Patrick Belmont
Unaffiliated · UT
Patrick Belmont is a Utah State University professor who studies water, energy and air quality. His priorities are protecting water and air quality and making housing more affordable.
Where Patrick Belmont stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Published a 10-page review in July 2026 of the draft environmental study for the Logan River Watershed Project, a $300 million-plus canal, storage and flood plan. He argued the options were framed too narrowly and should do more to cut water demand and restore rivers.
July 21, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cachevalleydaily.com
Resigned as vice chair of Logan's Renewable Energy and Sustainability Advisory Board on April 15, 2025, in protest after the city council reversed itself and voted to buy into a natural gas power plant in Idaho.
April 15, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: cachevalleydaily.com
Spoke against Logan joining a 30-year natural gas power plant contract at a January 7, 2025 city council hearing, as vice chair of the city's renewable energy advisory board. He urged locally made renewable power instead. The council rejected the contract 4-1.
January 7, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: hjnews.com
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Ran as an unaffiliated candidate for Utah House District 3 in the November 5, 2024 general election and lost to Republican Jason Thompson, receiving 6,988 votes (46.0%) to 8,209, per the official Cache County canvass.
November 5, 2024
Source: vote.utah.gov
Ran as the Democratic nominee for Utah House District 3 in the November 8, 2022 general election and lost to Republican Dan Johnson, receiving 4,754 votes (43.4%) to 6,194, per Cache County's official results.
November 8, 2022
Source: cachecounty.gov
Past race Patrick Belmont ran in:
- State House District 3 · November 3, 2026 · State House District 3; Utah