The bulk of the county was for a long time located in the 2nd congressional district. However, after Utah gained a seat following the 2010 Census redistricting, the Republican-controlled state legislature split the county into three districts - 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Despite that, since 2000 Republicans have only controlled most of the county in the Congress only for four years - from 2015 to 2019, after Jim Matheson, who survived two redistrictings following 2000 and 2010 Censuses, retired and was replaced by Mia Love, who in turn, was defeated by former County Mayor Ben McAdams in 2018 election.