Sandy residents will choose among four candidates for Utah's 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Republican incumbent Rep. Mike Kennedy faces Democrat Jonny Larsen, Libertarian Taylor Wright and unaffiliated candidate Steven Burt. The newly drawn CD-4 includes Sandy and stretches across parts of Salt Lake and Utah counties along with Tooele, Millard, Sanpete, Juab and Sevier counties.

Kennedy, a physician and attorney, won two-thirds of the vote in 2024 in the former 3rd Congressional District. The Cook Political Report rates the CD-4 seat as heavily favored for the Republican. A September Lighthouse Research poll commissioned by the Utah Debate Commission showed Kennedy at 41.7% and Larsen at 32.9%, with Burt at 5.7% and Wright at 5.3%, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.

At a Thursday, Oct. 8, debate at Snow College, Kennedy said he supports President Donald Trump's actions in Iran, saying there would be "significant gain in the long run," Utah News Dispatch reported. Kennedy also sponsored the License to Drill Act, which extends federal oil and gas permitting fees. That bill has passed both the House and Senate. Trump endorsed Kennedy on June 18. Kennedy won 78.7% of delegate support at the Utah Republican Convention, according to the Deseret News.

Larsen, a Marine Corps combat veteran who served as an infantry rifleman from 2000 to 2004 with two deployments to Iraq, calls himself a "Blue Dog Democrat." He is also a cancer survivor who relied on the Department of Veterans Affairs for treatment. On affordability, Larsen pointed to the war in Iran, saying the U.S. has spent more than $43 billion since the conflict began in February. Diesel fuel now averages more than $6 per gallon in Utah, he told the Tribune. On water, Larsen cited a University of Utah report on toxic dust from the shrinking Great Salt Lake. The report found the dust threatens more than 2 million people and creates up to $116 million a year in health costs.

Burt, an attorney and former solar energy executive, is running unaffiliated. He describes himself as the only candidate who lives in the district and said he has not accepted corporate or PAC money.

"Congressional stock trading, exchanging donations for government contracts and selling pardons … these things must end," Burt told the Tribune.

On affordability, Burt called for ending the Iran war, reforming zoning laws and reining in tariffs. On water, he called for a new plan for the Central Utah Project, acknowledging climate change and the diminishing Colorado River basin.

Wright, an elementary school teacher running as a Libertarian, called for decentralization and said states should have the right to nullify unconstitutional federal power. On water, Wright said Utah has an incentives problem, arguing that political allocation and artificial pricing discourage innovation.

Burt and Wright did not qualify for the Oct. 8 debate because neither met the Utah Debate Commission's 10% polling threshold.

Mail ballots must reach the county clerk's office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. Ballots can also be dropped at a drop box by 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3.