State House District 44
State House District 44; 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 43,609 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 ÷ 43,609) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.12, 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
Jess Birtcher has lived and worked in the south Salt Lake Valley for more than 35 years and has not held public office before. She focuses on household affordability, accessible health care and strong public schools.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Jordan D. Teuscher is a lawyer from South Jordan who has served in the Utah House since 2021 and chairs the House Rules Committee. He works on children's online safety, low taxes and privacy limits on surveillance technology.
Records: Environment and Public Health 7 for, 1 against, Civil Rights 2 for, 5 against, Election Integrity 4 for,
Sources: vote.utah.gov2