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What to know about the candidates running for CD1

By Daily Utah Chronicle · November 3, 2026 · 1 min read
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Five candidates are running to represent most of Salt Lake County in the United States House of Representatives. The new district resulted from a long legal battle over the 2025 redistricting of Utah's boundaries. Congressional District 1 is projected to send a Democrat to Congress, but that won’t be decided until all votes are...

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