Utah's 4th congressional district is a congressional district created by the state legislature as a result of reapportionment by Congress after the 2010 census showed population increases in the state relative to other states.[3] Prior to 2010 reapportionment, Utah had three congressional districts.[3]
Some 85 percent of the new district is concentrated in Salt Lake County and it includes a portion of Salt Lake City, which is shared with the 2nd and 3rd districts; it also includes parts of Utah, Juab, and Sanpete counties.[4][5][6][7] With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+16, it is the most Republican district in Utah, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.[2]
As a result of redistricting, the 2012 party candidates included Democratic U.S. Congressman Jim Matheson, who had previously represented Utah's 2nd congressional district from 2001 to 2013. The Republican nominee was Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs and running for Congress for the first time. She won the Republican nomination in 2012 over two state representatives, Stephen Sandstrom and Carl Wimmer, at the Republican state convention.
Democratic candidate Matheson narrowly won the election against Love on November 6, 2012, and represented Utah's 4th congressional district until January 2015.[8] He decided not to seek re-election.[9] In 2014, Mia Love ran again for the seat and won in the general election, defeating Democratic candidate Doug Owens. She became the first Haitian American and the first black female Republican elected to Congress, as well as the first black person of either sex elected to Congress from Utah.
In the 2018 elections, Love ran for a third term, losing to Salt Lake County mayor Ben McAdams by 694 votes out of almost 270,000. As a result of McAdams's election, the district became the most Republican district in the country to be represented by a Democrat.[10] In 2020, Republican Burgess Owens narrowly defeated McAdams to regain the congressional seat for the Republican Party.
Recent statewide election results
- Results under current lines (since 2023)
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | President | Trump 45.3% - 24.3% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 60.0% - 34.4% |
| Year | Office | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 56.1 - 40.9% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 67.2 - 30.2% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 39.1 - 32.4% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 52.4 - 43.3% |
List of members representing the district
| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established January 3, 2013 | |||||
 Jim Matheson (Salt Lake City) |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
113th | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2012. Retired. |
2013–2023 Parts of Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Utah |
 Mia Love (Saratoga Springs) |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 |
114th 115th |
Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election. | |
 Ben McAdams (Salt Lake City) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
116th | Elected in 2018. Lost re-election. | |
 Burgess Owens (Salt Lake City) |
Republican | January 3, 2021 – present |
117th 118th |
Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |
2023–present Sanpete; parts of Juab, Salt Lake, and Utah | |||||
Election results
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jim Matheson (Incumbent) | 119,803 | 48.84 | ||
| Republican | Mia Love | 119,035 | 48.53 | ||
| Libertarian | Jim L. Vein | 6,439 | 2.63 | ||
| Total votes | 245,277 | 100.0 | |||
| Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mia Love | 64,390 | 50.04 | |||
| Democratic | Doug Owens | 60,165 | 46.75 | |||
| Libertarian | Jim L. Vein | 1,154 | 0.90 | |||
| Total votes | 125,709 | 97.7 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Mia Love (Incumbent) | 147,597 | 53.76 | ||
| Democratic | Doug Owens | 113,413 | 41.30 | ||
| Constitution | Collin R. Simonsen | 13,559 | 4.94 | ||
| Total votes | 274,569 | 100.0 | |||
| Republican hold | |||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ben McAdams | 134,964 | 50.13 | |||
| Republican | Mia Love (Incumbent) | 134,270 | 49.87 | |||
| Independent | Jonathan Larele Peterson (write-in) | 37 | 0.0 | |||
| Total votes | 269,271 | 100.0 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Burgess Owens | 179,688 | 47.7 | |||
| Democratic | Ben McAdams (Incumbent) | 175,923 | 46.7 | |||
| Libertarian | John Molnar | 13,053 | 3.5 | |||
| United Utah | Jonia Broderick | 8,037 | 2.1 | |||
| Total votes | 376,701 | 100.0[a] | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Burgess Owens (incumbent) | 155,110 | 61.05 | |
| Democratic | Darlene McDonald | 82,181 | 32.35 | |
| United Utah | January Walker | 16,740 | 6.59 | |
| Independent | Jonathan L. Peterson (write-in) | 25 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 254,056 | 100 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
References
- ^ a b "My Congressional District, Utah - Congressional District 4". Bureau of Census.
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ "District Map of Congressional Voting Districts for Utah". Utah.gov. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ^ Gehrke, Robert (December 15, 2011). "Matheson will run in newly created 4th District". The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ^ Gehrke, Robert (November 20, 2012). "Matheson holds on to win by whisker, but Utah GOP questions results". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ "2012 General Election Canvass Report". Election Results 2012. Utah Lieutenant Governor's Office. November 2012. p. 4. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- ^ "Mia Love Election Results: Jim Matheson Bests Republican Challenger". Huffington Post. November 7, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
- ^ Livingston, Abby (December 17, 2013). "Democrat Jim Matheson Announces Retirement". Roll Call.
- ^ "PVI Map and District List". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2012 Preliminary Election Results, Clerk of the House
- ^ "Utah Election Results". The New York Times. December 17, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Utah U.S. House 4th District". The New York Times. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "US Congressional District 4". Utah Election Preliminary Results. 2018.
- ^ "Election results".
- ^ "US Congressional District 4". Utah Election Preliminary Results. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
Notes
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