Chris Stewart

Maloy’s win puts a woman in Utah’s congressional delegation for the first time since 2019. She was chief legal counsel for Rep. Chris Stewart, who resigned in September after a decade in Congress because his wife is ill.

All three of Utah’s Republican delegation in the House voted to keep Kevin McCarthy as speaker. Now the state is impacted by a speakerless House.

“What Utahns might not realize is what you just lose when we don't have Chris Stewart,” said Jason Perry of the Hinckley Institute of Politics.

In the GOP primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, Maloy is campaigning in a three-way race with the backing of resigning Republican Rep. Chris Stewart.

Two of the three Republicans vying to succeed resigning U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, Bruce Hough and Celeste Maloy, met in the first of several debates across Utah's 2nd Congressional District. Becky Edwards did not participate.

The winner of the Sept. 5 primary election will take on Democrat Kathleen Riebe and five additional candidates in the November general election.

Some Republicans are casting doubt on their convention nominee Celeste Maloy. Meanwhile, Democrats say they’re working ahead.

Maloy was victorious at the June 24 GOP special nominating convention but has faced questions about her candidacy.

Riebe beat two other Democratic candidates for the party’s nomination. She will face other 2nd Congressional District hopefuls in the upcoming November special election.

“I’m your girl,” Maloy quipped after delegates in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District cast their special convention votes at Delta High School.

Utah lawmakers met for a special session on Wednesday to make changes to the 2023 election calendar, clearing the way for a special election to replace Rep. Chris Stewart in Congress this year.

Gov. Spencer Cox is calling for the Legislature to approve moving municipal election dates to accommodate a special election to replace Utah U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart.