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2024 United States Senate election in Utah

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2024 United States Senate election in Utah
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Nominee John Curtis Caroline Gleich Carlton Bowen
Party Republican Democratic Independent American
Popular vote 914,700 464,515 83,972
Percentage 62.50% 31.74% 5.74%
County results
Curtis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Gleich:      40–50%      50–60%
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Mitt Romney
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John Curtis
Republican

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The 2024 United States Senate election in Utah was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Utah. Republican congressman John Curtis won his first term in office, succeeding Republican incumbent Mitt Romney, who did not seek a second term.[1][2]

Despite finishing a distant second behind Riverton mayor Trent Staggs at the Utah Republican convention, Curtis won the Republican primary with 49% of the vote over Staggs and former state House speaker Brad Wilson. Democratic environmentalist Caroline Gleich won her party's nomination after receiving 93% of vote at the Utah Democratic convention. Democrats have not won a Senate election in Utah since 1970.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Eliminated at convention

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  • Jeremy Friedbaum, piano technician and perennial candidate[5]
  • Brent Hatch, attorney, treasurer of the Federalist Society, and son of former U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch[7]
  • Brian Jenkins, window cleaning contractor and perennial candidate[5]
  • Carolyn Phippen, former advisor to U.S. Senator Mike Lee[8]
  • Josh Randall, accountant and audit manager[9]
  • Chandler Tanner, attorney[5]
  • Clark White, supply chain manager[5]

Withdrawn

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Declined

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Endorsements

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John Curtis

U.S. representatives

Organizations

Political parties

Trent Staggs

Executive branch officials

U.S. Senators

Party leaders

Individuals

Political parties

Organizations

Labor unions

Brad Wilson

Statewide officials

State legislators

Mitt Romney (declined to run)

U.S. Senators

Organizations

Declined to endorse

U.S. Senators

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 5, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
John Curtis (R) $3,796,591 $3,607,565 $575,864
Trent Staggs (R) $1,247,183[a] $871,934 $375,248
Jason Walton (R) $2,882,658[b] $2,620,544 $262,114
Brad Wilson (R) $5,019,090[c] $4,465,090 $554,000
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		John
Curtis 		Trent
Staggs 		Jason
Walton 		Brad
Wilson 		Other Undecided
Noble Predictive Insights[50] June 20–21, 2024 432 (LV) ± 4.7% 48% 28% 6% 9% 7%[d] 2%
HarrisX[51][A] June 4–7, 2024 469 (RV) ± 4.5% 34% 16% 4% 12% – 33%
47% 21% 8% 24% – –
Guidant Polling and Strategy[52][B] April 30 – May 3, 2024 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 41% 15% 2% 9% – 33%
Noble Predictive Insights[53] April 8–16, 2024 283 (RV) ± 5.8% 27% 5% 2% 10% 15%[e] 41%
Dan Jones & Associates[54] January 16–21, 2024 428 (RV) ± 4.74% 18% 3% 1% 8% 18%[f] 52%
Guidant Polling and Strategy[55][B] November 28–
December 5, 2023 		600 (RV) ± 4.0% 40% 6% – 11% – 43%
44% – – – 12% 44%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Deidre
Henderson 		Mike
Kennedy 		Sean
Reyes 		Mitt
Romney 		Trent
Staggs 		Brad
Wilson 		Other Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates[56] August 7–14, 2023 803 (RV) ± 3.5% – – – 44% 3% 6% 32%[g] 14%
Noble Predictive Insights[57] July 7–18, 2023 301 (RV) ± 5.7% 3% 5% 13% 30% 3% 5% – 39%
8% 7% 16% – 4% 7% – 55%

Convention results

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State Republican convention results, 2024
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

Debate

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2024 United States Senate election in Utah republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Curtis Staggs Walton Wilson
1 Jun. 10, 2024 Utah Debate Commission Glen Mills [58] P P P P

Results

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Results by county:
  Curtis
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Staggs
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[59]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Curtis 206,094 48.72%
Republican Trent Staggs 138,143 32.66%
Republican Brad Wilson 53,134 12.56%
Republican Jason Walton 25,604 6.05%
Total votes 422,975 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated at convention

