Utah's 1st Congressional District
The current member of the United States House of Representatives from the district is Republican Blake Moore.
President George W. Bush received 73% of the vote in this district in 2004. Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) of R+26 in 2004, the 1st Congressional District narrowly beat three other Congressional Districts which scored R+25 to become the most Republican district in the nation.
Recent statewide election results
- Results under current lines (since 2023)
Year | Office | Result |
---|---|---|
2016 | President | Trump 43.7% - 28.5% |
2020 | President | Trump 57.0% - 37.6% |
- Results under old lines (2013-2023)
Year | Office | Result |
---|---|---|
2008 | President | McCain 68 – 29% |
2012 | President | Romney 77 – 20% |
2016 | President | Trump 50 – 22% |
2020 | President | Trump 64 - 32% |
- Results under old lines (2003-2013)
Year | Office | Result |
---|---|---|
2000 | President | Bush 68 – 27% |
2004 | President | Bush 73 – 25% |
2008 | President | McCain 64 – 33% |
List of members representing the district
Until 1913, the district was the only district, elected statewide At-large.
District borders are periodically redrawn and some district residences may no longer be in this district.
Election results
1912
Note: The 1912 election consisted of an all-party election for the two at-large seats. Howell was elected to the first at-large seat, while Johnson was elected to the second at-large seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph Howell | 43,133 | 19.45 | ||
Republican | Jacob Johnson | 42,047 | 18.96 | ||
Democratic | Mathonihah Thomas | 37,192 | 16.77 | ||
Democratic | Tollman D. Johnson | 36,640 | 16.52 | ||
Progressive | S.H. Love | 22,358 | 10.08 | ||
Progressive | Lewis Larson | 21,934 | 9.89 | ||
Socialist | Murray E. King | 8,971 | 4.05 | ||
Socialist | William M. Knerr | 8,953 | 4.04 | ||
Socialist Labor | Elias Anderson | 505 | 0.23 | ||
Total votes | 221,733 | 100.0 | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
1914
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Joseph Howell (Incumbent) | 29,481 | 49.36 | |
Democratic | Lewis Larson | 27,440 | 45.94 | |
Socialist | Ben Jansen | 2,812 | 4.70 | |
Total votes | 59,733 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1916
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Milton H. Welling | 40,035 | 55.55 | |||
Republican | Timothy C. Hoyt | 29,902 | 41.49 | |||
Socialist | Daniel Konald | 2,134 | 2.96 | |||
Total votes | 72,071 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1918
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Milton H. Welling (Incumbent) | 25,327 | 54.64 | |
Republican | William Henry Wattis | 20,478 | 44.18 | |
Socialist | Daniel N. Keef | 548 | 1.18 | |
Total votes | 46,353 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1920
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don B. Colton | 42,249 | 57.49 | |||
Democratic | James W. Funk | 28,160 | 38.32 | |||
Farmer–Labor | John O. Watters | 3,083 | 4.19 | |||
Total votes | 73,492 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1922
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don B. Colton (Incumbent) | 33,188 | 52.73 | |
Democratic | Milton H. Welling | 27,801 | 44.17 | |
Farmer–Labor | John O. Watters | 1,949 | 3.10 | |
Total votes | 62,938 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1924
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don B. Colton (Incumbent) | 40,883 | 54.86 | |
Democratic | Frank Francis | 33,644 | 45.14 | |
Total votes | 74,527 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1926
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don B. Colton (Incumbent) | 44,007 | 61.44 | |
Democratic | Ephraim Bergeson | 27,198 | 37.97 | |
Socialist | John O. Watters | 426 | 0.59 | |
Total votes | 71,631 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1928
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don B. Colton (Incumbent) | 50,274 | 60.89 | |
Democratic | Knox Patterson | 31,889 | 38.62 | |
Socialist | John O. Watters | 408 | 0.49 | |
Total votes | 82,571 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1930
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Don B. Colton (Incumbent) | 45,875 | 60.77 | |
Democratic | Joseph Ririe | 29,210 | 38.70 | |
Socialist | A. W. Clemons | 402 | 0.53 | |
Total votes | 75,487 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Abe Murdock | 47,774 | 51.59 | |||
Republican | Don B. Colton (Incumbent) | 44,827 | 48.41 | |||
Total votes | 92,601 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Abe Murdock (Incumbent) | 55,800 | 64.43 | |
Republican | Arthur Woolley | 29,878 | 34.51 | |
Socialist | William J. McConnell | 644 | 0.74 | |
