2022 race briefing
Darlene McDonald is a writer, author and political activist in Utah. In 2022 she served as Utah’s DNC National Committeewoman, sat on the boards of groups including Alliance for a Better Utah and the American Friends Service Committee, and led 1Utah Project, a nonprofit she launched in December 2020 to boost civic engagement among Black, Indigenous and other voters of color. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall appointed her to the city’s Racial Equity in Policing Commission.
She ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination in Utah’s 4th Congressional District. In the November 8, 2022 general election, incumbent Republican Burgess Owens won with 61.1% of the vote; McDonald received 32.3% and United Utah Party candidate January Walker 6.6%.
PolRev covered her 2022 campaign.