# Utah's 4th congressional district

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 Salt Lake County and it includes a portion of Salt Lake City, which is shared with the 1st and 2nd districts; it also includes parts of Utah and Juab counties and all of Sanpete County. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+16, 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 from 2001 to 2013. The Republican nominee was Mia Love, mayor of Saratoga Springs 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 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 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 narrowly defeated McAdams to regain the congressional seat for the Republican Party.

## Recent election results from statewide races

| Year | Office | Results |
| 2008 | President | McCain 64% - 33% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 77% - 23% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 45% - 24% |
| 2016 | Senate | Lee 71% - 24% |
| 2016 | Governor | Herbert 69% - 26% |
| 2016 | Attorney General | Reyes 68% - 22% |
| 2018 | Senate | Romney 66% - 27% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 61% - 35% |
| 2020 | Governor | Cox 66% - 27% |
| 2020 | Attorney General | Reyes 63% - 31% |
| 2022 | Senate | Lee 56% - 40% |
| 2024 | President | Trump 62% - 35% |

## List of members representing the district

| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | Counties |
| District established January 3, 2013 ||||||
| Jim Matheson (Salt Lake City) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | 113th | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2012. Retired. | 2013–2023 Parts of Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Utah |
| Mia Love (Saratoga Springs) | Republican | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 | 114th 115th | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Lost re-election. | 2013–2023 Parts of Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Utah |
| Ben McAdams (Salt Lake City) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | 116th | Elected in 2018. Lost re-election. | 2013–2023 Parts of Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Utah |
| Burgess Owens (Salt Lake City) | Republican | January 3, 2021 – present | 117th 118th 119th | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | 2013–2023 Parts of Juab, Salt Lake, Sanpete, and Utah |
| Burgess Owens (Salt Lake City) | Republican | January 3, 2021 – present | 117th 118th 119th | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. | 2023–present Sanpete; parts of Juab, Salt Lake, and Utah |

## Election results
### 2012

2012 election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Jim Matheson (Incumbent) | 119,803 | 48.84 |
| | Republican | Mia Love | 119,035 | 48.53 |
| | Libertarian | Jim L. Vein | 6,439 | 2.63 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 245,277 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic win (new seat) | Democratic win (new seat) | Democratic win (new seat) | Democratic win (new seat) |

### 2014

2014 election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mia Love | 64,390 | 50.04 |
| | Democratic | Doug Owens | 60,165 | 46.75 |
| | Libertarian | Jim L. Vein | 1,154 | 0.90 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 125,709 | 97.7 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2016

2016 election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mia Love (Incumbent) | 147,597 | 53.76 |
| | Democratic | Doug Owens | 113,413 | 41.30 |
| | Constitution | Collin R. Simonsen | 13,559 | 4.94 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 274,569 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

### 2018

2018 election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Ben McAdams | 134,964 | 50.13 |
| | Republican | Mia Love (Incumbent) | 134,270 | 49.87 |
| | Independent | Jonathan Larele Peterson (write-in) | 37 | 0.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 269,271 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican | Democratic gain from Republican |

### 2020

2020 election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Burgess Owens | 179,688 | 47.7 |
| | Democratic | Ben McAdams (Incumbent) | 175,923 | 46.7 |
| | Libertarian | John Molnar | 13,053 | 3.5 |
| | United Utah | Jonia Broderick | 8,037 | 2.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 376,701 | 100.0 |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic | Republican gain from Democratic |

### 2022

2022 election results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Burgess Owens (incumbent) | 155,110 | 61.05 |
| | Democratic | Darlene McDonald | 82,181 | 32.35 |
| | United Utah | January Walker | 16,740 | 6.59 |
| | Independent | Jonathan L. Peterson (write-in) | 25 | 0.01 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 254,056 | 100 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |