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November 6, 2018
  
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United States Senate election in Utah, 2018

The 2018 United States Senate election in Utah will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

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Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch was reelected to a seventh term in 2012. During his 2012 reelection campaign, Hatch had pledged that if he was elected that it would be his last term. Hatch won his first election in 1976 in part by criticizing the incumbent's 18-year tenure. However, Hatch reversed his pledge and is running for reelection to an eighth term.

An August 19–21, 2016 poll conducted by Public Policy Polling found only 19% of voters wanted Hatch to run in 2018, while 71% wanted him to retire.

Declared

  • Orrin Hatch, incumbent U.S. Senator and President pro tempore of the United States Senate

    • Potential

  • Jason Chaffetz, U.S. Representative
  • Deidre Henderson, State Senator
  • Jon Huntsman Jr., former Governor of Utah, former Ambassador to China and candidate for President of the United States in 2012In March of 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Huntsman for the post of United States Ambassador to the Russian Federation. If confirmed, this would likely remove Huntsman from contention for Utah's senior Senate seat.
  • Mike Leavitt, former Governor, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
  • Dan Liljenquist, former State Senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012
  • Mia Love, U.S. Representative
  • Evan McMullin, former congressional staffer, former CIA agent and independent candidate for President of the United States in 2016
  • Derek Miller, president and CEO of World Trade Center Utah and former Chief of Staff to Governor Gary Herbert
  • Sean Reyes, Utah Attorney General
  • Josh Romney, real estate developer and son of Mitt Romney
  • Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, nominee for the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts in 1994 and nominee for President of the United States in 2012
  • Thomas Wright, Republican National Committeeman and former Chair of the Utah Republican Party

    • Potential

  • Jim Matheson, former U.S. Representative
  • Ben McAdams, Mayor of Salt Lake County
  • Jenny Wilson, Salt Lake County Councilwoman and candidate for Mayor of Salt Lake City in 2007

    • Potential

  • Evan McMullin, former congressional staffer, former CIA agent and independent candidate for President of the United States in 2016

    • Declined

  • Jon Huntsman Jr., co-chair of No Labels, former Governor of Utah, former Ambassador to China and Republican candidate for President of the United States in 2012

    • References

    United States Senate election in Utah, 2018 Wikipedia
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