2022 United States Senate election in Utah

The 2022 United States Senate election in Utah was held on November 8, 2022. The election was between Republican nominee Mike Lee and independent candidate Evan McMullin. Mike Lee won the election.

This was the first Senate election in Utah's history where there was no Democratic nominee.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
 Evan Barlow, assistant professor at Weber State University
 Loy Arlan Brunson, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2012 and 2018
 Becky Edwards, former state representative (2009–2018)
 Jeremy Friedbaum, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, 2012 and 2018
 Laird Hamblin, children's songwriter
 Ally Isom, business executive, former director of institutional messaging for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and former Deputy Chief of Staff and Communications Director to former Governor Gary Herbert
 Mike Lee, incumbent U.S. Senator (2011–present)

Did not file
 Tyrone Jensen, political podcaster, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 and  in 2020
 Benjamin Davis

Withdrawn
 Brendan Wright, area planning manager for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (endorsed Edwards)

Declined
 Henry Eyring, assistant professor of accounting at London School of Economics and grandson of Henry B. Eyring
 Erin Rider, attorney
 Thomas Wright, real estate broker, former chair of the Utah Republican Party (2011–2013) and candidate for Governor of Utah in 2020.

Results

 Democratic convention 
The Utah Democratic Party state convention took place on April 23, 2022. However, as opposed to nominating Kael Weston, the only Democrat running in the convention, the party chose to support Evan McMullin's independent campaign, following encouragement from many Democrats in the state, including former Rep. Ben McAdams and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson.

 Candidates 

 Eliminated at convention 
 Kael Weston, former U.S. State Department official and nominee for Utah's 2nd congressional district in 2020

 Did not file 
 Austin Searle, musician

 Withdrew 
 Nicholas Mitchell, scientist and business owner (running for Utah's 2nd congressional district)
 Allen Glines, community activist and writerhttps://twitter.com/AllenBGlines/status/1501305985545039872?t=UxcWUzEoI5AyT5vftGAZbg&s=19

 Declined 
 Ben McAdams, former U.S. Representative for  (2019–2021) (endorsed McMullin)
 Steve Schmidt, political commentator for MSNBC, founder of The Lincoln Project, and former Republican political strategist

 Convention vote 
The Utah Democratic Party held a state convention on April 23, 2022. At here they endorsed candidates for state offices. Supporters of Evan McMullin, led by Salt Lake County mayor Jenny Wilson, introduced a motion for the state party to forgo nominating a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate and to instead "join Evan McMullin’s independent coalition to beat Mike Lee". They contended that not doing so would split the anti-Lee vote in the general election. The motion was opposed by supporters of Kael Weston, the lone Democratic candidate for the seat who thus would have received the nomination had the motion failed. The delegates passed the motion by a 57%–43% margin.

+Motion to endorse independent candidate Evan McMullin Option Votes %14px|link=Evan McMullin Yes 782 56.83%14px|link=Kael Weston No 594 43.17%Total 1,376 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Declared
 Lucky Bovo
 James Hansen

Results

 Independent American primary 

 Candidates 

Declared
 Tommy Williams, perennial candidate

Independents

Candidates

Declared
 Evan McMullin, political activist, former CIA operations officer, and candidate for President of the United States in 2016

References

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