| The Green Papers: Utah 2009 General Election |
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Utah
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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Nomination note: If a single candidate receives the support of more than 50% of the delegates at the Party Convention, that candidate receives the Party's nomination. Otherwise, the top two vote getters at the Convention advance to a primary. |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th 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 |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator Robert F. "Bob" Bennett • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission Chairman Samuel Frank "Sam" Granato • FEC S0UT00140: $22,098 |
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Republican | Senator Robert F. "Bob" Bennett • FEC S2UT00104: $1,639,421 |
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Republican | Tim Bridgewater • FEC S0UT00157: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Cherilyn B. Eagar • FEC S0UT00132: $26,226 |
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Republican | David O. Leavitt | |||
• 4 November 2009: "Today, I am announcing the suspension of my campaign for the U.S. Senate." • FEC S0UT00124: $209,997 |
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Republican | James Russell Williams, III • FEC S0UT00116: $4,318 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. 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. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • There will be a special 2010 election to fill out the remainder of former Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.'s term. |
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| Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (Republican), who was first elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008, was nominated in May 2009 by President Barack Obama as Ambassador to China. The U.S. Senate confirmed Governor Huntsman by voice vote on 7 August 2009. The Governor resigned his Chair on 11 August 2009. Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert, who was first elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2008 (the Governor and Lieutenant Governor run on the same ticket), succeeded to the Governorship. State Senator Gregory S. Bell (Republican) was selected on 5 August 2009 by then Lieutenant Governor Herbert as the new Lieutenant Governor. | |||||
| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected on a ticket with the Governor | |||||
| Republican | Lieutenant Governor Gregory S. Bell • Entered office 11 August 2009 when Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert succeeded Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (Republican) to the Governorship. Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (Republican) became Ambassador to China. 1 September 2009: Unanimously confirmed by the Utah Senate. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined) | |||||
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Republican | Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • FEC H2UT01094: $63,500 |
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Democratic | Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson • FEC H0UT02096: $565,133 |
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Republican | Casey Owen Anderson • FEC H6UT02192: Financial report not available |
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Independent | George David "Dave" Glissmeyer • FEC H0UT02153: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Congressman Jason Chaffetz • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Jason Chaffetz • FEC H8UT03089: $180,444 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Mark L. Shurtleff • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • 4 November 2009 update: "Today, I am announcing the suspension of my campaign for the U.S. Senate.". 21 May 2009: Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010. |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Richard K. Ellis • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor Auston G. Johnson, III • Auditor since July 1995; first elected 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| 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. |