Utah State Board of Education election, 2024

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Utah State Board of Education
Election details
	Filing deadline: January 8, 2024
	Primary: June 25, 2024; General: November 5, 2024; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Matt Hymas (R) (District 3); Carol Barlow Lear (D) (District 6); Vacant (District 7); Vacant (District 9); Molly Hart (R) (District 10); James Moss Jr. (R) (District 12); Randy Boothe (R) (District 13); Kristan Norton (R) (District 15);
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Utah held an election for eight of 15 seats on the Utah State Board of Education on November 5, 2024. The primary was June 25, 2024. The filing deadline was January 8, 2024.

Rod Hall won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 3.

Incumbent Molly Hart won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 7.

Incumbent Carol Barlow Lear won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 6.

Incumbent Matt Hymas won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 10.

Amanda Bollinger won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 9.

Cole Kelley won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 12.

Incumbent Randy Boothe won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 13.

Joann Brinton won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 15.

Candidates and election results

District 3

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 3

Rod Hall defeated Laura Johnson in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 3 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rod Hall (R)	69.5	60,766
	Laura Johnson (Utah Forward Party)	30.5	26,628

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 87,394
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 3

Rod Hall defeated incumbent Brent Strate in the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 3 on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rod Hall	57.3	14,468
	Brent Strate	42.7	10,801

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,269
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Utah Forward Party primary election

The Utah Forward Party primary election was canceled. Laura Johnson advanced from the Utah Forward Party primary for Utah State Board of Education District 3.

Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 3

Rod Hall defeated incumbent Brent Strate in the Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 3 on April 27, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rod Hall (R)	75.5	157
	Brent Strate (R)	24.5	51

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 208
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Utah Forward Party convention

Utah Forward Party convention for Utah State Board of Education District 3

Laura Johnson advanced from the Utah Forward Party convention for Utah State Board of Education District 3 on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laura Johnson (Utah Forward Party)	100.0	3

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3
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District 6

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Carol Barlow Lear defeated Diane Livingston in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 6 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Carol Barlow Lear (D)	72.6	77,940
	Diane Livingston (Unaffiliated)	27.4	29,477

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 107,417
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Carol Barlow Lear advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Board of Education District 6.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Carol Barlow Lear advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 6 on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Carol Barlow Lear (D)

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District 7

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 7

Incumbent Molly Hart defeated John Arthur in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 7 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Molly Hart (R)	52.7	57,464
	John Arthur (D)	47.3	51,660

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 109,124
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. John Arthur advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Board of Education District 7.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 7

Incumbent Molly Hart defeated Kris Kimball in the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 7 on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Molly Hart	55.4	15,033
	Kris Kimball	44.6	12,086

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,119
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 7

John Arthur advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 7 on March 30, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		John Arthur (D)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 7

Kris Kimball defeated incumbent Molly Hart in the Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 7 on April 13, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kris Kimball (R)	65.5	194
	Molly Hart (R)	34.5	102

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 296
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District 9

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 9

Amanda Bollinger defeated Will Shiflett in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 9 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Amanda Bollinger (R)	69.4	67,325
	Will Shiflett (D)	30.6	29,753

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 97,078
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Will Shiflett advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Board of Education District 9.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Amanda Bollinger advanced from the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 9.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 9

Will Shiflett advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 9 on March 30, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Will Shiflett (D)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 9

Amanda Bollinger defeated incumbent Natalie Cline in the Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 9 on April 13, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Amanda Bollinger (R)	63.2	211
	Natalie Cline (R)	36.8	123

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 334
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District 10

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 10

Incumbent Matt Hymas defeated Deborah L. Gatrell in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 10 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Matt Hymas (R)	68.1	62,811
	Deborah L. Gatrell (D)	31.9	29,373

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 92,184
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Deborah L. Gatrell advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Board of Education District 10.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 10

Incumbent Matt Hymas defeated Monica Bangerter Wilbur in the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 10 on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Matt Hymas	52.0	10,765
	Monica Bangerter Wilbur	48.0	9,955

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,720
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 10

Deborah L. Gatrell advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Board of Education District 10 on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Deborah L. Gatrell (D)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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Republican convention

Republican Convention for Utah State Board of Education District 10

Select round:

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Matt Hymas in round 2 , and Monica Bangerter Wilbur in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 209
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District 12

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 12

Cole Kelley defeated Jason Allen in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 12 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cole Kelley (R)	74.0	65,727
	Jason Allen (Unaffiliated)	26.0	23,069

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,796
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Cole Kelley advanced from the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 12.

Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 12

Cole Kelley defeated incumbent James Moss Jr. in the Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 12 on April 27, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cole Kelley (R)	74.2	193
	James Moss Jr. (R)	25.8	67

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 260
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District 13

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 13

Incumbent Randy Boothe won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 13 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Boothe (R)	100.0	66,868

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,868
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 13

Incumbent Randy Boothe defeated Cari Bartholomew in the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 13 on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Randy Boothe	52.5	13,911
	Cari Bartholomew	47.5	12,576

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,487
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Republican Convention for Utah State Board of Education District 13

Select round:

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Cari Bartholomew in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 346
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Scott Neilson (R)

District 15

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 15

Joann Brinton won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 15 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joann Brinton (R)	100.0	90,835

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,835
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 15

Joann Brinton defeated incumbent Kristan Norton in the Republican primary for Utah State Board of Education District 15 on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joann Brinton	66.9	27,542
	Kristan Norton	33.1	13,640

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,182
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Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 15

Joann Brinton defeated incumbent Kristan Norton in the Republican convention for Utah State Board of Education District 15 on April 27, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joann Brinton (R)	84.7	255
	Kristan Norton (R)	15.3	46

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 301
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Education ballot measures

On November 5, 2024, 11 education-related ballot measures were on the ballot in 10 states. To read more about education ballot measures on the ballot in 2024, click here.

In Utah, there were two education measures on the ballot.

Utah Amendment A, Constitutional Requirements for Education Funding Amendment

What would this measure do?

A "yes" vote supported:

requiring taxes on intangible property and income to be used to maintain a public education funding framework, provided through state law, that (1) uses a portion of revenue growth for Uniform School Fund expenditures for changes in student enrollment and long-term inflation and (2) provides a budgetary stabilization account; and
allowing the state to use tax revenue for other purposes after education funding requirements are met.

A "no" vote opposed changing the allowed uses for income tax and intangible property tax revenue and opposes allowing the state to use tax revenue for other purposes after education funding requirements are met.

Support

Supporters

Officials

State Sen. Dan McCay (R)
State Rep. Karen Peterson (R)
State Rep. Mike Schultz (R)

Arguments

State Sen. and amendment sponsor Dan McCay (R): “[The amendment will] protect and provide continued constitutional protections but then allow for ... revenue in the income tax fund to be used for other state purposes once we fulfilled our responsibilities for growth, and for student enrollment and long-term inflation.”
State Rep. Mike Schultz (R): "It’s time for us as a state to come together and figure out another way forward and how to balance our state’s budget. We have a constitutional duty to balance our state’s budget. We don’t get to make this decision. We can’t make this decision. This bill allows the citizens of the state to make the decision and I think that’s what we need to do."

Opposition

Utahns for Student Success led the campaign against Amendment A.^[1]

Opponents

Officials

State Rep. Brian King (D)

