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1 Recent statewide election results  




2 List of members representing the district  




3 Election results  


3.1  1982  




3.2  1984  




3.3  1986  




3.4  1988  




3.5  1990  




3.6  1992  




3.7  1994  




3.8  1996  




3.9  1998  




3.10  2000  




3.11  2002  




3.12  2004  




3.13  2006  




3.14  2008  




3.15  2010  




3.16  2012  




3.17  2014  




3.18  2016  




3.19  2017 (Special)  




3.20  2018  




3.21  2020  


3.21.1  2022  








4 Historical district boundaries  




5 See also  




6 References  




7 External links  













Utah's 3rd congressional district






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Coordinates: 38°41′48″N 110°12′59″W / 38.69667°N 110.21639°W / 38.69667; -110.21639
  
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Utah's 3rd congressional district

Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative

John Curtis
R–Provo

Population (2022)806,633
Median household
income		$87,193[1]
Ethnicity
  • 12.4% Hispanic
  • 4.0% Two or more races
  • 2.3% Asian
  • 1.7% Native American
  • 0.8% Pacific Islander Americans
  • 0.7% Black
  • 0.4% other
    • Cook PVIR+13[2]

    Utah's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. It is located in southern and eastern Utah and includes the cities of Orem and Provo.

    The district was created when Utah was awarded an extra congressional seat following redistricting cycle after the 1980 census. Four of its five Representatives have been Republicans; Bill Orton, a Democrat, represented the district from 1991 to 1997. The current Representative is Republican John Curtis, elected in a special election on November 7, 2017.

    Recent statewide election results[edit]

    Results under current lines (since 2023)
    Year Office Result
    2016 President Trump 46.3% - 26.2%
    2020 President Trump 56.8% - 37.6%
    Results under old lines (2013-2023)[3][4]
    Results under old lines (2003-2013)[5]

    List of members representing the district[edit]

    Representative Party Years Cong
    ress     		Electoral history Counties
    District established January 3, 1983

    Howard Nielson
    (Provo)     		Republican January 3, 1983 –
    January 3, 1991     		98th
    99th
    100th
    101st     		Elected in 1982.
    Re-elected in 1984.
    Re-elected in 1986.
    Re-elected in 1988.
    Retired.     		1983–1993
    Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Uintah, Utah, and Wasatch

    Bill Orton
    (Provo)     		Democratic January 3, 1991 –
    January 3, 1997     		102nd
    103rd
    104th     		Elected in 1990.
    Re-elected in 1992.
    Re-elected in 1994.
    Lost re-election.
    1993–2003
    Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Kane, Morgan, Piute, Salt Lake, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Summit, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and Wayne

    Chris Cannon
    (Mapleton)     		Republican January 3, 1997 –
    January 3, 2009     		105th
    106th
    107th
    108th
    109th
    110th     		Elected in 1996.
    Re-elected in 1998.
    Re-elected in 2000.
    Re-elected in 2002.
    Re-elected in 2004.
    Re-elected in 2006.
    Lost renomination.
    2003–2013

    Beaver, Juab, Millard, Salt Lake, Sanpete, Sevier, and Utah

    Jason Chaffetz
    (Alpine)     		Republican January 3, 2009 –
    June 30, 2017     		111th
    112th
    113th
    114th
    115th     		Elected in 2008.
    Re-elected in 2010.
    Re-elected in 2012.
    Re-elected in 2014.
    Re-elected in 2016.
    Resigned.[6]
    2013–2023

    Carbon, Emery, Grand, Salt Lake, San Juan, Utah, and Wasatch
    Vacant June 30, 2017 –
    November 13, 2017     		115th

    John Curtis
    (Provo)     		Republican November 13, 2017 –
    present     		115th
    116th
    117th
    118th     		Elected to finish Chaffetz's term.
    Re-elected in 2018.
    Re-elected in 2020.
    Re-elected in 2022.
    Retiring at end of term to run for U.S. Senator.
    2023–present:

    Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Salt Lake, San Juan, Summit, Uintah, Utah, and Wasatch

