Rep. Celeste Maloy won reelection to the U.S. House on Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Democrat Kent Udell in Utah's 3rd Congressional District.
The Associated Press called the race for Maloy at 10:03 p.m., with the Republican incumbent capturing 58% of the vote to Udell's 35.5%, KUTV reported. Three other candidates, Cassie Easley, Michael R. Stoddard and Ayden Scott, combined for 6%.
With an estimated 55% of ballots counted at the time of the call, Maloy had 96,210 votes to Udell's 58,815.
The win sends Maloy back to Washington for a second full term. She has represented Utah in Congress since December 2023, when she won a special election to replace Republican Chris Stewart, who resigned from the House earlier that year. Before entering Congress, Maloy worked as Stewart's chief legal counsel and served as a deputy county attorney in Washington County.
Maloy won her first full term in 2024 after narrowly surviving a Republican primary challenge from Colby Jenkins, a retired U.S. Army officer.
This race played out on a redrawn map. In November 2025, Third District Judge Dianna Gibson approved new congressional boundaries that reshaped all four of Utah's districts ahead of the 2026 midterms, according to KUTV. The new map created a Democratic-leaning district centered on Salt Lake County and changed the lines for the state's three other seats. That redistricting followed a lengthy legal fight over boundaries Republican lawmakers approved in 2021.
In Congress, Maloy serves on the House Appropriations and House Natural Resources committees, according to her congressional office. She also serves as executive vice chair of the Western Caucus.
Fox 13 reported that Maloy gave an acceptance speech on election night. Vote totals remained unofficial as of Nov. 4, with ballots still being counted.
