Candidate Information

Municipal Mayor and City Council Candidates ONLY

For all municipal candidates, all disclosures must be submitted to your local municipal clerk by 5pm. Failure to do so will result in a $50 fine. 

 

Type of Financial DisclosureFinancial Disclosure Deadline2025 Due Dates
Primary ElectionDue 7 days before the Primary ElectionAugust 5th, 2025
Eliminated at the Primary ElectionDue 30 days after the Primary ElectionSeptember 11th, 2025
Participating in the General ElectionDue 28 days before the General ElectionOctober 7th, 2025
General ElectionDue 7 days before the General ElectionOctober 28th, 2025
Post General ElectionDue 30 days after the General ElectionDecember 4th, 2025

 

Requirements of Reports

Requirements may differ if specified by municipal ordinance

  • Contributions - date, amount, and name of donor (if known)
  • In-kind contributions - date, market value, description of in-kind contribution, name of donor (if know)
  • Expenditures - date, amount, name of recipient

If a candidate receives less that $500 and makes less than $500 in expenditures, the candidate may report the total amount without itemizations. If the candidate receives or spends more than $500, all contributions and expenditures must be itemized.

 

County and Local School Board Candidates ONLY

For County and Local School Board candidates, all disclosures must be submitted to Utah County's NEW disclosure email: disclosures@utahcounty.gov by 11:59pm on the date specified below. 

 

If you are a current county or school board officer, the first financial disclosure that you file in 2025 must include all of the required information since your last financial disclosure was filed.

 

Type of Financial DisclosureFinancial Disclosure Deadline2025 Due Dates
Eliminated at County ConventionDue 30 days after County ConventionDepends on Convention
Candidates on the Primary Ballot*Due 7 days before the Primary ElectionAugust 5th, 2025
Eliminated at the Primary ElectionDue 30 days after the Primary ElectionSeptember 11th, 2025
Candidates on the General Ballot*Due 7 days before the General ElectionOctober 28th, 2025
All Candidates on the General BallotDue 30 days after the General ElectionDecember 4th, 2025

 

*Failure to file these financial disclosures will result in you being eliminated from the election ballot.


As an unaffiliated candidate, you are entitled to all the rights and subject to all the regulations and penalties of political party candidates. Your name will be printed on the ballot accompanied by a note stating that you are not affiliated with a political party.

 

Filing Period: June 2 to June 6, 2025. 

 

  • For U.S. Congress, State Senate, State House and county offices: signatures of 300 or 5% of registered voters who reside within the office’s district, whichever is less.
    • Signatures must be submitted and verified BEFORE declaring candidacy. (Utah Code §20A-9-502)

 

OfficeNumber of Signatures Required
U.S. President, U.S. Senate1,000
U.S. House of Representatives300
Governor/Lt. Governor1,000
Attorney General, State Auditor, State Treasurer1,000
State Senate300
State House of Representatives300
State Board of Education Candidates300
Utah County Offices300