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Utah House District 56
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Val Peterson Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
Natassja GrossmanDemocraticVal PetersonRepublican · Incumbent4 years since first win on file
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Val Peterson (R) 100.0
- Last election
- Val Peterson (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Left column: GrossmanRight column: Peterson
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativePetersonNo published score for Grossman
- Races won and lost
- None on file
- 8-0
- Years since first win on file
- Not available
- 4
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- Natassja GrossmanDemocratic
- Val PetersonIncumbentRepublican
Source: utah.gov (PDF), dated Sep 21
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 12,331
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanVal PetersonWon Republican 12,331100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,866
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanVal PetersonWon(incumbent) Republican 8,866100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,420
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKay J. ChristoffersonWon(incumbent) Republican 15,84481.6% OtherKate Walters Other 3,57618.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,815
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKay J. ChristoffersonWon(incumbent) Republican 11,815100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,894
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKay J. ChristoffersonWon(incumbent) Republican 13,894100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,750
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKay J. ChristoffersonWon(incumbent) Republican 6,750100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,622
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKay J. ChristoffersonWon Republican 11,92187.5% DemocraticLeslie M. Dalton Democratic 1,70112.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,893
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKenneth W. SumsionWon(incumbent) Republican 13,50285.0% DemocraticLori A. Bonner Democratic 2,39115.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,138
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKenneth W. SumsionWon(incumbent) Republican 19,29687.2% DemocraticMichael J. Barron Democratic 2,84212.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,343
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKenneth W. SumsionWon Republican 8,72284.3% OtherMichael Barron Other 1,10310.7% LibertarianBryan Livingston Libertarian 5185.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,193
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid N. CoxWon(incumbent) Republican 11,14168.8% DemocraticDavid Bonner Democratic 4,99830.9% OtherCraig Laurence Other 540.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,038
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid N. CoxWon(incumbent) Republican 6,38090.7% LibertarianBryan Livingston Libertarian 6589.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,021
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid N. CoxWon(incumbent) Republican 9,55473.4% DemocraticWayne Carlton Democratic 2,92522.5% OtherShiela E. Heindel Other 3822.9% LibertarianDwight Steffner Libertarian 1601.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,069
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid N. CoxWon Republican 4,42462.6% DemocraticGeorge F. Tripp Democratic 2,36633.5% OtherShiela E. Heindel Other 2794.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,189
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChristine FoxWon(incumbent) Republican 8,19989.2% OtherShiela E. Heindel Other 7147.8% LibertarianDavid E. Piccus Libertarian 2763.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,926
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChristine FoxWon(incumbent) Republican 4,73679.9% DemocraticKurt Myers Democratic 1,19020.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,714
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChristine FoxWon(incumbent) Republican 6,71069.1% DemocraticDonna Lee Eisenhar Democratic 3,00430.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,493
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan D. PriceWon(incumbent) Republican 4,493100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,823
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan D. PriceWon(incumbent) Republican 4,59667.4% DemocraticCharles Gray Democratic 2,22732.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,040
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDan D. PriceWon Republican 5,040100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,549
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGayle McKeachnieWon(incumbent) Republican 6,549100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,601
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGayle McKeachnieWon(incumbent) Republican 4,04061.2% DemocraticPerry Mace Democratic 2,56138.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,764
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanKim BurninghamWon Republican 5,15576.2% DemocraticDuane Burnett Democratic 1,60923.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,862
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid R. IrvineWon(incumbent) Republican 2,83973.5% DemocraticDuane Burnett Democratic 1,02326.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,430
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid R. IrvineWon(incumbent) Republican 3,66467.5% DemocraticGlen Milo Peck Democratic 1,76632.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,972
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid R. IrvineWon(incumbent) Republican 3,20964.5% DemocraticDee C. Horsley Democratic 1,76335.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,735
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDavid R. IrvineWon Republican 3,86667.4% DemocraticLu Dawn Williams Democratic 1,73030.2% OtherRobin T. Anderson Other 1392.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,787
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJohn GarrWon Democratic 2,787100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,788
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Utah House of Representatives District 56, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLarry Regis Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 2,788100.0%
- 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 56, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/ut/house/56. 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:56
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY)Data as of Oct 28, 2026