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. Some 85 percent of the new district is concentrated in

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and it includes a portion of

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, which is shared with the 2nd and

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districts; it also includes parts of

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, Juab, and Sanpete counties. Candidates first appeared on the 2012 ballot. As a result of redistricting, the 2012 party candidates included Democratic U.S. Congressman

Jim Matheson James David Matheson (born March 21, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Utah from 2001 to 2015. He represented Utah's 2nd district from 2001 to 2013 and its from 2013 to 2015 as a member of the De ...

, who had previously represented

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from 2001 to 2013. The Republican nominee was

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, mayor of

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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, at the

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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

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. She became the first

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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

mayor Ben McAdams 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, nonprofit executive and former professional football player serving as the U.S. representative for Utah's 4th congressional district since 2021. He played safety for 10 seaso ...

narrowly defeated McAdams to regain the congressional seat for the Republican Party.

Recent election results from statewide races

Source:

List of members representing the district

Election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

References

Notes

External links

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