Utah State Senate District 26

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: David Hinkins (Republican) won by 45.6 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 53,213
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDavid HinkinsWon	Republican	37,17069.8%	69.8%
DemocraticCorbin David Frost	Democratic	12,93224.3%	24.3%
NonpartisanOran Stainbrook	Other	3,1115.8%	5.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,428
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRonald WintertonWon	Republican	24,72762.7%	62.7%
DemocraticEileen Gallagher	Democratic	13,75834.9%	34.9%
OtherCathy Callow-Heusser	Other	9432.4%	2.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 21,871
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKevin T. Van TassellWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,24969.7%	69.7%
DemocraticWayne Stevens	Democratic	6,62230.3%	30.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,134
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKevin T. Van TassellWon(incumbent)	Republican	18,67971.5%	71.5%
DemocraticPaul Dowland	Democratic	7,45528.5%	28.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 23,413
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanKevin T. Van TassellWon	Republican	13,56257.9%	57.9%
DemocraticRoland Uresk	Democratic	8,04434.4%	34.4%
OtherSonya Ray	Other	1,8077.7%	7.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,206
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBeverly Ann EvansWon(incumbent)	Republican	14,32470.9%	70.9%
DemocraticDan Hansen Stephens	Democratic	5,23425.9%	25.9%
LibertarianStephen Sady	Libertarian	6483.2%	3.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 19,840
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBeverly Ann EvansWon	Republican	13,74669.3%	69.3%
DemocraticJerry B. Romero	Democratic	5,55028.0%	28.0%
OtherStephen Sady	Other	5442.7%	2.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 18,865
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAlarik MyrinWon(incumbent)	Republican	11,41560.5%	60.5%
DemocraticGordon Ottley	Democratic	7,45039.5%	39.5%

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAlarik MyrinWon(incumbent)	Republican	10,662100.0%	100.0%

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanAlarik MyrinWon	Republican	10,00468.1%	68.1%
DemocraticRoland Uresk	Democratic	4,68431.9%	31.9%

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGlade SowardsWon(incumbent)	Republican	7,313100.0%	100.0%

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1978, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGlade SowardsWon	Republican	11,35170.3%	70.3%
DemocraticHal Schlueter	Democratic	4,80329.7%	29.7%

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1974, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert F. ClydeWon(incumbent)	Republican	8,306100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,095
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRobert F. ClydeWon(incumbent)	Republican	10,50665.3%	65.3%
DemocraticKarl Shisler	Democratic	5,58934.7%	34.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 9,691
Election day: November 3, 1970
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Utah Senate District 26, 1970 to 2024, 1970, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticThorpe WaddinghamWon	Democratic	5,38355.5%	55.5%
RepublicanG. Stanford Rees(incumbent)	Republican	4,30844.5%	44.5%

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 2018: 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:26

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