The Green Papers: Utah 2008 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2008. Find 2009 elections here.
 
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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


19 January 2009: State of Utah Elections Office - 2008 General Election Results


27 September 2008: Synchronized with the Lieutenant Governor - State of Utah - 2008 Candidates List .

 
           

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), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2008
  Elected Republican 596,030 62.58% Senator John Sidney McCain, III
(5 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin

FEC P80002801: $399,826,076
  Candidate Democratic 327,670 34.41% Senator Barack Hussein Obama
Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338: $778,642,047
  Candidate Constitution 12,012 1.26% Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin
Vice President: Darrell L. Castle

FEC P80005499: $262,010
  Candidate Unaffiliated 8,416 0.88% Ralph Nader
Vice President: Matt Gonzalez

FEC P20000527: $4,520,160
  Candidate Libertarian 6,966 0.73% former Congressman Bob Barr
Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root

FEC P80005580: $1,405,899
  Candidate Unaffiliated; (Green) 982 0.10% former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente

FEC P80004930: $240,360
  Candidate Unaffiliated; (Socialism and Liberation) 262 0.03% Gloria Estela La Riva
Vice President Eugene Puryear

FEC P80005572: $24,441
  Candidate Write-in; (American Independent) 25 0.00% former Ambassador Alan L. Keyes
Vice President: Brian Rohrbough

FEC P60003076: $481,991
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% Frank Moore
Vice President: Susan Block
  Candidate Write-in; (HeartQuake '08) 2 0.00% Jonathan Edward Allen
Vice President: Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Stath

FEC P80005119: $95,029
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Jay & Taylor
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% David Jon Sponheim
Vice President: Marshal Tanchuck
Affiliation: America's Third Party (formerly Cool Rock Party)
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Aparicio
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Lawson Mitchell Bone
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Carroll & Simpson
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Criveau & Guthrie
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Mark Blair Graham
FEC P80003544: Financial report not available
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Ronald G. "Ron" Hobbs
Vice President: Tom Spruill
  Candidate Write-in; (Green) 0 0.00% Keith Russell Judd
Vice President: Monty W. Judd

FEC P60003530: $532,837
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Judy
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Lundeen
Total 952,370 100.00%  

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: None, All Governors

Chair up for election Republican Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 2004
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
 Polls: Republican Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
  Elected Republican 735,049 77.66% Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Runningmate Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert
  Candidate Democratic 186,503 19.70% Bob Springmeyer
Running mate: Josie Valdez
  Candidate Libertarian 24,820 2.62% Dell "SuperDell" Schanze
Runningmate: Joey Hobbs
  Candidate Write-in 153 0.02% Doughton
  Candidate Write-in; (Personal Choice)     Kenneth Rex "Ken" Larsen
Total 946,525 100.00%  

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 Lost / No longer running);
1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

CD 1
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
 Polls: Republican Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop
  Elected Republican 196,799 64.85% Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop
FEC H2UT01094: $309,556
  Candidate Democratic 92,469 30.47% Morgan Emory Bowen
FEC H8UT01083: $24,278
  Candidate Constitution 7,397 2.44% Kirk D. Pearson
FEC H8UT01091: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian 6,780 2.23% Joseph Geddes Buchman
FEC H8UT01109: Financial report not available
Total 303,445 100.00%  

CD 2
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
 Polls: Democratic Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson
  Elected Democratic 220,666 63.35% Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson
FEC H0UT02096: $1,789,766
  Candidate Republican 120,083 34.47% Bill Dew
Nominated by Convention 10 May 2008

FEC H8UT02198: $665,429
  Candidate Libertarian 4,576 1.31% Mathew Arndt
FEC H8UT02180: Financial report not available
  Candidate Constitution 3,000 0.86% Dennis Ray Emery
FEC H8UT02172: Financial report not available
Total 348,325 100.00%  

CD 3
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Seat up for election
Lost
Republican Congressman Christopher B. "Chris" Cannon
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Lost Primary / No Longer Running - Defeated in 24 June Primary
 Polls: Republican Jason Chaffetz
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 187,035 65.61% Jason Chaffetz
FEC H8UT03089: $443,395
  Candidate Democratic 80,626 28.28% Bennion Lloyd Spencer
FEC H8UT03105: $42,886
  Candidate Constitution 17,408 6.11% James Michael "Jim" Noorlander
FEC H6UT03141: $6,249
Total 285,069 100.00%  

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

Seat up for election Republican Attorney General Mark L. Shurtleff
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
 Polls: Republican Attorney General Mark L. Shurtleff
  Elected Republican 650,147 69.32% Attorney General Mark L. Shurtleff
  Candidate Democratic 249,492 26.60% Jean Welch Hill
  Candidate Libertarian 38,231 4.08% W. Andrew McCullough
Total 937,870 100.00%  

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
 Polls: Republican Richard K. Ellis
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 604,091 66.65% Richard K. Ellis
  Candidate Democratic 302,247 33.35% Dick Clark
Total 906,338 100.00%  

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

Seat up for election Republican Auditor Auston G. Johnson, III
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
Auditor since July 1995; first elected 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 10 May 2008 Convention
 Polls: Republican Auditor Auston G. Johnson, III
  Elected Republican 527,381 58.43% Auditor Auston G. Johnson, III
  Candidate Democratic 285,417 31.62% Clare Collard
  Candidate Libertarian 55,992 6.20% Mike Stoddard
  Candidate Constitution 33,800 3.74% Richard D. Proctor
Total 902,590 100.00%  

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, 8 candidates
  Republican: 9 incumbents, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Libertarian: 6 candidates
Other Third Parties
  American Independent (affiliate of America's Independent): 1 candidate
  Constitution (affiliates): 5 candidates
  HeartQuake '08: 1 candidate
  Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
  Personal Choice: 1 candidate
Independents
  Unaffiliated: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 16 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 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.

 


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