Political ads · 2026 · UT

Utah House District 3 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Celeste Maloy won · 57.2% to 35.1% · Called by AP on Nov 4

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Adonis Hooslyn (UN), Celeste Maloy (Republican) and Kent Udell (Democrat) are the nominees for Utah's 3rd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Celeste Maloy is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Adonis Hooslyn's campaign had raised $762 (through October 14, 2026), Celeste Maloy's campaign $1.7 million (through October 14, 2026) and Kent Udell's campaign $100,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $1.3 million for Celeste Maloy and $300,000 against.

Adonis Hooslyn (UN), Celeste Maloy (REP, incumbent), Kent Udell (DEM). 3 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Adonis Hooslyn (UN)

Raised: $762 through 2026-10-14 individuals $273 · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $488 · cash on hand $-27
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Celeste Maloy (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $1.7M through 2026-10-14 individuals $768K · PACs $786K · from the candidate's other committees $80K · cash on hand $360K
Outside spending: $300K opposing Maloy · $1.3M supporting Maloy · latest reported 2026-10-30
Largest outside spenders: DEFENDING OUR VALUES PAC — $999K supporting Maloy Largest donors: PUBLIC FIRST ACTION, INC $4.9M (59%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); PUBLIC FIRST ACTION $3.0M (36%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); PUBLIC FIRST $300K (4%); Jan Leike $100K (1%), Anthropic, Researcher KEEPING AMERICA STRONG PAC — $300K opposing Maloy Largest donors: GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS $300K (100%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION PAC (ACC PAC) — $263K supporting Maloy Largest donors: AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION ACTION INC. $783K (94%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) DEFENDING UTAH VALUES FEDERAL SUPER PAC — $42K supporting Maloy WFW ACTION FUND INC — $38K supporting Maloy Largest donors: Paul E Singer $250K (32%), CO-CEO CO-CIO President, Elliott Investment Management L.p.; GOP WINNING WOMEN 2026 $139K (18%) (its largest donors: BUSCEMA, JOHN $771K; Elizabeth Stern $246K, Retired; Richard W Colburn $236K, Payroll & Insurance Group); Cliff Asness $125K (16%), AQR Capital, Finance; Laurel Asness $125K (16%), Homemaker, Homemaker

Bundled through PACs: $27K through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $27K from 19 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC

