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Utah’s 3rd District

U.S. House · UT-3

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 30.0 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 65.0%

    Celeste Maloy, incumbent

  • Democrat 35.0%

    Kent Udell

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
UT-3 65.0%35.0%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+20.7 54.5%−19.5

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Celeste Maloy · Republican

Primary results

Held June 23, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Kent Udell 0.0%
Republican primary Celeste Maloy 65.7% 67,135 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Celeste Maloy

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Kent Udell

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Hooslyn, Adonis

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 29.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 30.0 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 3 55%
  • Former district 2 40%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • UT-4 Republican, safe seat
  • UT-1 Democrat, safe seat
  • UT-2 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated