U.S. House of Representatives · District 4
Utah. Election Day was Nov. 3, 2026. Four candidates are on the official list.
Who is running
TAYLOR WRIGHTLibertarianU.S. House of Representatives · District 4- On file
- Official ballot listing
JONNY LARSENDemocraticU.S. House of Representatives · District 4- Raised
- $88K
- Cash on hand
- $5K
STEVEN BURTUnaffiliatedU.S. House of Representatives · District 4- Raised
- $40K
- Cash on hand
- $2K
MIKE KENNEDYRepublicanU.S. House of Representatives · District 4- Raised
- $1.2M
- Cash on hand
- $449K
- In Congress since
- 2025
- Votes attended
- 98.1%
Certified by Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor (the last official copy we checked before the Nov. 3, 2026, election), as of Oct 15, 2026. Official list
Names and parties are copied exactly from the official list. Blue marks Democrats, red marks Republicans, and gray marks every other party or none; each is also labeled in words.
Official vote count
Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by Utah Lieutenant Governor. Counts change as ballots are counted. Power & Politics does not call races or project winners.
| Candidate or choice | Party | Votes | Share of votes counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIKE KENNEDY | 99,693 | 52.7% | |
| JONNY LARSEN | 76,603 | 40.5% | |
| STEVEN BURT | 7,287 | 3.9% | |
| TAYLOR WRIGHT | 5,509 | 2.9% |
As reported by Utah Lieutenant Governor (the source says it was updated 2026-11-06T02:47:48.3535312Z). Rows are in the order the source lists them, which is not a ranking. Official source · All Utah results
Worth knowing
- The party winning this district last changed in 2020, when Burgess Owens (Republican) won it after a Democratic win in 2018. Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections and Clerk of the House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House)
- The closest result we hold for this district was in 2018: Ben McAdams won by 694 votes, 0.3 points of all votes counted. Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections
- Four different people won the seven regular elections for this district from 2012 to 2024. Source: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections and Clerk of the House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election and MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House of Representatives 1976-2024 (compiled from the Clerk of the House)
- Four candidates are on the official list for this race. Source: Official list from Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor
- All four U.S. House contests in Utah on the official list have more than one candidate. Source: Official list from Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Each fact is worked out from the official records linked beside it. None is a prediction or a rating.
Past results
- Democratic candidate
- Republican candidate
District lines are redrawn after each census and sometimes in between, so the same district number did not always cover the same ground.
Data table: Share of the vote for this district, 2012 to 2024
| Year | Democratic candidate | Republican candidate |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 48.84% | 48.53% |
| 2014 | 45.81% | 50.92% |
| 2016 | 41.31% | 53.76% |
| 2018 | 50.12% | 49.86% |
| 2020 | 46.7% | 47.7% |
| 2022 | 32.35% | 61.05% |
| 2024 | 30.2% | 63.42% |
Winners and margins, 2012 to 2024
| Year | Most votes | Margin over the runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Burgess Owens (Republican) | 120,789 votes (33.2 points) |
| 2022 | Burgess Owens (Republican) | 72,929 votes (28.7 points) |
| 2020 | Burgess Owens (Republican) | 3,765 votes (1.0 points) |
| 2018 | Ben McAdams (Democratic) | 694 votes (0.3 points) |
| 2016 | Mia B. Love (Republican) | 34,184 votes (12.5 points) |
| 2014 | Mia B. Love (Republican) | 7,511 votes (5.1 points) |
| 2012 | Jim Matheson (Democratic) | 768 votes (0.3 points) |
Map
- This race
- Another district
- No figure
Outlines are the Census Bureau's simplified cartographic boundaries, drawn for display, not for legal boundaries. Group names are in the table and in each district's tooltip, not only shown by colour.
Data table: Utah's U.S. House districts, with District 4 outlined
| District | Contest |
|---|---|
| UT-1 | Another district |
| UT-2 | Another district |
| UT-3 | Another district |
| UT-4 | This race |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary file for the 119th Congress. As of the 119th Congress (2025 to 2027) boundary file.
The outlined district is the one in force for the 119th Congress. A state that redrew its map for 2026 may vote on different lines; the official list above names the contest.
Campaign money
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONNY LARSEN | $88K | $83K | $5K | Oct 14, 2026 |
| STEVEN BURT | $40K | $38K | $2K | Oct 14, 2026 |
| MIKE KENNEDY | $1.2M | $886K | $449K | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each candidate's own reports to the Federal Election Commission, through the date shown. Candidates not listed have no FEC totals tied to them on our records. Each name links to the candidate's FEC page.
Headlines that name a candidate in this race
No headline from the outlets we follow has named a candidate in this race together with Utah in the last 30 days.
Headlines are shown as each outlet published them, with a link to the outlet. A headline appears here only when it names a candidate's full name and the state, or comes from a newsroom in the state. They are the outlets' reporting, not Power & Politics findings.