DemocratIn office since Nov 2020

Ashlee Matthews

Utah State Representative, District 37 since 2020. Ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2024, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Utah State Representative, District 37

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 6 yrs; Since 2020
Bills became law: 4; 9 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 13.2%; Chamber median 6.7%
With party: 82%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +30.3; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Business and Labor Interim
Business, Labor and Commerce
Ethics
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Coordination
Rules
Transportation
Transportation Interim

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 9 sponsored · 4 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 299 School Response to Sexual Offense
Crimes · Became law Mar 2026

HB 531 Scarification Amendments
Administrative Rulemaking · Became law Mar 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Matthews sits in the Utah House of Representatives

Matthews is closer to the center than 79% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Verona Mauga, Andrew Stoddard, Jake Fitisemanu

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:07 PM ET

With Matthews’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats82%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills100%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Utah House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Matthews’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Matthews	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Mar 7, 2026	HB 84: Dangerous Weapon Amendments	Yes	No	Yes	Passed 58–8
Mar 7, 2026	HB 377: Real Estate Amendments	No	No	Yes	Passed 53–13
Mar 7, 2026	SB 251: Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 40–30
Mar 7, 2026	HB 539: Public Safety Modifications	Yes	No	Yes	Passed 53–10
Mar 6, 2026	SB 295: Intellectual Diversity in Education and Government	No	No	Yes	Passed 48–23

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Matthews was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

202020212022202320242025202620272028Utah House of Representatives, District 38 Utah House of Representatives, District 37

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Utah House of Representatives, District 37	Won	D+30.3	D+2.6	+27.7
2024	Utah House of Representatives, District 37	Won	D+9.5	D+2.6	+6.9
2022	Utah House of Representatives, District 37	Won	D+13.6	D+7.2	+6.4
2020	Utah House of Representatives, District 38	Won	D+3.3	—	—