Unions

Utah Education Association

Arguments

State Rep. Brian King (D): "That is an inadequate safeguard to ensure that the children of the state of Utah are going to receive the benefit that they currently receive from our income taxes."
State Rep. Neil Walter (R): "I believe that the constitutional earmark has not actually failed, but in large measure, we’re here because of its success. By definition, the earmark restricts access to certain types of state resources, revenue in this case, and it acts as a constraint that limits the size of state government and the growth of state government."
Utah House Democratic Caucus: "We cannot support these measures to remove the constitutional earmark on public education funding because education funding is essential to our state’s future and should never be used as a bargaining chip. We strongly believe that education funding is non-negotiable and as Democrats, we believe we must continue to keep public education a priority. The tax cuts in H.B. 54 do not outweigh the benefits of removing the earmark on education funding. The language in S.J.R. 10 is vague and the House Democrats worry that the way it is written will result in a significant loss of investment into public education, making education funding subject to the whims of political tides."
State Rep. Angela Romero (D-25): "I support UEA’s decision to oppose SJR10, because this proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution contradicts the crucial need to invest in our public education system. By voting against the proposed constitutional change, you will be protecting Utah’s public school system and ensuring that every child has the opportunity to receive a quality education."
Utahns for Student Success: "Amendment A was carefully crafted by state politicians to mask its true intent—a power grab to take money away from Utah’s public schools and give it to vouchers for private religious schools. Utah’s Constitution already protects public school funding—Amendment A would weaken those protections.We support cutting the tax on food, but not by cutting public school funding at the same time. Utah’s politicians are using the food tax issue to distract from their real goal—to fund vouchers for private religious schools."

Utah Amendment B, State School Fund Distribution Cap Increase Amendment

What would this measure do?

A "yes" vote supported increasing the limit on annual distributions from the State School Fund for public education from 4% to 5% of the fund.

A "no" vote opposed increasing the limit on annual distributions from the State School Fund for public education from 4% to 5% of the fund.

Support

Supporters

Officials

State Sen. Ann Millner (R)
State Rep. Jefferson Moss (R)

Individuals

Ryan Kulig - Finance and Operations Officer at Utah School & Institutional Trust Funds Office

Arguments

State Rep. Jefferson Moss (R-51) and State Sen. Ann Millner (R-5): "One of the very first actions the founders of our country took was to set aside lands to support public education. When Utah became a state, it received a grant of six million acres of trust lands dedicated to education and created a permanent school fund to hold trust land revenue. Money from this fund is distributed to every school in the state, and community councils of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members make decisions about how to use the money in their local schools. Voting yes on Constitutional Amendment B will allow more of the money generated by these trust lands to be used in our schools for today’s most pressing education needs. 5% Cap Benefits Current Students and Still Protects Future Students Constitutional Amendment B will increase the cap on money distributed to schools today from the permanent school fund from 4% to 5% of the fund’s value. In 2013, a state task force recommended a distribution cap for the permanent school fund. The intent of the cap was to ensure the state was protecting the funds for future students. A conservative 4% cap was initially chosen because this was a new fund management model. However, a 5% distribution is much more common in other areas of charitable fund management. Furthermore, federal tax law requires private foundations to distribute at least 5% of their fund value to demonstrate they are benefiting the community. In the years since the new distribution model was adopted, the fund has grown rapidly and it has become clear over the past ten years that if we increase the money going to schools today from 4% to 5%, the fund will continue to grow long into the future. Voting yes on Amendment B will allow more money from the fund to go to each school to benefit current students and will protect the Permanent School Fund for generations to come."

Opposition

Arguments

Douglas Rice, Former President of the Epilepsy Association of Utah: "Amendment B (HJR 18) is simply a legal path for our legislature to access income tax dollars for pet projects. By changing our state constitution, they would be given access to a “surplus” that would be used for other projects. The authors of HJR 18 do not even have a suggestion for where they plan to use those funds, they just want access to tax dollars they currently cannot touch. As HJR 18’s authors pointed out, federal law requires “at least 5% of a fund value to prove they are benefiting the community”. Utah just increased spending to the federal minimum of 5%. In other words, our legislature is doing the bare minimum to assist those who need help the most. The problem is this false surplus our representatives pretend we have: legislators have placed an artificial cap on the amount of money the state can spend on education and people with disabilities, which are currently the only two categories where these income tax dollars can be spent. They could spend more, but they won’t. They want access to the money for other things. ... The authors of HJR 18 provide no reason whatsoever for diversion of income tax dollars into other funds. It is entirely based on a speculative future need, while our legislature has shown the inability to provide assistance for those in our state with existing tax dollars that have already been collected. HJR 18 allows funds to be diverted once education and DSPD needs are supposedly met. But there is no language in HJR 18 that would require full funding of education and DSPD, but rather allows for an arbitrary spending ceiling to be decided by our legislature. HJR 18 is NOT in the best interest of Utah citizens, and is most certainly not in the interest of those who need our help the most- the disabled citizens of Utah."

