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Celeste Maloy is a candidate for U.S. House, District 3. The ballot lists Celeste Maloy, Republican. The district covers all or part of Beaver, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, Morgan, Piute, San Juan, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch, Washington, Wayne, Utah and Weber counties.
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Celeste Maloy was born in Cedar City and raised in Hiko, Nevada. She studied agriculture at Southern Utah University and worked for about a decade as a soil conservationist. That work brought her into direct contact with farming families before she returned to school for a law degree at Brigham Young University. [1]
Local government and Congress
Maloy’s legal career centered on land and water. She worked as a deputy attorney for Washington County, a public-lands attorney for the Utah Association of Counties and a staff attorney for the Washington County Water Conservancy District. She then became chief legal counsel to Representative Chris Stewart. She was elected to Congress in 2023 and serves Utah’s Second Congressional District. [1]
Appropriations and natural resources
Maloy serves on both the Appropriations and Natural Resources committees. Her appropriations assignments include Interior and Environment, where she is vice chair, Energy and Water Development, and Legislative Branch. On Natural Resources, she serves on Federal Lands and on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. These assignments cover federal agency spending and the management of lands, water and natural resources. [2]
Western and cross-party caucus work
Maloy chairs the Congressional Western Caucus and holds leadership positions in groups addressing infrastructure, the Colorado River, wildfire and postal service. Her listed roles include co-chair of the Bipartisan Build America Caucus and the Bipartisan Wildfire Caucus, as well as vice chair for the Upper Basin in the Colorado River Caucus. These roles complement her committee work on Western land and water questions. [2]
Profile sources
Profile refreshed October 20, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.
Congresswoman Celeste Maloy fights tirelessly for Utah in Congress, working to help families keep more of their hard-earned money, protect our water resources, defend Utah values, and hold Washington accountable.
Congresswoman Maloy was raised in a working-class family, where she learned the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, faith, and service. Those values have guided her throughout her life and continue to shape the way she serves.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Southern Utah University and her law degree from BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School. Before serving in Congress, Celeste built a career solving real problems for Utahns. She worked as a deputy county attorney, a public lands attorney, a water district attorney, and Chief Legal Counsel to Congressman Chris Stewart.
Her background gives her a deep understanding of the issues that matter most to Utah: land, water, energy, agriculture, public safety, and limited government.
Congresswoman Celeste Maloy is focused on delivering results for Utah families, defending our way of life, and ensuring Utah has a trusted voice in Washington.
A 2018 ballot initiative, a court fight that began in 2022 and a failed repeal drive produced the map Utah votes under on Nov. 3, including a Salt Lake County district that leans Democratic.
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