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Utah U.S. House District 1 2026: where the candidates stand on data centers

4 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: Office of the Lieutenant Governor, ***AMENDED*** 2026 General Election Certification (Official Certified Candidates) (September 21, 2026).

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The candidates

  1. Ben Mcadams, Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 1, Utah

    Ben Mcadams

    Democratic

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 13, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Photo: United States Congress, public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab), cropped.

    Ben Mcadams's page · In their own words

  2. Riley Owen

    Republican

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 21, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Riley Owen's page · In their own words

  3. Elias Henry Montgomery

    No Party / Unaffiliated

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 26, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Elias Henry Montgomery's page · In their own words

  4. Jesse West

    Libertarian

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 12, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Jesse West's page · In their own words

Certified write in candidates 1

These candidates are not printed on the November 3 ballot. A voter writes in the name, and the votes count because an official election list certifies the candidacy: the state's own, or a county election board's where the state publishes none. Each line names the list that certifies it; what each has said about data centers stays on their own page.

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In their own words

Where does Ben Mcadams stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Ben Mcadams.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Ben Mcadams.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Where does Riley Owen stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Riley Owen.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Riley Owen.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Where does Elias Henry Montgomery stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Elias Henry Montgomery.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Elias Henry Montgomery.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Where does Jesse West stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Jesse West.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Jesse West.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Candidates and their order come from the Utah Office of the Lieutenant Governor's list (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026. Every candidate, by state · How the record reads leaders.

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