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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s only Democrat in Congress, Rep. Ben McAdams, rated higher among voters than the state’s three other U.S. House members, according to a new UtahPolicy.com poll released Thursday.
More than half of Utah voters — 54% — said they approve of how McAdams is handling his job as representative for the state’s 4th Congressional District, a post he won last year by narrowly defeating two-term GOP Rep. Mia Love. McAdams has been labeled one of the nation’s most vulnerable House members in the 2020 elections.
None of Utah’s Republican House members were viewed favorably by a majority of voters in the survey,
Rep. John Curtis’ favorability was at 45%, while 24% of Utah voters said they disapprove of how he’s doing his job representing the state’s 3rd District, and 31% had no opinion. More Utah voters hold an unfavorable opinion of Reps. Chris Stewart and Rob Bishop than favorable.
For Stewart, who represents the 2nd District and is a strong defender of President Donald Trump in national news appearances, his favorability is 37% and his unfavorability is 42%. In the 1st District, Bishop, who is not seeking reelection but is considering a run for governor, is at 34% favorability and 47% unfavorable.
McAdams was recently targeted by the president’s reelection campaign along with more than 60 other Democrats nationwide over his support for the House impeachment inquiry into Trump’s pressuring of foreign leaders to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a top contender in the Democratic presidential race.
Trump Victory is reportedly spending more than $2 million nationwide against the Democratic House members and held an event outside McAdams’ West Jordan office recently where the president’s supporters were outnumbered by a group favoring the inquiry.
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President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has put a bull’s-eye on Utah’s only Democratic member of Congress, 4th District Rep. Ben McAdams, promising Tuesday to keep up the pressure as part of a nationwide anti-impeachment effort dubbed “Stop the Madness.”America First Policies, a nonprofit conservative organization behind Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Utah in August to promote Trump’s trade deal with Canada and Mexico, is running digital ads against McAdams as part of a $1 million anti-impeachment campaign.
McAdams ran on his willingness to work across the aisle in the Democratic-controlled Congress and has introduced a number of bipartisan bills, including for a federal ozone study intended to help find ways to improve air quality along the Wasatch Front.
“Congressman McAdams is working hard on Utah’s behalf, with Republicans and Democrats, to solve problems, such as the rising cost of prescription drugs, air quality, infrastructure and consumer protection. That is who he is and Utahns are seeing that in action,” his spokeswoman, Alyson Heyrend, said.
The poll was conducted for the online political news sources by Y2 Analytics of registered Utah voters participating in the Utah Political Trends panel. The sample size by congressional district ranged from 198 to 269, and the margin of error, from plus or minus 5.9 to 6.9 percentage points.