Past elections

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Utah State Board of Education election, 2022

District 1

General election candidates

Jennie Earl (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Curtis Benjamin (Democratic Party)

Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Curtis Benjamin ✔

Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Jennie Earl (Incumbent) ✔

Democratic convention candidates

Curtis Benjamin ✔

Republican convention candidates

Jennie Earl (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

Kristie Cooley

District 2

General election candidates

Joseph Kerry (Republican Party) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

Adi Finsen (Democratic Party)

Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Adi Finsen ✔

Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Joseph Kerry ✔

Democratic convention candidates

Adi Finsen ✔

Republican convention candidates

Did not make the ballot:

Craig Pitts

District 4

General election candidates

LeAnn Wood (Republican Party) ✔

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Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

Melanie Mortensen
LeAnn Wood ✔

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Republican convention candidates

Did not make the ballot:

Laura Belnap (Incumbent)
Benjamin Sorensen

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District 5

General election candidates

Sarah Reale (Democratic Party) ✔
Laurel Fetzer (Republican Party)
William Fisher (Independent)

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Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Sarah Reale ✔

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Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Laurel Fetzer ✔

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Democratic convention candidates

Sarah Reale ✔

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Republican convention candidates

Laurel Fetzer ✔

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District 6 (two-year term)

General election candidates

Carol Barlow Lear (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Melanie Monestere (Republican Party)

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Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Carol Barlow Lear (Incumbent) ✔

Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Melanie Monestere ✔

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Democratic convention candidates

Carol Barlow Lear (Incumbent) ✔
Joshua Sine

Republican convention candidates

Janet Cannon (Incumbent)
Melanie Monestere ✔

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District 8

General election candidates

Audryn Damron (Democratic Party)
Christina Boggess (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Audryn Damron ✔

Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Christina Boggess ✔

Democratic convention candidates

Audryn Damron ✔

Republican convention candidates

Stacey Hutchings (Incumbent)
Christina Boggess ✔

District 11

General election candidates

Cindy Davis (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

Cindy Davis (Incumbent) ✔
Kim Del Grosso

Republican convention candidates

Cindy Davis (Incumbent)
Kim Del Grosso ✔

District 14

General election candidates

Emily Green (Republican Party) ✔
Richard Jensen (Libertarian Party)

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Emily Green ✔

Minor Party primary candidates

Libertarian Party

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

Richard Jensen ✔

Republican convention candidates

Emily Green ✔
Kim Reid Pickett

Did not make the ballot:

Mary Nielson

Minor Party convention candidates

Libertarian Party

Richard Jensen ✔

2020

See also: Utah State Board of Education election, 2020

The 2020 election was the first time board members were elected in partisan races.^[2]

District 3

General election candidates

Brett Garner (Democratic Party)
Matt Hymas (Republican Party) ✔

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Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled.

Democratic convention candidates

Brett Garner ✔

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Republican convention candidates

Laurieann Thorpe (Incumbent)
Matt Hymas ✔

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District 4

General election candidates

Brent Strate (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

K'Leena Furniss
Brent Strate ✔

Republican convention candidates

K'Leena Furniss ✔
Brent Strate ✔

District 7

General election candidates

Carol Barlow Lear (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled.

Democratic convention candidates

Carol Barlow Lear (Incumbent) ✔

District 8

General election candidates

Janet Cannon (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

Jamilla Alani (Democratic Party)

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled.

Democratic convention candidates

Jamilla Alani ✔

Republican convention candidates

Janet Cannon (Incumbent) ✔

District 10

General election candidates

Molly Hart (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

Molly Hart ✔
David Linford

Republican convention candidates

District 11

General election candidates

Natalie Cline (Republican Party) ✔
Tony Zani (Independent)

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Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled.

