Appeals Court Judge Mortensen faces Nov. 3 retention vote

Cottonwood Heights and Holladay voters will see a retention question for Utah Appeals Court Judge David N. Mortensen on their Nov. 3 ballots. The nonpartisan race asks voters whether to keep Mortensen on the bench.

Mortensen has served on the Utah Appeals Court since 2016, according to BallotReady. Before that, he served as a trial judge on the Fourth District Court and as an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University. He earned his juris doctor from Brigham Young University in 1993.

Candidate information

• Name: David N. Mortensen
• Office: Utah Appeals Court judge
• Race: Retain Mortensen? (nonpartisan retention)
• Election: Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026
• Education: J.D., Brigham Young University (1993)

This profile is based on publicly available candidate data from BallotReady. No candidate questionnaire responses were supplied.