^[5]

Eliminated at convention

• Robert Newcomb, engineer^[5]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of April 7, 2024
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Carlton Bowen (IA)	$8,568	$6,017	$2,551
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[63]	Solid R	November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[64]	Solid R	November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[65]	Safe R	November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[66]	Safe R	June 8, 2024
Elections Daily[67]	Safe R	May 4, 2023
CNalysis[68]	Solid R	November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[69]	Solid R	August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[70]	Safe R	October 23, 2024
538[71]	Solid R	October 23, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

Caroline Gleich (D)

Organizations

• League of Conservation Voters^[72]

John Curtis (R)

U.S. Senators

• Joe Manchin, U.S. senator from West Virginia (2010–present) (Independent; Democratic until 2024)^[73]
• John Thune, Senate Minority Whip (2021–present) from South Dakota (2005–present)^[74]

Organizations

• Environmental Defense Fund^[75]

Debates

2024 Utah U.S. Senate election debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic	Ind. American
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Curtis	Gleich	Bowen
1	Oct. 10, 2024	Utah Debate Commission	Glen Mills	YouTube	P	P	P

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
John Curtis (R)	$4,497,486	$4,058,071	$826,255
Caroline Gleich (D)	$756,449	$664,929	$91,520
Carlton Bowen (IA)	$16,084	$15,200	$884
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	John Curtis (R)	Caroline Gleich (D)	Undecided [h]	Margin
TheHill/DDHQ[76]	through October 7, 2024	October 30, 2024	51.2%	26.6%	22.2%	Curtis +24.6

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[i]	Margin of error	John Curtis (R)	Caroline Gleich (D)	Carlton Bowen (I)	Other	Undecided
Noble Predictive Insights[77]	October 25–28, 2024	695 (LV)	± 3.7%	54%	26%	7%	6%[j]	7%
HarrisX[78][A]	October 15–19, 2024	813 (RV)	± 3.4%	55%	20%	2%	–	21%
				65%	24%	11%	–	–
Noble Predictive Insights[79]	October 2–7, 2024	539 (LV)	± 4.22%	53%	24%	–	–	24%
				51%	21%	2%	1%	25%
		800 (RV)	± 4.0%	50%	23%	–	–	26%
				47%	21%	3%	1%	15%
Lighthouse Research[80][C]	August 29 – September 19, 2024	526 (RV)	± 4.3%	53%	34%	8%	–	5%
HarrisX[81][A]	August 2–9, 2024	800 (RV)	± 3.5%	56%	22%	8%	–	14%
				71%	29%	–	–	–

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Utah^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Curtis	914,700	62.50%	–0.09%
	Democratic	Caroline Gleich	464,515	31.74%	+0.83%
	Independent American	Carlton Bowen	83,972	5.74%	+4.54%
	Write-in		322	0.02%	+0.02%
Total votes			1,463,509	100.0%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Curtis won all four congressional districts.^[83]

District	Curtis	Gleich	Bowen	Representative
1st				Blake Moore
2nd				Celeste Maloy
3rd				John Curtis (118th Congress)
				Mike Kennedy (119th Congress)
4th				Burgess Owens

Notes

1. $90,000 of this total was self-funded by Staggs
2. $2,500,000 of this total was self-funded by Walton
3. $3,000,000 of this total was self-funded by Wilson
4. "Did not vote" with 7%
5. Brent Hatch with 11%; Carolyn Phippen with 1%; "Someone else" with 3%
6. Brent Hatch with 14%; Josh Randall with 2%; Brian Jenkins and Carolyn Phippen with 1%; Jeremy Friedbaum, Chandler Tanner and Clark White with 0%
7. "Another candidate" with 32%
8. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
9. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
10. "Refused" with 4%; "Write-in" with 2%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the Deseret News and the University of Utah
2. Poll sponsored by Conservative Values for Utah, which supports Curtis
3. Poll sponsored by the Utah Debate Commission