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Utah House race, District 3

Mike Kennedy holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Kent Udell and Celeste Maloy are competing for it.

The November ballot

Maloy
$1.5M
Udell
$48K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Mike Kennedy

Republican · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in Utah

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 11 days before online, or same-day through Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 102,169 votes

  • Celeste MaloyWon65.7%67,135
  • Phil Lyman34.3%35,034

Primary results as recorded August 25, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.6M
Outside money
$1.6M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Maloy$1.3M
Opposing Maloy$300K
Supporting Udell-
Opposing Udell-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

--Small donors$7.4K<1%
100%$47KLarge donors$702K48%
<1%$131PACs$673K46%
--Other$72K5%

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 5 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

9 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
821K
Median household income
$95K
Unemployment
3.8%
Living below the poverty line
9.7%
Without health insurance
7.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+33 in 2024

  • Mike KennedyWon66.4%
  • Glenn J. Wright33.6%

365,276 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.