Utah State Senate District 16

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Wayne Harper Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Wayne Harper (Republican) won by 15.0 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanWayne HarperWon	Republican	24,90857.5%	57.5%
NonpartisanMonnica Manuel	Other	18,44142.5%	42.5%

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCurt BrambleWon(incumbent)	Republican	27,227100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,581
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCurt BrambleWon(incumbent)	Republican	21,48980.8%	80.8%
IndependentJason Christensen	Independent	5,09219.2%	19.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,535
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCurt BrambleWon(incumbent)	Republican	19,35078.9%	78.9%
DemocraticGregory C. Duerden	Democratic	5,18421.1%	21.1%
Aaron Heineman	Write-in	10.0%	0.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,031
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCurt BrambleWon(incumbent)	Republican	11,71761.6%	61.6%
DemocraticRadene Hatfield	Democratic	7,31438.4%	38.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,540
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCurtis S. BrambleWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,77876.8%	76.8%
DemocraticFred Desposorio	Democratic	4,22720.6%	20.6%
LibertarianBrady Fackrell	Libertarian	5352.6%	2.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,366
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCurtis S. BrambleWon	Republican	11,73863.9%	63.9%
DemocraticJohn R. Curtis	Democratic	6,10933.3%	33.3%
OtherWayne L. Hill	Other	3742.0%	2.0%
OtherRichard G. Thayne	Other	1450.8%	0.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,489
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanHoward C. NielsonWon	Republican	15,20092.2%	92.2%
LibertarianCarol S. Williamson	Libertarian	1,2897.8%	7.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,713
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCharles H. StewartWon	Republican	17,04878.5%	78.5%
DemocraticGale Stringham	Democratic	4,66521.5%	21.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,158
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanChuck E. PetersonWon(incumbent)	Republican	12,91791.2%	91.2%
IndependentSteve Crowley	Independent	1,2418.8%	8.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 15,147
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanChuck E. PetersonWon	Republican	12,63583.4%	83.4%
DemocraticMaurice Marchant	Democratic	2,45316.2%	16.2%
LibertarianSharon Bird	Libertarian	590.4%	0.4%

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKarl N. Snow Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	11,255100.0%	100.0%

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKarl N. Snow Jr.Won(incumbent)	Republican	9,723100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 9,840
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKarl N. Snow Jr.Won	Republican	7,12872.4%	72.4%
DemocraticEarl J. Glade Jr.	Democratic	2,71227.6%	27.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 14,201
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Utah Senate District 16, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDean ChristensenWon	Republican	8,38459.0%	59.0%
DemocraticStanley A. Taylor	Democratic	5,81741.0%	41.0%

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
1970 to 2020: 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

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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/sldu:16

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026