Utah's 3rd congressional district

Utah's 3rd congressional district
Utah's 3rd congressional district
	District boundaries (Salt Lake City metropolitan area shown)
Representative
	John Curtis; R–Provo
Population (2021)	798,985
Median household; income	$83,444
Ethnicity	93.3% White; 3.7% Asian; 1.6% Black; 1.5% Hispanic; 1.4% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+17

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 election results from statewide races

Source:^[3]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Bush 75 – 24%
2004	President	Bush 77 – 20%
2008	President	McCain 67 – 29%
2012	President	Romney 78 – 20%
2016	President	Trump 47 – 23%
2020	President	Trump 60 - 35%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created 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.
Bill Orton (Provo)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	102nd 103rd 104th		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 (Provo)	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.
Chris Cannon (Provo)	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th		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.^[4]
Jason Chaffetz (Alpine)	Republican	January 3, 2009 – June 30, 2017	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th		2013–present 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	Elected to finish Chaffetz's term. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Election results

1982

1982 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 3rd district^[5]
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^[6]
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^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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^[11]
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^[12]
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^[13]
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^[14]
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^[15]
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^[16]
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^[17]
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^[18]
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^[19]
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^[20]
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^[21]
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^[22]
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^[23]
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^[24]
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^[25]
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

Historical district boundaries

2003 – 2013

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "Presidential Election Results, by district" – 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".

External links

"U.S. House, Utah – 3rd District". CQ Politics. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Retrieved July 9, 2008.

Coordinates: 38°41′48″N 110°12′59″W / 38.69667°N 110.21639°W / 38.69667; -110.21639

[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-2] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[3] "Presidential Election Results, by district" – via swingstateproject.com.

[4] 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.

[5] Clerk of the House of Representatives (May 5, 1983). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

[6] "1984 Election Results" (PDF).

[7] "1986 Election Results" (PDF).

[8] "1988 Election Results" (PDF).

[9] "1990 Election Results" (PDF).

[10] "1992 Election Results" (PDF).

[11] "1994 Election Results" (PDF).

[12] "1996 Election Results" (PDF).

[13] "1998 Election Results" (PDF).

[14] "2000 Election Results" (PDF).

[15] "2002 Election Results" (PDF).

[16] "2004 Election Results" (PDF).

[17] "2006 Election Results" (PDF).

[18] "2008 Election Results" (PDF).

[19] "2010 Election Results" (PDF).

[20] "2012 Election Results" (PDF).

[21] "2014 Election Results".

[22] 2016 Election Results

[general_election_results-23] "Utah Election Preliminary Results". State (Utah). Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[24] "2018 General Election Canvass" (PDF). Retrieved June 18, 2022.

[25] "Election results".

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