Republican convention candidates

Mike Haynes (Incumbent)
Natalie Cline ✔

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District 12

General election candidates

James Moss Jr. (Republican Party) ✔
Catherine Rebekah Taylor (Constitution Party)

Did not make the ballot:

Mike Dorsey (Independent)

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled.

Republican convention candidates

District 13

General election candidates

Randy Boothe (Republican Party) ✔

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Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

Randy Boothe ✔
Alyson Williams

Did not make the ballot:

Scott Neilson (Incumbent)
Shauna J. Warnick

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Republican convention candidates

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District 15

General election candidates

Kristan Norton (Republican Party) ✔

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled.

Republican primary candidates

Kristan Norton ✔
Scott Smith

Republican convention candidates

2018

See also: Utah State Board of Education election, 2018

District 1

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 1

Jennie Earl defeated incumbent Terryl Warner in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jennie Earl (Nonpartisan)	60.6	33,238
		Terryl Warner (Nonpartisan)	39.4	21,618

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,856
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District 2

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 2

Scott L. Hansen defeated Craig Pitts in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott L. Hansen (Nonpartisan)	60.5	28,811
	Submit photo	Craig Pitts (Nonpartisan)	39.5	18,819

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,630
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Nonpartisan primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Leanne Rich (Nonpartisan)

District 3

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Linda Hansen defeated Thomas Nedreberg in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 3 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Linda Hansen (Nonpartisan)	73.8	31,380
	Thomas Nedreberg (Nonpartisan)	26.2	11,133

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,513
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District 5

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 5

Incumbent Laura Belnap defeated Patrick Riley in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laura Belnap (Nonpartisan)	65.0	42,538
	Submit photo	Patrick Riley (Nonpartisan)	35.0	22,937

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,475
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District 6

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Brittney Cummins won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brittney Cummins (Nonpartisan)	100.0	39,316

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,316
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Megan Ruff (Nonpartisan)

Nonpartisan primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Valerie Velez-Hall (Nonpartisan)

District 9

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 9

Cindy Davis defeated Avalie Muhlestein in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 9 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cindy Davis (Nonpartisan)	67.6	37,594
	Submit photo	Avalie Muhlestein (Nonpartisan)	32.4	17,988

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,582
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Utah State Board of Education District 9

Cindy Davis and Avalie Muhlestein defeated Joylin Lincoln and Kami Alvarez in the primary for Utah State Board of Education District 9 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cindy Davis (Nonpartisan)	51.5	13,824
✔	Submit photo	Avalie Muhlestein (Nonpartisan)	17.2	4,615
	Submit photo	Joylin Lincoln (Nonpartisan)	16.2	4,363
	Submit photo	Kami Alvarez (Nonpartisan)	15.1	4,050

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 26,852
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District 14

General election

General election for Utah State Board of Education District 14

Incumbent Mark Huntsman won election in the general election for Utah State Board of Education District 14 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Huntsman (Nonpartisan)	100.0	48,448

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,448
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External links

Footnotes

[1] Vote Against Amendment A, "Home," accessed September 26, 2024

[partisanswitch-2] The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Supreme Court rules partisan elections for State School Board constitutional," September 11, 2019

[1]

[2]

Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
Monica Bangerter Wilbur	54.5	210	110	Advanced (2)
Matt Hymas	45.5	175	101	Advanced (2)
Camille Knudson	0.0	0	-35	1

Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
Monica Bangerter Wilbur	47.8	100	0	Advanced (2)
Matt Hymas	35.4	74	0	Advanced (2)
Camille Knudson	16.7	35	0	1

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Cari Bartholomew	55.3	302	147	Advanced (2)
Submit photo	Alyson Oldham Robertson	44.7	244	139	2
	Randy Boothe	0.0	0	-86	1

	Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Cari Bartholomew	44.8	155	0	Advanced (2)
Submit photo	Alyson Oldham Robertson	30.3	105	0	2
	Randy Boothe	24.9	86	0	1

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