State House District 31
State House District 31; 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 41,699 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 ÷ 41,699) ÷ ln(50,000) = 70.33, 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 · declared
Melody Jones is a self-employed cosmetologist and barber in the Salt Lake City area and owns the hair salon business Local Perspective LLC.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Verona Mauga serves in the Utah House and owns two small businesses, My Choice Utah and Sagato Bakery & Cafe. She works on mental and behavioral health care and on help for small businesses.
Records: Environment and Public Health 5 for, Housing Affordability 4 for, Social Programs and Welfare 3 for,
Sources: vote.utah.gov2