State Senate District 1
State Senate District 1; Utah
My vote power
Normal
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: Normal · 65 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 119,937 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 ÷ 119,937) ÷ ln(50,000) = 65.45, 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.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
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
Claudia Bigler is a retired teacher and a Brigham Young University graduate. She campaigns on protecting public education funding, moderation in politics, and more study before large data centers are approved.
Forward · declared
Julie Quinlan is a Brigham City resident and a Forward Party member in Box Elder County. She opposes new data centers in the Great Salt Lake basin and wants the state's Military Installation Development Authority dissolved.
Republican · Incumbent · declared
Scott Sandall farms and ranches in Tremonton and has served in the Utah Legislature since 2015, now as vice chair of Executive Appropriations. A past Box Elder County Farm Bureau president, he works on the state budget, agriculture, and water.
Records: Environment and Public Health 4 for, 3 against, Public Safety and Crime Control 7 for, Civil Rights 2 for, 3 against,
Sources: vote.utah.gov2