State House District 71
State House District 71; Utah
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 69 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 47,203 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(3,392,331 ÷ 47,203) ÷ ln(50,000) = 69.75, measured against a statewide vote in UT (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Rex Shipp is a retired financial adviser from Cedar City with a degree from Southern Utah University and CLU and ChFC insurance credentials. He joined the Utah House in 2019 and belongs to Rotary and the Cedar City chamber of commerce.
Records: Environment and Public Health 4 for, 2 against, Civil Rights 5 against, Election Integrity 3 for,
Democratic · declared
Thomas Loveheart is a UCLA graduate who works for the state of Utah in Cedar City with young people in secure care. He puts housing costs and health care access at the top of his agenda.
Sources: vote.utah.gov2