Utah's 1st congressional district

Utah's 1st congressional district serves the northern area of Utah, including the cities of Ogden, Logan, Layton, Clearfield, parts of Park City and Salt Lake City, and the northern half of the Great Salt Lake.

Utah's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Blake Moore R–Salt Lake City
Population (2023)	855,830
Median household income	$93,572[1]
Ethnicity	78.7% White 13.2% Hispanic 3.6% Two or more races 2.1% Asian 1.3% other 1.1% Black
Cook PVI	R+10[2]

The current member of the United States House of Representatives from the district is Republican Blake Moore.

President George W. Bush received 73% of the vote in this district in 2004. Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of R+26 in 2004, the 1st Congressional District narrowly beat three other Congressional Districts which scored R+25 to become the most Republican district in the nation.^[3]

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[4][5]
2008	President	McCain 62% - 35%
2012	President	Romney 74% - 26%
2016	President	Trump 44% - 29%
	Senate	Lee 67% - 28%
	Governor	Herbert 65% - 30%
	Attorney General	Reyes 64% - 26%
2018	Senate	Romney 61% - 32%
2020	President	Trump 58% - 38%
	Governor	Cox 62% - 31%
	Attorney General	Reyes 60% - 34%
2022	Senate	Lee 51% - 44%
2024	President	Trump 58% - 38%

List of members representing the district

Until 1913, the district was the only district, elected statewide At-large.

District borders are periodically redrawn and some district residences may no longer be in this district.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District established March 4, 1913
Joseph Howell (Logan)	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Retired.
Milton H. Welling (Fielding)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Don B. Colton (Vernal)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Abe Murdock (Beaver)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941	73rd 74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Walter K. Granger (Cedar City)	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1953	77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Douglas R. Stringfellow (Ogden)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955	83rd	Elected in 1952. Renominated, but replaced on ballot due to personal scandal.
Henry Aldous Dixon (Ogden)	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1961	84th 85th 86th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Retired.
M. Blaine Peterson (Ogden)	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Elected in 1960. Lost re-election.
Laurence J. Burton (Ogden)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971	88th 89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
K. Gunn McKay (Huntsville)	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election.
Jim Hansen (Farmington)	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2003	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired.
Rob Bishop (Brigham City)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2021	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired to join Thomas Wright's gubernatorial ticket.	2003–2013:
					2013–2023:
Blake Moore (Salt Lake City)	Republican	January 3, 2021 – present	117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present:

Election results

1912

Note: The 1912 election consisted of an all-party election for the two at-large seats. Howell was elected to the first at-large seat, while Johnson was elected to the second at-large seat.

1912 United States House of Representatives elections^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Howell	43,133	19.45
	Republican	Jacob Johnson	42,047	18.96
	Democratic	Mathonihah Thomas	37,192	16.77
	Democratic	Tollman D. Johnson	36,640	16.52
	Progressive	S.H. Love	22,358	10.08
	Progressive	Lewis Larson	21,934	9.89
	Socialist	Murray E. King	8,971	4.05
	Socialist	William M. Knerr	8,953	4.04
	Socialist Labor	Elias Anderson	505	0.23
Total votes			221,733	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

1914

1914 United States House of Representatives elections^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Howell (Incumbent)	29,481	49.36
	Democratic	Lewis Larson	27,440	45.94
	Socialist	Ben Jansen	2,812	4.70
Total votes			59,733	100.0
	Republican hold

1916

1916 United States House of Representatives elections^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. Welling	40,035	55.55
	Republican	Timothy C. Hoyt	29,902	41.49
	Socialist	Daniel Konald	2,134	2.96
Total votes			72,071	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1918

1918 United States House of Representatives elections^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Milton H. Welling (Incumbent)	25,327	54.64
	Republican	William Henry Wattis	20,478	44.18
	Socialist	Daniel N. Keef	548	1.18
Total votes			46,353	100.0
	Democratic hold

