Elias Henry Montgomery is running as an independent for Utah's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Montgomery is certified for the general election ballot, according to BallotReady election data. He filed as an unaffiliated candidate with the Utah Lieutenant Governor's office. The other candidates in the race are Ben McAdams (Democratic), Jesse West (Libertarian) and Riley Owen (Republican).

Candidate information

  • Name: Elias Henry Montgomery
  • Party: Independent (Unaffiliated)
  • Office sought: U.S. House of Representatives, Utah 1st Congressional District
  • Election date: Nov. 3, 2026

No additional biographical details were provided by the candidate or available in public filings.

On the issues

The following positions are drawn from Montgomery's campaign website and his BallotReady questionnaire responses. All statements reflect the candidate's own claims.

Housing

Montgomery says he wants to legalize and streamline "missing-middle" housing such as duplexes, townhomes and small apartments to add affordable supply. He also says he would discourage large-scale institutional purchases of single-family homes and prioritize owner-occupants. His stated goal is to prevent Utah families from being outbid by distant corporate investors.

Taxes and federal budget

Montgomery says he supports ending federal income taxation on individual citizens over a 10-year period. He proposes shifting federal revenue to a system of uniform dues paid by states, calculated as a fixed percentage of each state's GDP. He also says he would place the Federal Reserve under an automated growth cap to strip discretionary money-printing power. That power, he says, drives up the cost of gas, groceries and housing.

Healthcare

Montgomery says he supports a universal catastrophic healthcare floor to protect families from medical bankruptcy. He says he would maintain the federal emergency-care law known as EMTALA for emergency stabilization, fast-track generic drug approvals to lower prescription costs and outlaw surprise billing. He says he would restrict long-term, non-emergency care subsidies to lawful residents.

Government reform

Montgomery says he supports a strict single-subject rule for legislation, banning omnibus spending packages so each item receives its own vote. He proposes a real-time public tracking system for every federal agency transaction over $25,000. He also says he would shift redistricting power entirely away from politicians, with a stated goal of making Salt Lake County elections more competitive.

Education

Montgomery says he supports focusing public school curriculum on core academics and establishing objective standards for school library materials. He says parents should have full online access to review lessons, textbooks and library catalogs. He also says he supports winding down what he calls federal overreach from what he terms the "D.C. Department of Education."

This profile is based on publicly available filings and questionnaire responses, not a candidate interview. No endorsements were provided.