‘That anger was hope the whole time’: Democrat McAdams returns to Congress in Utah’s CD1

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 1,023

Last Updated: 5 days, 17 hours ago

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Utah christened its blue 1st Congressional District as former U.S. House Rep. Ben McAdams won with 72% of votes, according to preliminary results Tuesday night. Republican Riley Owen had 25% of votes.

Libertarian Jesse West got 2% of votes, unaffiliated candidate Elias Henry Montgomery had 1%, and nonpartisan Babak “Bobby” Darvish, a last-minute write-in candidate, had less than one percent of votes.

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