    Election results[edit]

    1982[edit]

    1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[7]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Howard C. Nielson 108,478 76.86
    Independent Henry A. Huish 32,661 23.14
    Total votes 141,139 100.0
    Republican win (new seat)

    1984[edit]

    1984 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[8]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Howard C. Nielson (Incumbent) 138,918 74.46
    Democratic Bruce R. Baird 46,560 24.95
    Libertarian D.W. Crosby 1,094 0.59
    Total votes 186,572 100.0
    Republican hold

    1986[edit]

    1986 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[9]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Howard C. Nielson (Incumbent) 86,599 66.58
    Democratic Dale F. Gardiner 42,582 32.74
    Socialist Workers David P. Hurst 893 0.68
    Total votes 130,074 100.0
    Republican hold

    1988[edit]

    1988 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[10]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Howard C. Nielson (Incumbent) 129,951 66.83
    Democratic Robert W. Stringham 60,018 30.86
    American E. Dean Christensen 3,285 1.69
    Socialist Workers Judy Stranahan 1,207 0.62
    Total votes 194,461 100.0
    Republican hold

    1990[edit]

    1990 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[11]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Bill Orton 79,163 58.35
    Republican Karl Snow 49,452 36.45
    American Robert J. Smith 6,542 4.82
    Socialist Workers Anthony Melvin Dutrow 519 0.38
    Total votes 135,676 100.0
    Democratic gain from Republican

    1992[edit]

    1992 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[12]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Bill Orton (Incumbent) 135,029 58.95
    Republican Richard R. Harrington 84,019 36.68
    Independent Wayne L. Hill 5,764 2.52
    Independent Charles M. Wilson 2,068 0.90
    Libertarian Doug Jones 1,797 0.78
    Socialist Workers Nels J'Anthony 384 0.17
    Total votes 229,061 100.0
    Democratic hold

    1994[edit]

    1994 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[13]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Democratic Bill Orton (Incumbent) 91,505 58.98
    Republican Dixie Thompson 61,839 39.86
    Socialist Workers Barbara Greenway 1,802 1.16
    Total votes 155,146 100.0
    Democratic hold

    1996[edit]

    1996 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[14]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Chris Cannon 106,220 51.14
    Democratic Bill Orton (Incumbent) 98,178 47.27
    Libertarian Amy L. Lassen 2,341 1.13
    Independent Gerald "Bear" Slothower 706 0.34
    Socialist Workers John Phillip Langford 270 0.13
    Total votes 207,715 100.0
    Republican gain from Democratic

    1998[edit]

    1998 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[15]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Chris Cannon (Incumbent) 100,830 76.90
    Independent American Will Christensen 20,720 15.80
    Libertarian Kitty K. Burton 9,553 7.29
    Write-in 20 0.01
    Total votes 131,123 100.0
    Republican hold

    2000[edit]

    2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[16]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Chris Cannon (Incumbent) 138,943 58.54
    Democratic Donald Dunn 88,547 37.31
    Independent American Michael J. Lehman 5,436 2.29
    Libertarian Kitty K. Burton 3,570 1.50
    Natural Law Randall Tolpinrud 852 0.36
    Total votes 237,348 100.0
    Republican hold

    2002[edit]

    2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[17]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Chris Cannon (Incumbent) 103,598 67.43
    Democratic Nancy Jane Woodside 44,533 28.98
    Libertarian Kitty K. Burton 5,511 3.59
    Write-in John William Maurin 1 0.00
    Total votes 153,643 100.0
    Republican hold

    2004[edit]

    2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[18]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Chris Cannon (Incumbent) 173,010 63.39
    Democratic Beau Babka 88,748 32.52
    Constitution Ronald Winfield 5,089 1.86
    Libertarian Jim Dexter 3,691 1.35
    Personal Choice Curtis Darrell James 2,390 0.88
    Total votes 272,928 100.0
    Republican hold

    2006[edit]

    2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[19]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Chris Cannon (Incumbent) 95,455 57.71
    Democratic Christian Burridge 53,330 32.24
    Constitution Jim Noorlander 14,533 8.79
    Libertarian Philip Lear Hallman 2,080 1.26
    Total votes 165,398 100.0
    Republican hold

    2008[edit]

    2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[20]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Chaffetz 187,035 65.61
    Democratic Bennion Spencer 80,626 28.28
    Constitution Jim Noorlander 17,408 6.11
    Total votes 285,069 100.0
    Republican hold

    2010[edit]

    2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[21]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) 139,721 72.32
    Democratic Karen Hyer 44,320 22.94
    Constitution Douglas Sligting 4,596 2.38
    Libertarian Jake Shannon 2,945 1.52
    Independent Joseph L. Puente 1,604 0.83
    Total votes 193,186 100.0
    Republican hold

    2012[edit]

    2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[22]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) 198,828 76.61
    Democratic Soren Simonsen 60,719 23.39
    Total votes 259,547 100.0
    Republican hold

    2014[edit]

    2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[23]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) 102,952 72.21
    Democratic Brian Wonnacott 32,059 22.48
    Independent American Zack Strong 3,192 2.24
    Unaffiliated Stephen P. Tryon 2,584 1.81
    Unaffiliated Ben J. Mates 1,513 1.06
    Write-in David A. Else 280 0.20
    Total votes 142,580 100.0
    Republican hold

    2016[edit]

    2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[24]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) 209,589 73.46
    Democratic Stephen P. Tryon 75,716 26.54
    Total votes 285,305 100.0
    Republican hold

    2017 (Special)[edit]

    2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election[25]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Curtis 85,739 58.03
    Democratic Kathie Allen 37,778 25.57
    United Utah Jim Bennett 13,745 9.30
    Independent Sean Whalen 4,550 3.08
    Libertarian Joe Buchman 3,643 2.47
    Independent American Jason Christensen 2,286 1.55
    Write-in Brendan Phillips — —
    Write-in Russell Paul Roesler — —
    Total votes 147,741 100.00
    Republican hold

    2018[edit]

    2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[26]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Curtis (Incumbent) 174,856 67.55
    Democratic James Courage Singer 70,686 27.31
    Independent American Gregory C. Duerden 6,686 2.58
    United Utah Timothy L. Zeidner 6,630 2.56
    Total votes 258,858 100.00
    Republican hold

    2020[edit]

    2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[27]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Curtis (Incumbent) 246,674 68.77
    Democratic Devin Thorpe 96,067 26.78
    Constitution Daniel Cummings 8,889 2.48
    United Utah Thomas McNeill 7,040 1.97
    Total votes 358,670 100.00
    Republican hold

    2022[edit]

    2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district[28]
    Party Candidate Votes %
    Republican John Curtis (incumbent) 182,497 64.40
    Democratic Glenn Wright 83,687 29.53
    Libertarian Michael Stoddard 8,287 2.92
    Constitution Daniel Cummings 4,874 1.72
    Independent American Aaron Heineman 4,035 1.42
    Total votes 283,380 100
    Republican hold

    Historical district boundaries[edit]

    2003 – 2013
    2013 – 2023

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  • ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  • ^ "Daily Kos Elections 2008, 2012 & 2016 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2018 elections - Google Drive". docs.google.com.
  • ^ "Presidential Election Results, by district" – via Daily Kos.
  • ^ "Presidential Election Results, by district". December 15, 2008 – via swingstateproject.com.
  • ^ Tribune, Courtney Tanner And Lee Davidson The Salt Lake. "Utah sets condensed special election calendar – and it's already started". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  • ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (May 5, 1983). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • ^ "1984 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "1986 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "1988 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "1990 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "1992 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "1994 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "1996 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "1998 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2000 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2002 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2004 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2006 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2008 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2010 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF).
  • ^ "2014 Election Results".
  • ^ 2016 Election Results
  • ^ "Utah Election Preliminary Results". State (Utah). Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  • ^ "2018 General Election Canvass" (PDF). Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  • ^ "Election results".
  • ^ "US Congressional District 3". Utah Election Preliminary Results. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

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