Ben Shaw

Ben Shaw is a candidate for State House District 3 Primary Election in 2026 in Utah State House District 3, Utah.

Graduate Student and Research Assistant in Logan, UT

Also running: Patrick Belmont, Jason E. Thompson.

Ben Shaw is a candidate for the Utah House of Representatives, District 3, in the 2026 election. Initially seeking the nomination of the Utah Forward Party to challenge incumbent State Representative Jason Thompson, he did not advance past his party's Cache County convention. Shaw is a graduate student at Utah State University, where he also serves as a Graduate Research Assistant and has experience as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, instructing various mathematics and statistics courses. His background includes a strong foundation in data science, machine learning, and mathematics, with published work in these fields. He is based in the Logan area.