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2000Final results

2000 election for Utah Senate District 17

Utah State Senate · Utah

Bill Wright (R) won with 60.5% of the vote, defeating Jed Mitchell (D) by 24.4 points.

Bill WrightRepublican · winner
60.5%18,386
Jed MitchellDemocrat
36.1%10,975
Will ChristensenOther party
3.4%1,044
30,405 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+1.01980D+18.71984R+0.61996R+24.42000R+32.72006R+53.12010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Bill Wright (R)Jed Mitchell (D)

Also on the ballot: Will Christensen (Other party), 3.4%