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Unofficial results: Steve Eliason was trailing with 4,627 votes, or 43.7%; Ofa Matagi had 56.3%. As of Nov 4, 1:42 AM MT. Election night results. Counts are not official until the canvass.
Steve Eliason was a candidate for Utah House, District 43 in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election. The ballot listed Steve Eliason, Republican. Counts are unofficial until the canvass; see the election night results and the official results. The district covers all or part of Salt Lake County.
The final-passage votes in the 2026 sessions that were decided by the fewest votes, with Steve Eliason's vote. These are picked by the size of the margin in the official tally alone, not by topic or party.
March 6, 2026 · Vote 1530Voted: Absent or not voting
Steve Eliason earned an accounting degree and an MBA at the University of Utah. His official House biography identifies him as a licensed CPA and describes senior finance work at University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics. It also records earlier service as president of the Road Home's board of trustees, linking his professional financial background with nonprofit governance and services for people experiencing homelessness.[2]
District 43 and the parliamentarian role
Eliason began serving in the House in 2011 and represents District 43 in Salt Lake County. The current roster identifies him as House parliamentarian. His standing committee assignments include Health and Human Services and Revenue and Taxation. That combination gives his work a procedural dimension within the chamber as well as substantive responsibilities involving healthcare and the state's revenue system.[2]
An early suicide-prevention measure
The Legislature's 2014 bill record names Eliason as sponsor of HB23, Suicide Prevention Revisions, with Howard Stephenson as Senate floor sponsor. The record supplies bill text, action history and hearing materials, documenting an early example of his involvement in suicide-prevention legislation. It is historical evidence of that work rather than a description of every prevention program or service operating in Utah today.[1]
In the 2026 General Session, Steve Eliason was chief sponsor of H.B. 15, Medicaid Amendments. It moves the date Medicaid expansion would end if federal matching funds fall, directs the Department of Health and Human Services to end programs that would reduce that federal match, requires a contingency proposal if funding drops, adjusts the targeted adult program and adds a reporting requirement. The governor signed it on March 18, 2026.[3]
In the 2026 General Session, Steve Eliason was chief sponsor of H.B. 59, Identification Verification Amendments. It requires restaurant staff to check proof of age for anyone who looks 35 or younger before serving alcohol, and requires beer retailers, state stores and package agencies to ask every customer for proof of age. The governor signed it on March 17, 2026.[4]
Education budgets and behavioral health
Eliason's current assignments include Public Education Appropriations and the Utah Behavioral Health Legislative Policy Committee. He also serves on interim committees for health and revenue and taxation. Those responsibilities connect school spending and behavioral-health policy with his accounting and hospital-finance experience, while keeping the current committee portfolio distinct from the specific 2014 bill that illustrates an earlier phase of his legislative career.[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.
Republicans led in 44 of 75 House districts, short of the 50 that make up two-thirds, and are on track for 20 of 29 Senate seats, according to unofficial state results.
