State House District 66
State House District 66; 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 · 70 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 44,165 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 ÷ 44,165) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.06, 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
Democratic · declared
Breanne Mashek owns and runs The Fayette Merc, a rural grocery store in Fayette. She serves on the Fayette Town Council and says rural Utah needs representation from a wider range of backgrounds.
Constitution · declared
Russ Hatch is retired and lives in Manti. He has a political science degree from the University of Utah and served five years in the U.S. Army, and he wants stricter ethics rules for officeholders and a smaller state government.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Troy Shelley works in marketing and the natural resources industry and lives in Ephraim. He has served in the Utah House since 2025 and works on energy supply, water rights and wildfire prevention.
Records: Civil Rights 2 for, 4 against, Environment and Public Health 3 for, 1 against, Social Programs and Welfare 3 for, 1 against,
Sources: vote.utah.gov2