Wayne Woodfield

Wayne Woodfield is the Utah Forward Party candidate for the Utah State Senate, District 21, in the November 3, 2026 general election, challenging Republican incumbent Brady Brammer.[1][2] A software engineer, he said in a Ballotpedia survey that he is running to restore integrity, civility, unity and fair governance to the legislature.[2][3]

Woodfield graduated from Springville High School and earned a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 2002, according to his Ballotpedia profile.[2] The profile lists his career experience as working as a software engineer.[2] In a Ballotpedia survey, he said he was born in Provo, raised in Mapleton and currently lives in Lehi.[3]

Woodfield said in the survey that he was a precinct chair in the Republican Party about 10 years ago.[3] He described his approach as taking ideas from across the political spectrum, and said he supports vote-by-mail and independent processes for redistricting and ballot language for constitutional amendments.[3] He named education, affordable housing and water management as high priorities, and said he favors reasonable term limits, campaign finance reform and stronger checks and balances.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.