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  • Laird Hamblin, biologist and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[60]
  • Archie Williams, heavy equipment operator and perennial candidate[60]

Endorsements

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Caroline Gleich

Individuals

Political parties

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 7, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Caroline Gleich (D) $389,534 $303,924 $85,610
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

Results

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Convention

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State Democratic Convention results, 2024
Candidate First ballot Pct.
Caroline Gleich 795 92.5%
Laird Hamblin 48 5.6%
Archie Williams 16 1.9%
Total 859 100.0%

Independent American convention

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated at convention

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  • Robert Newcomb, engineer[5]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of April 7, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Carlton Bowen (IA) $8,568 $6,017 $2,551
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[63] Solid R November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[64] Solid R November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[65] Safe R November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[66] Safe R June 8, 2024
Elections Daily[67] Safe R May 4, 2023
CNalysis[68] Solid R November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[69] Solid R August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[70] Safe R October 23, 2024
538[71] Solid R October 23, 2024

Post-primary endorsements

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Caroline Gleich (D)

Organizations

John Curtis (R)

U.S. Senators

Organizations

Debates

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2024 Utah U.S. Senate election debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Democratic Ind. American
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Curtis Gleich Bowen
1 Oct. 10, 2024 Utah Debate Commission Glen Mills YouTube P P P

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
John Curtis (R) $4,497,486 $4,058,071 $826,255
Caroline Gleich (D) $756,449 $664,929 $91,520
Carlton Bowen (IA) $16,084 $15,200 $884
Source: Federal Election Commission[49]

Polling

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Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		John
Curtis (R) 		Caroline
Gleich (D) 		Undecided
[h] 		Margin
TheHill/DDHQ[75] through October 7, 2024 October 30, 2024 51.2% 26.6% 22.2% Curtis +24.6
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[i] 		Margin
of error 		John
Curtis (R) 		Caroline
Gleich (D) 		Carlton
Bowen (I) 		Other Undecided
Noble Predictive Insights[76] October 25–28, 2024 695 (LV) ± 3.7% 54% 26% 7% 6%[j] 7%
HarrisX[77][A] October 15–19, 2024 813 (RV) ± 3.4% 55% 20% 2% – 21%
65% 24% 11% – –
Noble Predictive Insights[78] October 2–7, 2024 539 (LV) ± 4.22% 53% 24% – – 24%
51% 21% 2% 1% 25%
800 (RV) ± 4.0% 50% 23% – – 26%
47% 21% 3% 1% 15%
Lighthouse Research[79][C] August 29 – September 19, 2024 526 (RV) ± 4.3% 53% 34% 8% – 5%
HarrisX[80][A] August 2–9, 2024 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 56% 22% 8% – 14%
71% 29% – – –

Results

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2024 United States Senate election in Utah[81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Curtis 914,700 62.50% –0.09%
Democratic Caroline Gleich 464,515 31.74% +0.83%
Independent American Carlton Bowen 83,972 5.74% +4.54%
Write-in 322 0.02% +0.02%
Total votes 1,463,509 100.0%
Republican hold

Notes

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  1. ^ $90,000 of this total was self-funded by Staggs
  2. ^ $2,500,000 of this total was self-funded by Walton
  3. ^ $3,000,000 of this total was self-funded by Wilson
  4. ^ "Did not vote" with 7%
  5. ^ Brent Hatch with 11%; Carolyn Phippen with 1%; "Someone else" with 3%
  6. ^ Brent Hatch with 14%; Josh Randall with 2%; Brian Jenkins and Carolyn Phippen with 1%; Jeremy Friedbaum, Chandler Tanner and Clark White with 0%
  7. ^ "Another candidate" with 32%
  8. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  9. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  10. ^ "Refused" with 4%; "Write-in" with 2%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by the Deseret News and the University of Utah
  2. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Conservative Values for Utah, which supports Curtis
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by the Utah Debate Commission

References

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Official campaign websites

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