Communist | Lawrence Mower | 279 | 0.32 | |
Total votes | 86,601 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1936
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Abe Murdock (Incumbent) | 68,877 | 69.23 | |
Republican | Charles W. Dunn | 30,415 | 30.57 | |
Socialist | William J. McConnell | 202 | 0.20 | |
Total votes | 99,494 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Abe Murdock (Incumbent) | 52,927 | 59.66 | |
Republican | LeRoy B. Young | 35,790 | 40.34 | |
Total votes | 88,717 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Walter K. Granger | 62,654 | 57.13 | |
Republican | LeRoy B. Young | 47,021 | 42.87 | |
Total votes | 109,675 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1942
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Walter K. Granger (Incumbent) | 36,297 | 50.19 | |
Republican | J. Bracken Lee | 36,028 | 49.81 | |
Total votes | 72,325 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Walter K. Granger (Incumbent) | 59,755 | 57.79 | |
Republican | B. H. Stringham | 43,642 | 42.21 | |
Total votes | 103,397 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Walter K. Granger (Incumbent) | 44,888 | 50.06 | |
Republican | David J. Wilson | 44,784 | 49.94 | |
Total votes | 89,672 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1948
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Walter K. Granger (Incumbent) | 66,641 | 59.04 | |
Republican | David J. Wilson | 46,229 | 40.96 | |
Total votes | 112,870 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Walter K. Granger (Incumbent) | 54,161 | 51.08 | |
Republican | Preston L. Jones | 51,868 | 48.92 | |
Total votes | 106,029 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1952
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Douglas R. Stringfellow | 76,545 | 60.54 | |||
Democratic | Ernest R. McKay | 49,898 | 39.46 | |||
Total votes | 126,443 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry Aldous Dixon | 55,542 | 53.37 | |
Democratic | Walter K. Granger | 48,535 | 46.63 | |
Total votes | 104,077 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry Aldous Dixon (Incumbent) | 74,107 | 60.92 | |
Democratic | Carlyle F. Gronning | 47,533 | 39.08 | |
Total votes | 121,640 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry Aldous Dixon (Incumbent) | 58,141 | 53.90 | |
Democratic | M. Blaine Peterson | 49,735 | 46.10 | |
Total votes | 107,876 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1960
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | M. Blaine Peterson | 65,939 | 50.03 | |||
Republican | A. Walter Stevenson | 65,871 | 49.97 | |||
Total votes | 131,810 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Laurence J. Burton | 59,032 | 50.88 | |||
Democratic | M. Blaine Peterson (Incumbent) | 56,989 | 49.12 | |||
Total votes | 116,021 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1964
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Laurence J. Burton (Incumbent) | 75,986 | 55.97 | |
Democratic | William G. Bruhn | 59,768 | 44.03 | |
Total votes | 135,754 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Laurence J. Burton (Incumbent) | 99,750 | 66.50 | |
Democratic | J. Keith Melville | 50,260 | 33.50 | |
Total votes | 150,010 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Laurence J. Burton (Incumbent) | 139,456 | 68.12 | |
Democratic | Richard J. Maughan | 65,265 | 31.88 | |
Total votes | 204,721 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1970
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay | 95,499 | 51.27 | |||
Republican | Richard Richards | 89,269 | 47.93 | |||
American Independent | Daniel L. Worthington | 1,489 | 0.80 | |||
Total votes | 186,257 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent) | 127,027 | 55.40 | |
Republican | Robert K. Wolthuis | 96,296 | 42.00 | |
American | L. S. Brown | 5,978 | 2.60 | |
Total votes | 229,301 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent) | 124,793 | 62.63 | |
Republican | Ronald W. Inkley | 62,807 | 31.52 | |
American | L. S. Brown | 11,664 | 5.85 | |
Total votes | 199,264 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent) | 155,631 | 58.17 | |
Republican | Joe H. Ferguson | 106,542 | 39.83 | |
American | Harry B. Gerlach | 5,358 | 2.00 | |
Total votes | 267,531 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent) | 93,892 | 51.03 | |
Republican | Jed J. Richardson | 85,028 | 46.21 | |
American Independent | Robert Terrance Owens | 4,180 | 2.27 | |
Independent | Dennis A. De Boer | 894 | 0.49 | |
Total votes | 183,994 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen | 157,111 | 52.10 | |||
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay (Incumbent) | 144,459 | 47.90 | |||
Total votes | 301,570 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