1920

1920 United States House of Representatives elections^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don B. Colton	42,249	57.49
	Democratic	James W. Funk	28,160	38.32
	Farmer–Labor	John O. Watters	3,083	4.19
Total votes			73,492	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1922

1922 United States House of Representatives elections^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don B. Colton (Incumbent)	33,188	52.73
	Democratic	Milton H. Welling	27,801	44.17
	Farmer–Labor	John O. Watters	1,949	3.10
Total votes			62,938	100.0
	Republican hold

1924

1924 United States House of Representatives elections^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don B. Colton (Incumbent)	40,883	54.86
	Democratic	Frank Francis	33,644	45.14
Total votes			74,527	100.0
	Republican hold

1926

1926 United States House of Representatives elections^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don B. Colton (Incumbent)	44,007	61.44
	Democratic	Ephraim Bergeson	27,198	37.97
	Socialist	John O. Watters	426	0.59
Total votes			71,631	100.0
	Republican hold

1928

1928 United States House of Representatives elections^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don B. Colton (Incumbent)	50,274	60.89
	Democratic	Knox Patterson	31,889	38.62
	Socialist	John O. Watters	408	0.49
Total votes			82,571	100.0
	Republican hold

1930

1930 United States House of Representatives elections^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don B. Colton (Incumbent)	45,875	60.77
	Democratic	Joseph Ririe	29,210	38.70
	Socialist	A. W. Clemons	402	0.53
Total votes			75,487	100.0
	Republican hold

1932

1932 United States House of Representatives elections^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abe Murdock	47,774	51.59
	Republican	Don B. Colton (Incumbent)	44,827	48.41
Total votes			92,601	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1934

1934 United States House of Representatives elections^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abe Murdock (Incumbent)	55,800	64.43
	Republican	Arthur Woolley	29,878	34.51
	Socialist	William J. McConnell	644	0.74
	Communist	Lawrence Mower	279	0.32
Total votes			86,601	100.0
	Democratic hold

1936

1936 United States House of Representatives elections^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abe Murdock (Incumbent)	68,877	69.23
	Republican	Charles W. Dunn	30,415	30.57
	Socialist	William J. McConnell	202	0.20
Total votes			99,494	100.0
	Democratic hold

1938

1938 United States House of Representatives elections^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Abe Murdock (Incumbent)	52,927	59.66
	Republican	LeRoy B. Young	35,790	40.34
Total votes			88,717	100.0
	Democratic hold

1940

1940 United States House of Representatives elections^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger	62,654	57.13
	Republican	LeRoy B. Young	47,021	42.87
Total votes			109,675	100.0
	Democratic hold

1942

1942 United States House of Representatives elections^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (Incumbent)	36,297	50.19
	Republican	J. Bracken Lee	36,028	49.81
Total votes			72,325	100.0
	Democratic hold

1944

1944 United States House of Representatives elections^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (Incumbent)	59,755	57.79
	Republican	B. H. Stringham	43,642	42.21
Total votes			103,397	100.0
	Democratic hold

1946

1946 United States House of Representatives elections^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (Incumbent)	44,888	50.06
	Republican	David J. Wilson	44,784	49.94
Total votes			89,672	100.0
	Democratic hold

1948

1948 United States House of Representatives elections^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (Incumbent)	66,641	59.04
	Republican	David J. Wilson	46,229	40.96
Total votes			112,870	100.0
	Democratic hold

1950

1950 United States House of Representatives elections^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger (Incumbent)	54,161	51.08
	Republican	Preston L. Jones	51,868	48.92
Total votes			106,029	100.0
	Democratic hold

1952

1952 United States House of Representatives elections^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Douglas R. Stringfellow	76,545	60.54
	Democratic	Ernest R. McKay	49,898	39.46
Total votes			126,443	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1954

1954 United States House of Representatives elections^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Aldous Dixon	55,542	53.37
	Democratic	Walter K. Granger	48,535	46.63
Total votes			104,077	100.0
	Republican hold

