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Utah District 3 election, 2026

Kent Udell vs. Celeste Maloy on a newly enacted 2026 district map. Today's article: every forecast for this race →

VotePredictor forecast
Celeste Maloy favored
Safe R · predicted margin R+30.2
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
R+42.4
2026 national environment
D+8.0
District polls
1, averaging R+18.1
Forecast spread
±6.1 points

Margin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Republican incumbent running). The 1 district poll are blended in by inverse variance, about 39% of the weight: the model alone said R+38.0.

Democratic

Kent Udell

Major-party general-election nominee.

Republican

Celeste Maloy

Major-party general-election nominee.

Other listed candidates

  • Cassie Easley · Constitution
  • Michael Stoddard · Libertarian
  • Ayden Scott · Independent
  • Adonis Hooslyn · Independent

Polls

The polls behind it

1 poll · newest first

Each pollster name links to the poll's source; the grade under it is its VotePredictor grade from past elections. Margin is the poll as published. The ± under the sample size is the 95% margin of error on each candidate's share, from the sample size (the gap between them is about twice as uncertain).

PollsterDateMargin
Lighthouse Research09-15R+18.1

These polls move the forecast: their average is blended into the model's own margin by inverse variance, with about 39% of the weight on the polls (a single poll gets about half; more polls, more weight). The rule was preregistered and validated on 321 polled districts from 2018–2024. See methodology.

Campaign money

FEC reports through October 14, 2026
Celeste MaloyREP · incumbent$1.7M raised
Spent $1.4MCash on hand $360k0% from donors under $200
Top contributors, industries and states

Industries

  1. Not Reported$84k
  2. Technology & Communications$42k
  3. Self-Employed & Freelance$41k
  4. Defense & Aerospace$35k
  5. Legal & Professional Services$34k

States

  1. UT$311k
  2. CA$132k
  3. VA$62k
  4. DC$57k
  5. WA$21k
Every contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗
Kent UdellDEM$100k raised
Spent $94kCash on hand $6kDebts $2k0% from donors under $200Self-funded $20
Top contributors, industries and states

Industries

  1. Not Reported$43k
  2. Retired$6k
  3. Self-Employed & Freelance$5k
  4. Retail, Food & Consumer Goods$5k
  5. Unemployed$875

States

  1. UT$66k
  2. CA$3k
  3. CO$1k
  4. MA$800
  5. PA$500
Every contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗
Adonis HooslynUN$762 raised
Spent $17kCash on hand −$2736% from donors under $200Self-funded $488
Top contributors, industries and statesEvery contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗

What each candidate's own campaign committees reported for the 2025–26 cycle; outside spending by PACs and parties is not included. Industries are classified from donors' reported employers. The House forecast's win probability reads the two nominees' shares of individual contributions shown here, a small term that never moves the predicted margin. Data: GovMoneyGraph, based on FEC records.

Other forecasts

We have not yet ingested a district rating from these independent forecasters for UT-3; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.

Past results

Every election in Utah's 3rd district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.

Candidate news

No recent verified candidate stories are available in the site's news feed for this race yet.

Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗

Nearby in the directory: UT-2 · UT-4