The Green Papers: Utah 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 24 June 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
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 24 June 2008 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 8:00p MST (0300 UTC).
 

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Utah State and Local Government

Utah 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 5 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Republican Senator Orrin G. Hatch
• First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
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: 3 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
Chair up for election Republican Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
• First elected: 2004
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
• Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
  Candidate Democratic     Matthew D. "Matt" Frandsen
  Candidate Democratic     Monty "Millionaire" Nafoosi
  Candidate Democratic     Bob Springmeyer
• Running mate: Josie Valdez
  Candidate Republican     Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
    Republican     Charles "Chuck" Smith - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Libertarian     Dell "SuperDell" Schanze
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected on a ticket with the Governor
Seat up for election Republican Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republican (1 Renominated, 1 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 24 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Morgan Bowen
• FEC H8UT01083: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop
• FEC H2UT01094: $131,292
  Candidate Libertarian     Joseph Geddes Buchman
• FEC H8UT01109: Financial report not available
  Candidate Constitution     Kirk D. Pearson
• FEC H8UT01091: Financial report not available
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson
• FEC H0UT02096: $1,017,516
    Republican     former Congressman Merrill Alonzo Cook - lost primary
• FEC H4UT02106: $33,264
  Candidate Republican     Bill Dew
• Nominated by Convention 10 May 2008
• FEC H8UT02198: $250,065
    Republican     Donald Ferguson - lost primary
• FEC H8UT02206: Financial report not available
    Republican     Kenneth L. Gray - lost primary
• FEC H8UT02214: Financial report not available
    Republican     Chris Jacobs - lost primary
• FEC H8UT02156: Financial report not available
    Republican     Brian Jenkins - lost primary
• FEC H8UT02164: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Mathew Arndt
• FEC H8UT02180: Financial report not available
  Candidate Constitution     Dennis Ray Emery
• FEC H8UT02172: Financial report not available
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Christopher B. "Chris" Cannon
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Bennion L. Spencer
• FEC H8UT03105: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Christopher B. "Chris" Cannon
• FEC H6UT03042: $523,058
  Candidate Republican     Jason Chaffetz
• FEC H8UT03089: $92,523
    Republican     Joe "NPC" Ferguson - apparently not a candidate
• FEC H8UT03113: Financial report not available
    Republican     Sitouni Teiko "Stoney" Fonua - apparently not a candidate
• FEC H2UT03173: Financial report not available
    Republican     John D. Jacob - apparently not a candidate
    Republican     David O. Leavitt - apparently not a candidate
• FEC H8UT03097: $386,492
  Candidate Constitution     James Michael "Jim" Noorlander
• FEC H6UT03141: $550
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election Republican Attorney General Mark Shurtleff
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
  Candidate Democratic     Jean Welch Hill
  Candidate Republican     Attorney General Mark Shurtleff
  Candidate Libertarian     Andrew McCullough
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election
Open		 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
• Open Seat - Retiring in 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Dick Clark
  Candidate Republican     Richard K. Ellis
  Candidate Republican     Mark Walker
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election Republican Auditor Auston G. Johnson
• Auditor since July 1995; first elected 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
  Candidate Democratic     Clare Collard
  Candidate Republican     Auditor Auston G. Johnson
  Candidate Libertarian     Mike Stoddard
  Candidate Constitution     Richard D. Proctor
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, 9 candidates
 • Republican: 9 incumbents, 9 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Desert Greens (affiliate of Green)
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 5 candidates
 • Reform (affiliates)
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates): 4 candidates
 • Personal Choice
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
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 the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.le.state.ut.us/Documents/code_const.htm
Election Authority
 • State of Utah Elections Office
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Utah House of Representatives
 • Utah State Legislature
 • Utah State Senate
Democratic
 • Utah Democratic Party
Republican
 • Utah Republican Party
Third Party
 • American Reform Party of Utah
 • Being Human Party
 • Constitution Party of Utah
 • Desert Greens Green Party of Utah
 • Green Party of Utah
 • Independent American Party of Utah
 • Libertarian Party of Utah
 • Personal Choice Party
Media & others
 • Box Elder News Journal
 • Davis County Clipper
 • DC's Political Report - Utah
 • Democracy for Utah
 • Deseret Morning News - Salt Lake City
 • KSL TV - NBC - Salt Lake City
 • KSTU TV - Fox - Salt Lake City
 • KTVX - ABC - Salt Lake City
 • KUTV TV - CBS - Salt Lake City
 • Park Record - Park City
 • Politics1.com - Utah
 • Standard-Examiner - Ogden
 • The Daily Herald - Provo
 • The Herald Journal - Logan
 • The Pirate Party of the United States
 • The Spectrum - St. George
 • The Times-News - Nephi
 • The Uintah Basin Standard - Roosevelt
 • The Wasatch Wave
 • Tooele Transcript Bulletin
 • Utah Policy - Politics, Communications & Government Relations
 • Utah Politics (blog)
 • Vote Utah - KUED
 

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