1956

1956 United States House of Representatives elections^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Aldous Dixon (Incumbent)	74,107	60.92
	Democratic	Carlyle F. Gronning	47,533	39.08
Total votes			121,640	100.0
	Republican hold

1958

1958 United States House of Representatives elections^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry Aldous Dixon (Incumbent)	58,141	53.90
	Democratic	M. Blaine Peterson	49,735	46.10
Total votes			107,876	100.0
	Republican hold

1960

1960 United States House of Representatives elections^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	M. Blaine Peterson	65,939	50.03
	Republican	A. Walter Stevenson	65,871	49.97
Total votes			131,810	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1962

1962 United States House of Representatives elections^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton	59,032	50.88
	Democratic	M. Blaine Peterson (Incumbent)	56,989	49.12
Total votes			116,021	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1964

1964 United States House of Representatives elections^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton (Incumbent)	75,986	55.97
	Democratic	William G. Bruhn	59,768	44.03
Total votes			135,754	100.0
	Republican hold

1966

1966 United States House of Representatives elections^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton (Incumbent)	99,750	66.50
	Democratic	J. Keith Melville	50,260	33.50
Total votes			150,010	100.0
	Republican hold

1968

1968 United States House of Representatives elections^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Laurence J. Burton (Incumbent)	139,456	68.12
	Democratic	Richard J. Maughan	65,265	31.88
Total votes			204,721	100.0
	Republican hold

1970

1970 United States House of Representatives elections^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay	95,499	51.27
	Republican	Richard Richards	89,269	47.93
	American Independent	Daniel L. Worthington	1,489	0.80
Total votes			186,257	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1972

1972 United States House of Representatives elections^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent)	127,027	55.40
	Republican	Robert K. Wolthuis	96,296	42.00
	American	L. S. Brown	5,978	2.60
Total votes			229,301	100.0
	Democratic hold

1974

1974 United States House of Representatives elections^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent)	124,793	62.63
	Republican	Ronald W. Inkley	62,807	31.52
	American	L. S. Brown	11,664	5.85
Total votes			199,264	100.0
	Democratic hold

1976

1976 United States House of Representatives elections^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent)	155,631	58.17
	Republican	Joe H. Ferguson	106,542	39.83
	American	Harry B. Gerlach	5,358	2.00
Total votes			267,531	100.0
	Democratic hold

1978

1978 United States House of Representatives elections^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent)	93,892	51.03
	Republican	Jed J. Richardson	85,028	46.21
	American Independent	Robert Terrance Owens	4,180	2.27
	Independent	Dennis A. De Boer	894	0.49
Total votes			183,994	100.0
	Democratic hold

1980

1980 United States House of Representatives elections^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen	157,111	52.10
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent)	144,459	47.90
Total votes			301,570	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	111,416	62.80
	Democratic	A. Stephen Dirks	66,006	37.20
Total votes			177,422	100.0
	Republican hold

1984

1984 United States House of Representatives elections^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	142,952	71.22
	Democratic	Milton C. Abrams	56,619	28.21
	Libertarian	Willy Marshall	1,146	0.57
Total votes			200,717	100.0
	Republican hold

1986

1986 United States House of Representatives elections^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	82,151	51.56
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay	77,180	48.44
Total votes			159,331	100.0
	Republican hold

1988

1988 United States House of Representatives elections^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	130,893	59.80
	Democratic	K. Gunn McKay	87,976	40.20
Total votes			218,869	100.0
	Republican hold

1990

1990 United States House of Representatives elections^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	82,746	52.15
	Democratic	Kenley Brunsdale	69,491	43.80
	American	Reva Marx Wadsworth	6,429	4.05
Total votes			158,666	100.0
	Republican hold

1992

1992 United States House of Representatives elections^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	160,037	65.25
	Democratic	Ron Holt	68,712	28.02
	Independent	William J. "Dub" Lawrence	16,505	6.73
Total votes			245,254	100.0
	Republican hold

