Video: Two Congress members face surprise primary challenges
Apr 27, 2026, 12:14 PM | Updated: 2:50 pm
Two members of Congress, Reps. Celeste Maloy and Blake Moore, will face primary challengers following a lengthy Republican nominating convention on Saturday.
Both incumbents had already qualified for the ballot by collecting signatures, but were unable to avoid facing a primary after Moore was blown out during the convention by state Rep. Karianne Lisonbee and Maloy won a narrow race against former state lawmaker Phil Lyman.
In the 2nd Congressional District, Moore received 33.7% of the vote compared to 61.5% for Lisonbee. A third candidate was eliminated. In the 3rd Congressional District, Maloy narrowly bested Lyman 50.95% to 49.04% after two rounds of voting, but she did not clear the required threshold to become the GOP nominee outright.
Meanwhile, another incumbent congressman, Rep. Mike Kennedy, received more than 78% of the Republican delegate vote to receive the party’s nomination in the 4th Congressional District, despite Kennedy facing multiple challengers.
Read more: https://www.ksl.com/article/51488783/moore-maloy-head-to-gop-primary-after-state-convention
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