2026 forecast · Utah 3rd

Celeste Maloy is all but certain to win Utah's 3rd District.

Kent Udell vs Celeste Maloy. The model has Maloy ahead by 26.4 points, winning 100 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Safe RModel R +26.4Polls R +2.0Updated October 22, 2026
Kent Udell
Democrat
35.9%
93,484 projected votes
Celeste Maloy
Republican
62.3%
162,142 projected votes
100%Maloy
0%Udell
Maloy all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, Maloy wins about 100 of 100
RatingSafe R100% chance for Maloy
Model marginR +26.4Polls R +2.0
80 percent rangeR +18.1 to R +34.22,000 simulations
Projected votes260,371Maloy 62.3%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Utah districts

4 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Kent UdellDemocrat · 0% to win
35.9%
Celeste MaloyRepublican · 100% to win
62.3%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

260,371 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Celeste Maloy R162,14262.3%
Kent Udell D93,48435.9%
Mike Stoddard L4,7451.8%
Total260,371100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%0% Udell100% Maloy15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

Polls of the race

PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +2.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Maloy +26.4
Chance of winning
Kent Udell0%
Celeste Maloy100%
Simulated vote
Kent Udell35.9%
Celeste Maloy62.3%
Mike Stoddard1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +41.0
FundamentalsR +26.0
With pollsR +25.2
Early vote turnoutR +1.1
With early voteR +26.4

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Utah, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +49R +49Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +41.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +26.0With pollsaverage R +2.0R +25.2With early voteturnout so farR +26.4
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.