1994

1994 United States House of Representatives elections^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	104,954	64.54
	Democratic	Bobbie Coray	57,664	35.46
Total votes			162,618	100.0
	Republican hold

1996

1996 United States House of Representatives elections^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	150,126	68.31
	Democratic	Gregory J. Sanders	65,866	29.97
	Natural Law	Randall Tolpinrud	3,787	1.72
Total votes			219,779	100.0
	Republican hold

1998

1998 United States House of Representatives elections^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	109,708	67.69
	Democratic	Steve Beierlein	49,307	30.42
	Libertarian	Gerald A. Arthus	3,070	1.89
Total votes			162,085	100.0
	Republican hold

2000

2000 United States House of Representatives elections^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James V. Hansen (Incumbent)	180,591	68.98
	Democratic	Kathleen McConkie Collinwood	71,229	27.21
	Independent American	Hartley D. Anderson	5,131	1.96
	Libertarian	Dave Starr Seely	3,151	1.20
	Natural Law	Matthew D. Frandsen	1,703	0.65
Total votes			261,805	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

2002 United States House of Representatives elections^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop	109,265	60.90
	Democratic	Dave Thomas	66,104	36.84
	Green	Craig Axford	4,027	2.24
	Write-ins		16	0.01
Total votes			179,412	100.0
	Republican hold

2004

2004 United States House of Representatives elections^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	199,615	67.91
	Democratic	Steven Thompson	85,630	29.13
	Constitution	Charles Johnston	4,510	1.53
	Personal Choice	Richard W. Soderberg	4,206	1.43
Total votes			293,961	100.0
	Republican hold

2006

2006 United States House of Representatives elections^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	112,546	63.06
	Democratic	Steven Olsen	57,922	32.45
	Constitution	Mark Hudson	5,539	3.10
	Libertarian	Lynn Badler	2,467	1.38
Total votes			178,474	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives elections^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	196,799	64.85
	Democratic	Morgan E. Bowen	92,469	30.47
	Constitution	Kirk D. Pearson	7,397	2.44
	Libertarian	Joseph Geddes Buchman	6,780	2.23
Total votes			303,445	100.0
	Republican hold

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives elections^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	135,247	69.19
	Democratic	Morgan E. Bowen	46,765	23.93
	Constitution	Kirk D. Pearson	9,143	4.68
	Libertarian	Jared Paul Stratton	4,307	2.20
Total votes			195,462	100.0
	Republican hold

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives elections^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	161,546	71.50
	Democratic	Donna McAleer	55,740	24.70
	Constitution	Sherry Phipps	8,603	3.80
Total votes			225,889	100.0
	Republican hold

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives elections^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	84,231	64.78
	Democratic	Donna McAleer	36,422	28.01
	Libertarian	Craig Bowden	4,847	3.73
	Independent American	Dwayne A Vance	4,534	3.49
Total votes			130,034	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives elections^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	182,928	65.9
	Democratic	Peter C. Clemens	73,381	26.4
	Libertarian	Craig Bowden	16,296	5.9
	Unaffiliated	Chadwick H. Fairbanks III	4,850	1.7
Total votes			277,455	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives elections^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (Incumbent)	156,692	61.6
	Democratic	Lee Castillo	63,308	24.9
	United Utah	Eric Eliason	29,547	11.6
	Green	Adam Davis	4,786	1.9
Total votes			254,333	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives elections^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Moore	237,988	69.52
	Democratic	Darren Parry	104,194	30.43
	Write-in		169	0.05
Total votes			342,351	100.00
	Republican hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives elections^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Moore (incumbent)	178,434	66.97
	Democratic	Rick Jones	87,986	33.03
Total votes			266,420	100
	Republican hold

2024

2024 Utah's 1st congressional district election^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Blake Moore (incumbent)	230,975	63.1
	Democratic	Bill Campbell	117,319	32.1
	Libertarian	Daniel Cottam	17,601	4.8
Total votes			365,895	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• United States portal
• Utah portal

• Utah's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts