State House District 43
State House District 43; 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 43,678 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 ÷ 43,678) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.11, measured against a statewide vote in UT (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, 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
Ofa Matagi leads the Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition and served on the Salt Lake County Planning Commission. She grew up in West Valley City as the daughter of Tongan immigrants, and focuses on public health and civic engagement.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Steve Eliason is a licensed CPA and a senior finance director at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, and has served in the Utah House since 2011. He works on mental health care, balanced budgets and homelessness.
Records: Environment and Public Health 7 for, 2 against, Civil Rights 2 for, 5 against, Housing Affordability 5 for,
Sources: vote.utah.gov2