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.
Utah's 3rd congressional district | |||
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() District boundaries (Salt Lake City metropolitan area shown) | |||
Representative |
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Population (2021) | 798,985 | ||
Median household income | $83,444[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+17[2] |
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.
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Year | Office | Result |
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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% |
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Counties |
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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. | |
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. | |
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] | |
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. Re-elected in 2022.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) | 198,828 | 76.61 | |
Democratic | Soren Simonsen | 60,719 | 23.39 | |
Total votes | 259,547 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jason Chaffetz (Incumbent) | 209,589 | 73.46 | |
Democratic | Stephen P. Tryon | 75,716 | 26.54 | |
Total votes | 285,305 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
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