Utah's 3rd congressional district

Utah's 3rd congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)818,995
Median household
income		$94,844[1]
Ethnicity
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

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

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

1982

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

2003 – 2013
2013 – 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Daily Kos Elections 2008, 2012 & 2016 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2018 elections - Google Drive". docs.google.com.
  4. ^ "Presidential Election Results, by district" – via Daily Kos.
  5. ^ "Presidential Election Results, by district". December 15, 2008 – via swingstateproject.com.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (May 5, 1983). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  8. ^ "1984 Election Results" (PDF).
  9. ^ "1986 Election Results" (PDF).
  10. ^ "1988 Election Results" (PDF).
  11. ^ "1990 Election Results" (PDF).
  12. ^ "1992 Election Results" (PDF).
  13. ^ "1994 Election Results" (PDF).
  14. ^ "1996 Election Results" (PDF).
  15. ^ "1998 Election Results" (PDF).
  16. ^ "2000 Election Results" (PDF).
  17. ^ "2002 Election Results" (PDF).
  18. ^ "2004 Election Results" (PDF).
  19. ^ "2006 Election Results" (PDF).
  20. ^ "2008 Election Results" (PDF).
  21. ^ "2010 Election Results" (PDF).
  22. ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF).
  23. ^ "2014 Election Results".
  24. ^ 2016 Election Results
  25. ^ "Utah Election Preliminary Results". State (Utah). Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  26. ^ "2018 General Election Canvass" (PDF). Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  27. ^ "Election results".
  28. ^ "US Congressional District 3". Utah Election Preliminary Results. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

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