Utah 2018 General Election

The Green Papers: Utah 2018 General Election

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Utah
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 26 June 2018
✓ General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

✓ Thursday 15 March 2018 - Filing Deadline - Primary/Independent/Third/Minor .
✓ Tuesday 26 June 2018 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p MDT (1300-0200 UTC).
✓ Tuesday 6 November 2018 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p MST (1400-0300 UTC).

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	2,770,765	(0.89% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	6	(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	4	(0.92% of 435)
Capital:	Salt Lake City

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Utah State and Local Government

This rule may be voided by SB 54. Nomination note: In UTAH, where a single candidate has already received the support of more than 50% to 60% of the delegates at the Party Convention (the percentage itself is set by the Party), that candidate receives the Party's nomination. Otherwise, the top two vote getters at the Convention advance to the Primary. The "Count My Vote" laws lets candidates be nominated by convention or petition their way on to the primary ballot. Independents are allowed to participate in party primaries.

Conventions are held by the Constitution, Democratic (28 April), Green (21 April), Independent American (21 April), Libertarian (14 April), Republican (21 April), and United Utah (28 April) parties prior to the primary. The Green, Independent American Party, and United Utah Parties are ballot qualified.

2018 Election Information and Primary Election Certification from the Utah Lieutenant Governor.

26 June 2018 Primary
Returns from Lieutenant Governor's Office.
Results from The New York Times.
Results from Politico.

6 November 2018 General Election.
Certified returns from the Utah Lieutenant Governor.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Open		Republican	Senator Orrin G. Hatch • First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Seat - 02 January 2018: "I've decided to retire at the end of this term...."
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (5, 7 write-ins)

		Republican	665,215	62.59%	former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney • FEC S8UT00176; 26 Nov 18; Tot $5,529,943; Dsb $5,176,436

		Democratic	328,541	30.91%	Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson • FEC S8UT00143; 26 Nov 18; Tot $960,796; Dsb $942,636

		Constitution	28,774	2.71%	Timothy Noel "Tim" Aalders • FEC S2UT00229; 26 Nov 18; Tot $106,499; Dsb $106,495

		Libertarian	27,607	2.60%	Craig R. Bowden • FEC S8UT00127; 31 Mar 18; Tot $44,654; Dsb $43,055

		Independent American	12,708	1.20%	Reed C. McCandless • FEC S8UT00275

		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	29	0.00%	Caleb Dan Reeve • FEC S8UT00325
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	17	0.00%	Tyrone Jensen • FEC S8UT00309
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	3	0.00%	Ryan Daniel Jackson • FEC S8UT00291
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	2	0.00%	Hektor Madison Köppre Reiksthegn • FEC S8UT00333
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	1	0.00%	Glade G. Fitzgerald • FEC S8UT00283
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	Cody Robert Judy • FEC S4UT00159
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	0	0.00%	Abe Korb • FEC S8UT00317
Total			1,062,897	100.00%

Class 3		Republican	Senator Mike Lee • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Gary R. Herbert • As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the Governorship upon the resignation of Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (Republican), effective 11 August 2009. First elected in a special election: 2010; re-elected: 2012, 2016. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Chair

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Elected on a ticket with the Governor

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Spencer J. Cox • Appointed: 16 October 2013 (re: resignation of Lieutenant Governor Gregory S. "Greg" Bell); first elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (4 Renominated)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated - 25 August 2017: Announced he would run for re-election in 2018 but not in 2020.
	Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress

		Republican	156,692	61.61%	Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • FEC H2UT01094; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,201,631; Dsb $1,024,913

		Democratic	63,308	24.89%	J. Lee "Lee" Castillo • FEC H8UT01158; 26 Nov 18; Tot $27,151; Dsb $25,997

		United Utah	29,547	11.62%	Eric R. Eliason • FEC H8UT01133; 26 Nov 18; Tot $257,503; Dsb $236,307

		Green	4,786	1.88%	Adam Davis • FEC H8UT01125; 30 Sep 18; Tot $1,480; Dsb $1,274
Total			254,333	100.00%

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Chris Stewart • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3) - 116th Congress

		Republican	151,489	56.10%	Congressman Chris Stewart • FEC H2UT02324; 26 Nov 18; Tot $982,479; Dsb $922,057

		Democratic	105,051	38.90%	Shireen Sarah Ghorbani • FEC H8UT02255; 26 Nov 18; Tot $460,609; Dsb $424,343

		Libertarian	13,504	5.00%	Jeffrey Whipple • FEC H8UT02297
Total			270,044	100.00%

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman John Curtis • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018 • First elected in a special election: 7 November 2017 [re: resignation of Jason Chaffetz (Republican)] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated
	Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress

		Republican	174,856	67.55%	Congressman John Curtis • FEC H8UT03238; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,623,053; Dsb $1,441,310

		Democratic	70,686	27.31%	James Courage Singer • 21 June 2017: Dropped out of the Senate Class 1 contest endorsing Salt Lake City Councilwoman Jenny Wilson. 14 March 2018: Filed a Declaracation of Candidacy to run in CD 3 with the state of Utah. • FEC H8UT03402; 26 Nov 18; Tot $28,268; Dsb $33,024

		Independent American	6,686	2.58%	Gregory C. "Greg" Duerden • FEC H8UT03444

		United Utah	6,630	2.56%	Timothy L. Zeidner • FEC H8UT03485
Total			258,858	100.00%
	Congressman Jason Chaffetz (Republican), who was first elected in 2008, announced he will not seek re-election on 19 April 2017. On 18 May 2017, he announced he would resign on 30 June 2017. On 30 June 2017, he resigned. 7 November 2017: Provo Mayor John Curtis (Republican) is elected.

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman Mia B. Love • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress

		Democratic	134,964	50.12%	Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams • FEC H8UT04053; 26 Nov 18; Tot $3,326,683; Dsb $3,250,713

		Republican	134,270	49.86%	Congressman Mia B. Love • FEC H2UT04023; 26 Nov 18; Tot $5,781,140; Dsb $5,839,522

		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	37	0.01%	Jonathan LaRele Peterson
Total			269,271	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Attorney General Sean D. Reyes • Appointed: 23 December 2013 (re: resignation of Attorney General John Swallow [Republican]). First elected in a Special Election: 4 November 2014; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Treasurer David Damschen • Appointed: 11 December 2015 [re: resignation of Treasurer Richard K. Ellis (Republican)]. First elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Auditor John Dougall • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

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 Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 5 candidates
	• Republican: 11 incumbents, 5 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 2 candidates
	• United Utah: 2 candidates
Independents
	• Unaffiliated: 8 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 8 candidates
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.