Elias Montgomery

Elias Montgomery is an unaffiliated candidate for Utah's open 1st Congressional District and a recent University of Utah graduate who works as a policy analyst. He describes himself as an independent alternative to the two major parties, focused on housing costs and what he calls a "broken political system." His platform includes limits on institutional purchases of single-family homes, "missing-middle" housing, and a proportional nomination model for parties.[1]

Montgomery graduated from West Jordan High School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah in 2025. He works as a policy analyst.[1] He is running without a party affiliation. In his Ballotpedia survey he lists his key messages as housing affordability, restoring voter power through a proportional nomination model and ending corporate subsidies, and local control, including opposition to the Box Elder data center proposal.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.