1982
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 111,416 | 62.80 | |
Democratic | A. Stephen Dirks | 66,006 | 37.20 | |
Total votes | 177,422 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 142,952 | 71.22 | |
Democratic | Milton C. Abrams | 56,619 | 28.21 | |
Libertarian | Willy Marshall | 1,146 | 0.57 | |
Total votes | 200,717 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1986
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 82,151 | 51.56 | |
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay | 77,180 | 48.44 | |
Total votes | 159,331 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 130,893 | 59.80 | |
Democratic | K. Gunn McKay | 87,976 | 40.20 | |
Total votes | 218,869 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 82,746 | 52.15 | |
Democratic | Kenley Brunsdale | 69,491 | 43.80 | |
American | Reva Marx Wadsworth | 6,429 | 4.05 | |
Total votes | 158,666 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1992
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 160,037 | 65.25 | |
Democratic | Ron Holt | 68,712 | 28.02 | |
Independent | William J. "Dub" Lawrence | 16,505 | 6.73 | |
Total votes | 245,254 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1994
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 104,954 | 64.54 | |
Democratic | Bobbie Coray | 57,664 | 35.46 | |
Total votes | 162,618 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 150,126 | 68.31 | |
Democratic | Gregory J. Sanders | 65,866 | 29.97 | |
Natural Law | Randall Tolpinrud | 3,787 | 1.72 | |
Total votes | 219,779 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 109,708 | 67.69 | |
Democratic | Steve Beierlein | 49,307 | 30.42 | |
Libertarian | Gerald A. Arthus | 3,070 | 1.89 | |
Total votes | 162,085 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James V. Hansen (Incumbent) | 180,591 | 68.98 | |
Democratic | Kathleen McConkie Collinwood | 71,229 | 27.21 | |
Independent American | Hartley D. Anderson | 5,131 | 1.96 | |
Libertarian | Dave Starr Seely | 3,151 | 1.20 | |
Natural Law | Matthew D. Frandsen | 1,703 | 0.65 | |
Total votes | 261,805 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop | 109,265 | 60.90 | |
Democratic | Dave Thomas | 66,104 | 36.84 | |
Green | Craig Axford | 4,027 | 2.24 | |
Write-ins | 16 | 0.01 | ||
Total votes | 179,412 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 199,615 | 67.91 | |
Democratic | Steven Thompson | 85,630 | 29.13 | |
Constitution | Charles Johnston | 4,510 | 1.53 | |
Personal Choice | Richard W. Soderberg | 4,206 | 1.43 | |
Total votes | 293,961 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 112,546 | 63.06 | |
Democratic | Steven Olsen | 57,922 | 32.45 | |
Constitution | Mark Hudson | 5,539 | 3.10 | |
Libertarian | Lynn Badler | 2,467 | 1.38 | |
Total votes | 178,474 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 196,799 | 64.85 | |
Democratic | Morgan E. Bowen | 92,469 | 30.47 | |
Constitution | Kirk D. Pearson | 7,397 | 2.44 | |
Libertarian | Joseph Geddes Buchman | 6,780 | 2.23 | |
Total votes | 303,445 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 135,247 | 69.19 | |
Democratic | Morgan E. Bowen | 46,765 | 23.93 | |
Constitution | Kirk D. Pearson | 9,143 | 4.68 | |
Libertarian | Jared Paul Stratton | 4,307 | 2.20 | |
Total votes | 195,462 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 161,546 | 71.50 | |
Democratic | Donna McAleer | 55,740 | 24.70 | |
Constitution | Sherry Phipps | 8,603 | 3.80 | |
Total votes | 225,889 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 84,231 | 64.78 | |
Democratic | Donna McAleer | 36,422 | 28.01 | |
Libertarian | Craig Bowden | 4,847 | 3.73 | |
Independent American | Dwayne A Vance | 4,534 | 3.49 | |
Total votes | 130,034 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 182,928 | 65.9 | |
Democratic | Peter C. Clemens | 73,381 | 26.4 | |
Libertarian | Craig Bowden | 16,296 | 5.9 | |
Unaffiliated | Chadwick H. Fairbanks III | 4,850 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 277,455 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rob Bishop (Incumbent) | 156,692 | 61.6 | |
Democratic | Lee Castillo | 63,308 | 24.9 | |
United Utah | Eric Eliason | 29,547 | 11.6 | |
Green | Adam Davis | 4,786 | 1.9 | |
Total votes | 254,333 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Blake Moore | 237,988 | 69.52 | |
Democratic | Darren Parry | 104,194 | 30.43 | |
Write-in | 169 | 0.05 | ||
Total votes | 342,351 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Blake Moore (incumbent) | 178,434 | 66.97 | |
Democratic | Rick Jones | 87,986 | 33.03 | |
Total votes | 266,420 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
References
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