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This candidate was defeated in the primary, so the candidacy has ended. The finding below was detected and archived while the campaign was live and remains on the ledger as a historical record.
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H-UT-01
Party
DEM
Universe reason
contested_primary+contested_general
FEC receipts
$704,721 FEC
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https://www.nateforutah.com/ (unverified)
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27 · last 2026-07-09

Posted public messaging guidance consistent with red-boxing

Detected on https://www.nateforutah.com/media  · classifier confidence 0.95

  1. First detectedJuly 9, 2026

The page contains a directive that specifies a target audience ('voters on the go'), a timeframe ('week 1'), and a set of opposition talking points about Ben McAdams. This language is not aimed at voters directly (it tells what they 'need to see') nor at the campaign's own press shop; it is guidance for an outside spender to run ads. The rest of the page is a standard campaign site, but this section functions as red-boxing.

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  • In week 1, voters on the go need to see the truth about Ben McAdams:
    Segmented audience ('voters on the go') paired with a timing directive ('week 1') and a prescribed message theme ('the truth about Ben McAdams'), indicating media-buy instructions for an outside group.
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In week 1, voters on the go need to see the truth about Ben McAdams:

Ben McAdams opposes the right to an abortion: 

He has voted repeatedly with Trump and Republicans to restrict access to abortion and has described himself as pro-life. He also voted to allow doctors to obstruct a woman’s access to essential reproductive care and to stop Medicaid from covering abortions for low income Utahns. McAdams even said “abortion is wrong and I personally oppose abortion” and “abortion is too common in America.”https://utahpolicy.com/archive/19972-mcadams-joins-gop-led-effort-to-force-a-vote-on-anti-abortion-bill

He voted to allow employers to deny their employees access to contraception and to allow employers to discriminate against pregnant women. https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/vote/anti-choice-refusal-pregnant-workers-fairness-act/

Ben McAdams took campaign cash from ICE contractors while voting to increase ICE budgets by billions:

He has taken thousands of dollars from ICE contractors while voting to repeatedly increase funding for Trump’s ICE while in Congress. After they wrote checks to him, McAdams voted to increase ICE funding by nearly $33 billion dollars. https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00658633&contributor_name=Marquardt&two_year_transaction_period=2026&two_year_transaction_period=2020

McAdams voted to arm Trump’s ICE agents with military grade weapons that they’re using to terrorize and abduct people in cities across the country, and raid schools, hospitals, and places of worship.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3401

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-joint-resolution/31

Ben McAdams was a vote for MAGA and Trump’s agenda when it mattered most:

In Congress, Ben McAdams voted with Trump more than almost any other Democrat in Congress. An independent analysis conducted by UCLA found that McAdams was the most conservative Democrat in Congress. https://voteview.com/person/21943/ben-mcadams  

He supported a Republican over a Democrat for the US Senate.  https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/04/02/will-utah-democrats/

He voted with Trump to block key Democratic priorities over 130 times.

McAdams also voted to increase funding for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and to oppose an increase in the minimum wage. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/07/18/rep-ben-mcadams-votes/

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He has voted repeatedly with Trump and Republicans to restrict access to abortion and has described himself as pro-life. He also voted to allow doctors to obstruct a woman’s access to essential reproductive care and to stop Medicaid from covering abortions for low income Utahns. McAdams even said “abortion is wrong and I personally oppose abortion” and “abortion is too common in America.”
https://utahpolicy.com/archive/19972-mcadams-joins-gop-led-effort-to-force-a-vote-on-anti-abortion-bill
He voted to allow employers to deny their employees access to contraception and to allow employers to discriminate against pregnant women.
https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/vote/anti-choice-refusal-pregnant-workers-fairness-act/
He has taken thousands of dollars from ICE contractors while voting to repeatedly increase funding for Trump’s ICE while in Congress. After they wrote checks to him, McAdams voted to increase ICE funding by nearly $33 billion dollars.
https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?data_type=processed&committee_id=C00658633&contributor_name=Marquardt&two_year_transaction_period=2026&two_year_transaction_period=2020
In Congress, Ben McAdams voted with Trump more than almost any other Democrat in Congress. An independent analysis conducted by UCLA found that McAdams was the most conservative Democrat in Congress.
https://voteview.com/person/21943/ben-mcadams
He supported a Republican over a Democrat for the US Senate.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/04/02/will-utah-democrats/
McAdams also voted to increase funding for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and to oppose an increase in the minimum wage.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2019/07/18/rep-ben-mcadams-votes/
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