HOUSE RACE
Utah 1st District
Where this race stands
| Rater | Rating | Added |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Political Report | Solid D | |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Not available: Not in the source we read for this rater. | |
| Split Ticket | Not available: Not in the source we read for this rater. | |
| FiftyPlusOne | Not available: Not in the source we read for this rater. |
Thin Gold model
Safe D · more than 19 in 20 chance for Democrats
Our model's lean sits inside the range of the raters covering this race.
Model output from our win-odds simulation, under calibration review. Methodology
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Ben McAdams
Democrat
vs
Riley Owen
Republican
Jesse West LIBERTARIAN
Elias Henry Montgomery UNAFFILIATED
Roster: Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor (Elections) · state candidate list · as of October 6, 2026
No verified public poll. How we source polling data.
Unproven: Analysis held for checking never verified This text is held until it passes a current check of its candidate, officeholder and party claims against sourced records. How the claim check works
Campaign finance · FEC
Ben McAdams
- Raised
- $3.9M
- Cash on hand
- $436.8K
Campaign finance · FEC
Riley Owen
- Raised
- $132.5K
- Cash on hand
- $9.6K
Federal Election Commission filings, as of Jun 30, 2026.
Election information
- Voter registration deadline
- October 4, 2026, per the federal form; this date falls on a Sunday and your state may move it, so confirm with your state (U.S. Election Assistance Commission, National Mail Voter Registration Form, as of October 10, 2026)
- Early voting
- Not shown. We have not yet built a reader for this state's election office, so no state-published date is shown.
What is not on this page
- Candidate issue positions are not shown. We list a position only when it is tied to a named, dated source.
- No individual poll results are compiled for this race.
- District demographics are not shown: the Census figures we hold describe the 2024 district lines, which changed for 2026.
- The previous result for this seat is not shown: we hold no certified results record for it yet.
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