183 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

1-800 CONTACTS, INC. PAC $10K
ABUNDANCE PAC $10K
AEROVIRONMENT, INC. PAC $2,000
AES CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,500
ALABAMA FIRST PAC $10K
ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) $2,000
AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPERATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $2,500
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $2,000
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION PAC $3,500
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PAC $2,500
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AMERICAN RESORTS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC) $5,000
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $5,000
AMERICAN SECURITY PAC $5,000
AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INC RAMS PAC $1,000
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
AT&T, INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
B BRIGADE MAJORITY FUND $1,500
BAE SYSTEMS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PAC $2,500
BLAKE MOORE FOR CONGRESS $6,000
BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
BOLD ACTION PAC $3,500
BOLD REPUBLICANS ENABLE TERRIFIC TOMORROW PAC (BRETT PAC) $2,500
BRACEPAC $1,000
BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PAC $2,500
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PAC COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $1,500
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $5,000
CALIFORNIA WESTSIDE FARMERS FED PAC $2,500
CALL TO SERVICE PAC $5,000
CAROL FOR CONGRESS $2,000
CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
CIRCLE THE WAGONS PAC $2,000
CLEAN ENERGY BUYERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
CLEARWAY ENERGY INC PAC $1,000
CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS $2,000
COALPAC, A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION $1,000
COLORADO WESTERN PAC $3,000
COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL $500
COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM CAP-PAC $7,500
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC $2,500
CONSERVATIVE & REPUBLICAN TOGETHER EQUALS RESULTS PAC $1,500
CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC) $10K
CONSERVATIVE SERVICE ACTION RESULTS (CSAR) PAC $1,000
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE PAC $4,500
COUNCIL OF PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF ARGOTECHNOLOGY PAC $1,000
CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC $1,000
CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,000
CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $10K
DEFENDING THE AMERICAN DREAM PAC $6,000
DELTA AIR LINES PAC $5,000
DULCICH INC DBA PACIFIC SEAFOOD GROUP EMPLOYEE PAC $1,000
ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC) $5,000
ELECTING REPUBLICANS INDIANA PAC $3,000
EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $7,500
EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $8,000
ERNST & YOUNG PAC $2,500
ES3 PAC $15K
EUREKA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
FOOD SOLUTIONS ACTION PAC $1,000
FOR OUR NATION'S GREATNESS, RESILIENCE, EXCELLENCE, STRENGTH, AND SECURITY (FONGRESS) PAC $1,500
FOREVER YOUTH ORGANIZATION UTILIZING A NEW GENERATION PAC $4,000
FREEDOM 21: FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM IN THE 21ST CENTURY $5,500
FREEDOM FORCE PAC $2,500
FRIENDS FOR CHRIS STEWART $6,000
FRIENDS TO ELECT DR. GREG MURPHY TO CONGRESS $1,000
FROGMAN PAC $2,500
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC $3,000
GENERAL ATOMICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE PAC $1,000
GROWING OUR OWN DYNAMIC ECONOMY NOW $5,000
HALLIBURTON COMPANY PAC $2,500
HEALTHEQUITY, INC. PURPLE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
HEXCEL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,500
HF SINCLAIR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DINO PAC) $2,500
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $2,500
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND $2,000
IN THE ARENA PAC $7,500
INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (IDFA) PAC $1,000
J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY PAC $5,000
JEFF HURD FOR CONGRESS $2,000
JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESS $4,000
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC $1,000
LAND OF OPP $5,000
LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PAC $2,500
LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS PAC $1,000
MAINTAINING ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE PAC $5,000
MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $16K
MATERION CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC $2,500
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
MINEPAC, A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION $4,500
MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY COUNCIL RIDER ACTION FUND $1,000
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $10K
MVL PAC $2,500
NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESS $1,500
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $6,000
NATIONAL ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM. $3,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION PAC $3,500
NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE PAC / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS NEMPAC $1,000
NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS PAC $1,000
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,000
NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. PAC (NSSF PAC) $423
NATIONAL STONE, SAND AND GRAVEL ASSN. ROCKPAC $4,000
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC $5,000
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $500
NATURAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $5,000
NEW SHERIFF PAC $1,000
NO NONSENSE PAC $2,500
NUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC. $5,000
OSI SYSTEMS INC. PAC OSI PAC $1,000
PACIFICORP-PACIFIC POWER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER PAC $10K
PERIMETER SOLUTIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,000
PHILLIPS 66 PAC $2,500
PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION, INC CEMENT PAC $1,000
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE I $3,000
PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING CENTERS OF AMERICA PAC $1,500
QUANTA SERVICES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
RAPTOR PAC $10K
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC $6,000
REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC $2,000
RIGHT TRACK USA PAC $2,500
RIO TINTO AMERICA INC. PAC $2,000
ROAD TO FREEDOM CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $2,000
RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
RVFPAC $4,000
SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS' ASSOC. POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE (SRPPIC) $2,500
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
SEAL TEAM PT PAC $1,000
SIX PAC $4,000
SOCK IT TO 'EM PAC $10K
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC $10K
SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
THE AI POLICY NETWORK, INC. AIPN PAC $5,000
THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. PAC $5,000
THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
TIMBERLINE PAC $3,500
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $1,000
TYSON FOODS INC. PAC $1,000
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC $2,500
UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICAN POLITICAL FUND $10K
UPPER HAND FUND $1,000
US ENERGY PAC (THE PAC OF AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION COUNCIL, INC.) $2,500
USA RICE FEDERATION PAC $1,000
USANA HEALTH SCIENCES, INC. PAC $2,000
VALLEY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN PAC $15K
VITORIA PAC $5,500
WESTERN ENERGY ALLIANCE PAC $2,500
WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Kent Udell (DEM)

Raised: $100K through 2026-10-14 individuals $99K · PACs $486 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $20 · cash on hand $5,716
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

1 PAC gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

IRON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY $131

All filings at the FEC ↗

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