Utah 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Utah 2006 Midterm Election

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Utah
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 27 June 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:	2,236,714	(0.79% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	1,465,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,123,238
Capital:	Salt Lake City
Tuesday 27 June 2006 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 8:00p MST (0300 UTC).

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UTAH PRIMARY

Tuesday 27 June 2006

UTAH election returns from an official source
UTAH election results from a media source

All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*)

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

CD 3:
- Republicans have renominated Christopher B. "Chris" Cannon*



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Republican	Senator Orrin G. Hatch • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 27 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Senator Orrin G. Hatch

	Republican	344,416	62.62%	Senator Orrin G. Hatch • FEC: $4,880,281

	Democratic	169,369	30.80%	Peter Lynn Ashdown • FEC: $256,050

	Constitution	20,644	3.75%	Scott N. Bradley • FEC: $24,733

	Personal Choice	8,963	1.63%	Roger Ira Price • FEC: $6,172

	Libertarian	4,210	0.77%	Dave Starr Seely • FEC finanical report not available

	Desert Greens	2,373	0.43%	Julian Hatch • FEC finanical report not available

	Write-in			S. Toney • FEC finanical report not available
Total		549,975	100.00%

Class 3	Republican	Senator Robert F. Bennett • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: None, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. • First elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Renominated); 1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 27 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop

	Republican	109,504	63.32%	Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • FEC: $364,797

	Democratic	55,748	32.24%	Steven Olsen • FEC: $60,115

	Constitution	5,304	3.07%	Mark E. Hudson • FEC: $6,368

	Libertarian	2,376	1.37%	Lynn Badler • FEC finanical report not available
Total		172,932	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 27 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson

	Democratic	126,880	58.99%	Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson • FEC: $1,860,573

	Republican	80,429	37.39%	LaVar Christensen • FEC: $865,800

	Constitution	3,200	1.49%	W. David Perry • FEC finanical report not available

	Green	3,078	1.43%	Bob Brister • FEC finanical report not available

	Libertarian	1,511	0.70%	Austin Sherwood Lett • FEC finanical report not available
Total		215,098	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Christopher B. "Chris" Cannon • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 27 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Christopher B. "Chris" Cannon

	Republican	92,621	57.84%	Congressman Christopher B. "Chris" Cannon • FEC: $1,168,740

	Democratic	51,396	32.10%	Christian Burridge • FEC: $62,396

	Constitution	14,116	8.82%	James Michael "Jim" Noorlander • FEC: $26,602

	Libertarian	1,998	1.25%	Philip Lear "Phil" Hallman • FEC finanical report not available
Total		160,131	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Republican	Attorney General Mark Shurtleff • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Republican	Treasurer Edward T. "Ed" Alter • First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Republican	Auditor Auston G. Johnson • Auditor since July 1995; first elected 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 4 candidates
	• Republican: 9 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Desert Greens (affiliate of Green): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 4 candidates
	• Personal Choice: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 1 candidate
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.