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.
Prior to 2010 reapportionment, Utah had three congressional districts.
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Some 85 percent of the new district is concentrated in Salt Lake County and it includes a portion of ]Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
, which is shared with the 1st
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and 2nd
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districts; it also includes parts of Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
and Juab counties and all of Sanpete County. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated PVI or CPVI, is a measurement of how partisan a U.S. congressional district or U.S. state is. This partisanship is indicated as lean towards either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, com ...
rating of R+14, it is the most Republican district in Utah, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.
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
Utah's 2nd congressional district currently serves western Salt Lake City and the largely rural western and southern portions of Utah, including Saint George, Utah, Saint George and Tooele, UT, Tooele. The district is currently represented by R ...
from 2001 to 2013. The Republican nominee was Mia Love
Ludmya "Mia" Love (née Bourdeau; December 6, 1975 – March 23, 2025) was an American political commentator and politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Utah's 4th congressional district from ...
, mayor of Saratoga Springs
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and running for Congress for the first time. She won the Republican nomination in 2012 over two state representatives, Stephen Sandstrom and Carl Wimmer
Carl Daniel Wimmer (born June 30, 1975) is a Utah politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 2007-2012 before resigning to run for the United States House of Representatives.
Early life, education, and law enfo ...
, 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. He decided not to seek re-election. 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
Benjamin Michael McAdams (born December 5, 1974) is an American politician and attorney who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Utah's 4th congressional district from 2019 to 2021. During that time, he w ...
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. In 2020, Republican Burgess Owens
Clarence Burgess Owens (born August 2, 1951) is an American politician and former professional football player serving as the U.S. representative for Utah's 4th congressional district since 2021.
He played safety for 10 seasons in the Nati ...
narrowly defeated McAdams to regain the congressional seat for the Republican Party and was re-elected with over 61% of the vote in 2022 and 2024.
Recent election results from statewide races
List of members representing the district
Election results
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
References
Notes
External links
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Constituencies established in 2013
2013 establishments in Utah
Millard County, Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah
Sanpete County, Utah
Utah County, Utah