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Race at a glance
Utah’s 1st Congressional District has a contested U.S. House election on Nov. 3, 2026. Derek Kitchen is among 15 candidates in the general election field.
The field has 10 Democrats, three Republicans, one Libertarian and one candidate listed as Other. No biographies, campaign finance totals or documented policy positions are on file for any of the candidates.
The candidates
Kye Hinckley — Democrat. Hinckley is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
January Walker — Other. Walker is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Derek Kitchen — Democrat. Kitchen is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Jesse Keegan West — Libertarian. West is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Eva Lopez Chavez — Democrat. Chavez is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Jonathan Lopez — Republican. Lopez is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Ben Mcadams — Democrat. Mcadams is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Liban Mohamed — Democrat. Mohamed is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Riley Montgomery Owen — Republican. Owen is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Nate Blouin — Democrat. Blouin is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Kathleen Riebe — Democrat. Riebe is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Michael Farrell — Democrat. Farrell is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Anthony Tomkins — Democrat. Tomkins is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Sitouni (stoney) Teiko Fonua — Republican. Fonua is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Luis Angel Villarreal — Democrat. Villarreal is a candidate in UT-1. No biography, finance totals or documented policy positions are on file.
Policy and campaign finance
There are no documented policy positions on file for Kitchen or any other candidate in the race. That means no candidate can be assigned a stance on specific issues from the official record at this stage.
Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are also not listed for any candidate. Those three figures are separate measures: money received by a campaign, money paid out and money remaining. None can be used to compare the UT-1 candidates until totals are listed.
Party labels are recorded for all 15 candidates. Ten are listed as Democrats, three as Republicans, one as a Libertarian and one as Other. Those labels identify how the candidates are entered in the race but do not establish their positions on individual issues.
What voters will decide
The contest is for Utah’s 1st Congressional District seat in the U.S. House. It is identified as a general election and is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
The main process developments to follow are additions to candidate biographies, publication of documented policy positions and the listing of campaign finance totals. Any changes to the candidate field would also affect the choices presented in the district’s general election.
