This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Utah was January 8, 2024. Thirteen candidates are running for Utah’s four U.S. House districts, including three Democrats and 10 Republicans. That’s 3.25 candidates per district. There were 3.25 candidates per district in 2022, 3.75 candidates per district in 2020, and 2.5 in 2018. Here…
Celeste Maloy defeated Becky Edwards and Bruce Hough in the Republican primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District held on Sept. 5. Maloy received 38.3% of the vote, while Edwards and Hough received 35.1% and 26.6%, respectively. As of Sept. 6, approximately 82% of the votes were counted. Maloy advanced to the general election on Nov.…