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Moore and Maloy fend off conservative challengers in the Utah GOP primaries 37%
By Hugo Rikard-Bell0% Sean Higgins0%
6/24/2026, 2:58:13 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 19 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 10.5% saturation with 49 hits. Analysis detected 572 faulty-reasoning hits from 467 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 43.6% and a BS Rank of 37% (13,027 of 20,371 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 63.90% of the article peer group.
Utah Republican voters stuck with the incumbents in the 2nd and 3rd Congressional Districts, giving both Blake Moore and Celeste Maloy primary victories.
Both U.S.
House Representatives faced right-flank challengers in popular state legislator Karriane Lisonbee and delegate darling Phil Lyman, respectively.
Moore turned aside Lisonbee, the Associated Press called the race at 8:41 p.m., and Maloy finished ahead of Lyman earlier when the AP called the race at 8:35 p.m.
Despite “a lot of things that we're bubbling up politically,” Moore told KUER, voters ultimately looked at his record and said, “he’s done a good job.”
Holding on to the nomination will allow Moore the chance to stay in his role in Republican leadership as vice-chair of the House Republican Conference.
Both Moore and Maloy received endorsements from President Donald Trump.
In a statement after she conceded the race, Lisonbee said she wants to thank the people of northern Utah and is energized by what she heard from voters.
“Although this race didn’t go our way, I am grateful to live in this country, and I’m inspired by so many who want to see America prosper,” she said.
“I will never stop fighting for the principles that make America great.”
Jabs thrown between candidates in the race to represent the state’s north revolved around where Moore lived, his role in the redistricting fight, data centers, accusations of insider trading and last-minute campaign mailers.
Lisonbee easily won the GOP convention with 61.5% of the delegates’ vote over Moore.
She now finds herself in the pool of candidates who win hearts at the convention but then falter with voters at the ballot box.
Lisonbee has been a well-known conservative voice in the Legislature; she sits on several committees and has served in the Utah House since 2017, though she will leave office in January.
Moore will face Democrat Peter Crosby in November.
Crosby ran uncontested in the primary.
Maloy’s victory in the 3rd Congressional District, the largest of Utah’s districts by geographic size, including much of rural Utah, will pit her against another uncontested Democratic candidate, Kent Udell, in the midterms.
In essence, Maloy and Lyman represented two different lanes of Utah Republicans.
Maloy positioned herself as someone with experience as the district’s voice in Washington, D.C., while Lyman tapped into a mindset more skeptical of establishment politics.
Those differences were also their greatest assets, with Lyman’s small-town, anti-establishment bona fides a big selling point for many, while Maloy leaned heavily on her experience.
Both candidates support President Trump — but didn’t talk about him much on the campaign trail.
Maloy emerged with a slim majority of support after a tight battle at April’s Utah GOP Nominating Convention, but not enough to eliminate Lyman from contention.
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