Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Steven Merrill

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Utah District 3
Filing address
Cedar City, UT (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MERRILL, STEVEN
Next election
Primary June 23, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Utah with the 2026 district highlighted

Utah, District 3

DemocraticU.S. House · Utah District 3ChallengerNot nominated at convention

FEC candidate ID H6UT02465 · Principal campaign committee: VOTE4MERRILL

Total raised$21,088.00
Total spent$20,327.33
Cash on hand$760.67
Debts owed by the campaign$13,640.00
Loans from the candidate$14,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $6,083.00PACs and other committees: $1,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $14,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5.00
  • Individual contributions$6,083.0029%
  • PACs and other committees$1,000.005%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$14,000.0066%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5.000%

Self-funding: $14,000.00 (66% of money raised): $0.00 given and $14,000.00 lent by the candidate. $360.00 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$3,158.0052%
  • Contributions over $200$2,925.0048%
  • Itemized from inside Utah$2,425.0078%
  • Itemized from other states$700.0022%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$12K$0 YEAR-END: raised $11,556.00YEAR-END: spent $8,844.77PRE-CONVENTION: raised $9,532.00PRE-CONVENTION: spent $11,482.56JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.002025-122026-042026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Utah U.S. House, District 3, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Steven Merrill (D)$21,088.00$760.672026-10-14
Celeste Maloy (R)$1,652,694.51$359,561.432026-10-14
Kent Udell (D)$91,625.11$6,838.452026-09-30
Phillip Kay Lyman (R)$48,004.06$2,115.302026-06-30
David Harris (R)$42,995.08$0.002026-04-07
Adonis Hooslyn (UN)$761.77−$26.632026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Lighthouse ResearchSeptember 2–15, 2026508 (LV)± 4.35%Celeste Maloy 45% · Kent Udell 26%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah (retrieved October 22, 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: VOTE4MERRILL.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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