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Utah House District 43
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Steve Eliason Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Steve EliasonRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win on fileOfa MatagiDemocratic
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Steve Eliason (R) 56.2, Jason R. Barber (D) 43.8
- Last election
- Steve Eliason (Republican) won by 12.4 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: EliasonRight column: Matagi
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- LiberalCentristConservativeEliasonNo published score for Matagi
- Races won and lost
- 8-0
- None on file
- Years since first win on file
- 4
- Not available
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- Steve EliasonIncumbentRepublican
- Ofa MatagiDemocratic
Source: utah.gov (PDF), dated Sep 21
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 20,183
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteve EliasonWon Republican 11,33956.2% DemocraticJason R. Barber Democratic 8,84443.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,527
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanSteve EliasonWon(incumbent) Republican 8,87557.2% DemocraticAlan C. Anderson Democratic 6,65242.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,256
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCheryl ActonWon(incumbent) Republican 7,98852.4% DemocraticDiane Lewis Democratic 6,44342.2% OtherJefferson Bardin Other 8255.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,830
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanCheryl K. ActonWon Republican 5,68748.1% DemocraticDiane Lewis Democratic 5,29044.7% LibertarianShawn Curtis Libertarian 8537.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,185
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanAdam GardinerWon Republican 7,51161.6% DemocraticEdgar Harwood Democratic 4,67438.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,898
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEarl TannerWon(incumbent) Republican 3,96857.5% DemocraticDiane Lewis Democratic 2,93042.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,839
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanEarl TannerWon Republican 7,11360.1% DemocraticJeff Bell Democratic 4,72639.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,695
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon(incumbent) Republican 4,80262.4% DemocraticBrian Yardley Democratic 2,55933.3% OtherD. Mark Faux Other 3344.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,226
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon(incumbent) Republican 6,43257.3% DemocraticBrian Yardley Democratic 4,79442.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,209
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon(incumbent) Republican 4,53873.1% OtherBarbara J. Neville Other 1,18319.1% GreenTom King Green 4887.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,283
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon(incumbent) Republican 8,51282.8% GreenTom King Green 1,0039.8% LibertarianD. Mark Faux Libertarian 7687.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,921
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon(incumbent) Republican 4,06258.7% DemocraticJames Bramble Democratic 2,69839.0% LibertarianD. Mark Faux Libertarian 1612.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,133
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon(incumbent) Republican 4,77258.7% DemocraticTanya Henrie Democratic 3,36141.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,401
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon(incumbent) Republican 3,02155.9% DemocraticMary K. Hammond Democratic 2,38044.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,443
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne A. HarperWon Republican 4,26857.3% DemocraticMark R. Myers Democratic 3,17542.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,996
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKelly C. AtkinsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,44157.4% RepublicanLeo Florence Republican 2,40740.1% LibertarianGary D. Lehr Libertarian 1482.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,352
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKelly C. AtkinsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,352100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,550
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Craig MoodyWon(incumbent) Republican 4,54660.2% DemocraticLarry Williams Democratic 2,47532.8% IndependentGary Arrowsmith Independent 5297.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,113
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Craig MoodyWon(incumbent) Republican 6,88462.0% DemocraticW. Paul Thompson Democratic 4,22938.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,819
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Craig MoodyWon(incumbent) Republican 3,61562.1% DemocraticJames F. Bailey Democratic 2,05435.3% LibertarianHelen Moach Libertarian 1502.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,110
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Craig MoodyWon(incumbent) Republican 5,82871.9% DemocraticCynthia Saville Democratic 2,07425.6% LibertarianJohn Rasmussen Libertarian 2082.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,851
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH. Craig MoodyWon Republican 3,92867.1% DemocraticStanley B. Bonham Democratic 1,92332.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,416
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBoyd H. JeppsonWon Republican 3,56655.6% DemocraticJane Marquardt Democratic 2,85044.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,299
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKeith WilcoxWon Republican 2,63161.2% DemocraticBruce Jenkins Democratic 1,66838.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,384
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRonald HalversonWon(incumbent) Republican 4,52870.9% DemocraticDavid J. Knowlton Democratic 1,85629.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,431
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRonald HalversonWon(incumbent) Republican 3,45763.6% DemocraticGary L. Gale Democratic 1,97436.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,709
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRonald HalversonWon(incumbent) Republican 4,23663.1% DemocraticElizabeth Vance Democratic 2,47336.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,919
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMarvin WarrenWon Democratic 3,02851.2% RepublicanJohn F. Strong Republican 2,89148.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,567
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Utah House of Representatives District 43, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold J. WhitingWon(incumbent) Republican 3,48953.1% DemocraticEdward H. Boyer Democratic 3,07846.9%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Utah House District 43, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ut/house/43. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:ut/sldl:43
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY)Data as of Oct 28, 2026