3 seats: 3R     R 66

Democrats' projected performance actually improved in Utah in 1996, but the state remains heavily Republican. Democrats will be hard-pressed to win seats; they lost their best chance when controversial incumbent Merrill Cook was defeated in a primary -- one of three House incumbents to lose in primaries from 1996 to August 2000.
 

1. James Hansen (R), 1980					Landslide
	'98: 68	'96: 68	'94: 65	'92: 65		R 70
2. OPEN [Merrill Cook (R), 1996]					Comfortable
	['98: 53	'96: 55	'94: R 46	'92: D 51]		R 58
3. Christopher Cannon (R), 1996					Landslide
	'98: 77 U	'96: 51	['94: D 59	'92: D 59]		R 70