Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Bruce Hough

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Utah District 2
Filing address
Salt Lake City, UT (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HOUGH, BRUCE
Next election
Primary June 25, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Utah with the 2024 district highlighted

Utah, District 2

RepublicanU.S. House · Utah District 2Open seatRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H4UT02312 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BRUCE HOUGH

Total raised$708,511.17
Total spent$708,511.17
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$360,346.18
Loans from the candidate$390,346.18

2023–2024 cycle totals through January 31, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $314,564.99PACs and other committees: $3,500.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $390,446.18
  • Individual contributions$314,564.9944%
  • PACs and other committees$3,500.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$390,446.1855%

Self-funding: $390,446.18 (55% of money raised): $100.00 given and $390,346.18 lent by the candidate. $30,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $1,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Bruce Hough$19,000.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Bruce Hough$10,918.32

FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Utah U.S. House, District 2 (special election), 2024 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Bruce Hough (R)$708,511.17$0.002024-01-31
Kathleen Riebe (D)$348,093.46$1,873.292024-02-29
Henry Christian Eyring (R)$45,606.00$0.002023-10-13
Bill Hoster (R)$22,436.32$0.002023-10-15
Scott Allen Hatfield Jr. (R)$6,300.00$0.002023-07-26

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RDecember 30, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RJanuary 3, 2024
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 16, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe ROctober 26, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid RDecember 28, 2023

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Lighthouse ResearchAugust 29 – September 19, 2024512 (RV)± 4.3%Celeste Maloy 58% · Nathaniel Woodward 25%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BRUCE HOUGH.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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