The 2020 Utah Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect state senators in 15 of the 29 Utah State Senate districts. These coincided with other elections in Utah, including for governor and the House of Representatives. State senators serve four-year terms in the Utah State Senate.
Results summary + Summary of the November 3, 2020 Utah State Senate election results Party Candidates Votes Seats % Before Up Won After +/– Republican 15 546,124 77.90% 23 13 13 23 Democratic 7 136,448 19.46% 6 2 2 6 United Utah 1 11,351 1.62% 0 0 0 0 Independent 2 7,097 1.01% 0 0 0 0 Total 701,020 100.0% 29 15 15 29 Source: Utah Elections Results
District results State senate districtIncumbent PartyElected senator Party Utah 1 Luz Escamilla Dem Luz Escamilla Dem Utah 6 Wayne Harper Rep Wayne Harper Rep Utah 7Deidre Henderson Rep Mike McKell Rep Utah 8 Kathleen Riebe Dem Kathleen Riebe Dem Utah 10 Lincoln Fillmore Rep Lincoln Fillmore Rep Utah 13 Jake Anderegg Rep Jake Anderegg Rep Utah 14 Dan Hemmert Rep Dan Hemmert Rep Utah 16 Curt Bramble Rep Curt Bramble Rep Utah 19Allen M. Christensen Rep John D. Johnson Rep Utah 20 D. Gregg Buxton Rep D. Gregg Buxton Rep Utah 23 Todd Weiler Rep Todd Weiler Rep Utah 24Ralph Okerlund Rep Derrin Owens Rep Utah 25Lyle W. Hillyard* Rep Chris H. Wilson Rep Utah 27 David Hinkins Rep David Hinkins Rep Utah 29 Don Ipson Rep Don Ipson Rep
Retirements Three incumbents did not seek re-election in 2020.
Republicans District 7: Deidre Henderson retired to run for lieutenant governor. District 19: Allen M. Christensen retired. District 24: Ralph Okerlund retired.
Incumbents defeated In primary elections Republicans One Republican lost renomination. District 25: Lyle W. Hillyard lost renomination to Chris H. Wilson.
Open seats that parties held Republican seats held by Republicans Republicans held three of their open seats. District 7: Won by Mike McKell. District 19: Won by John D. Johnson. District 24: Won by Derrin Owens.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportOctober 21, 2020
Close races District Winner Margin District 6 Republican 11.2% District 8 Democratic 13.2% District 19 Republican 14.2%
Results by district District 1
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 10
District 13
District 14
District 16
District 19
District 20
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 27
District 29
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