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The 2024 United States Senate election in Utah will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Utah. Incumbent Republican Senator Mitt Romney was elected with 62.6% of the vote in 2018 and has declined to seek a second term. [1] Utah is considered a safe red state by election analysts; no Democrat has served in the Senate from the state since Frank Moss left office in 1977. [2] Primary elections will take place on June 25, 2024. [3]
Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2023 | |||
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Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
John Curtis (R) | $1,509,076 | $811,141 | $1,084,774 |
Carolyn Phippen (R) | $68,469 | $38,973 | $29,495 |
Brad Wilson (R) | $3,524,917 | $1,452,695 | $2,072,222 |
Trent Staggs (R) | $787,196 | $283,719 | $503,476 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [48] |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | John Curtis | Brent Hatch | Trent Staggs | Brad Wilson | Other | Undecided |
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Guidant Polling and Strategy [upper-alpha 1] | April 30 – May 3, 2024 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 41% | – | 15% | 9% | 2% [lower-alpha 1] | 33% |
Noble Predictive Insights | April 8–16, 2024 | 283 (RV) | ± 5.8% | 27% | 11% | 5% | 10% | 6% [lower-alpha 2] | 41% |
Dan Jones & Associates | January 16–21, 2024 | 428 (RV) | ± 4.74% | 18% | 14% | 3% | 8% | 5% [lower-alpha 3] | 52% |
Guidant Polling and Strategy [upper-alpha 1] | November 28– December 5, 2023 | 600 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 40% | – | 6% | 11% | – | 43% |
44% | – | – | – | 12% | 44% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Deidre Henderson | Mike Kennedy | Sean Reyes | Mitt Romney | Trent Staggs | Brad Wilson | Other | Undecided |
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Dan Jones & Associates | August 7–14, 2023 | 803 (RV) | ± 3.5% | – | – | – | 44% | 3% | 6% | 32% [lower-alpha 4] | 14% |
Noble Predictive Insights | July 7–18, 2023 | 301 (RV) | ± 5.7% | 3% | 5% | 13% | 30% | 3% | 5% | – | 39% |
8% | 7% | 16% | – | 4% | 7% | – | 55% |
State Republican convention results, 2024 | ||||||||||||||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Curtis | |||
Republican | Trent Staggs | |||
Republican | Jason Walton | |||
Republican | Brad Wilson | |||
Total votes |
State Democratic Convention results, 2024 | ||||
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Candidate | First ballot | Pct. | ||
Caroline Gleich | 795 | 92.5% | ||
Laird Hamblin | 48 | 5.6% | ||
Archie Williams | 16 | 1.9% | ||
Total | 859 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [52] | Solid R | November 9, 2023 |
Inside Elections [53] | Solid R | November 9, 2023 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [54] | Safe R | November 9, 2023 |
Elections Daily [55] | Safe R | May 4, 2023 |
CNalysis [56] | Solid R | November 21, 2023 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | TBD | ||||
Democratic | Caroline Gleich | ||||
Independent American | Carlton Bowen | ||||
Total votes |
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