2022 United States Senate Election In Utah: Election for senator from Utah

The election was between Republican nominee Mike Lee and independent candidate Evan McMullin. Mike Lee won the election.

2022 United States Senate election in Utah

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Nominee Mike Lee Evan McMullin Party Republican Independent Alliance Democratic United Utah

U.S. senator before election Mike Lee Republican Elected U.S. senator Mike Lee Republican

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

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)

•  
  Former state representative
  Becky Edwards
  from
  Bountiful
•  
  Businesswoman
  Ally Isom
  from
  Kaysville
•  
  Incumbent U.S. Senator
  Mike Lee
  from
  Alpine

Did not file

• Tyrone Jensen, political podcaster, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 and Utah's 2nd congressional district 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Withdrawn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

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 writer

Declined

• Ben McAdams, former U.S. Representative for Utah's 4th congressional district (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	%
Yes	782	56.83%
No	594	43.17%
Total	1,376	100.00%

Candidates

Declared

• Lucky Bovo
• James Hansen

Results

Candidates

Declared

• Tommy Williams, perennial candidate

Candidates

Declared

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

•  
  Former CIA operations officer
  Evan McMullin
  from Alpine