Utah 2015 General Election

The Green Papers: Utah 2015 General Election

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Utah
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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

Utah 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

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 skip the convention and appear on the primary ballot. Independents are allowed to participate in party primaries.

Conventions are held by the Constitution, Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican Parties prior to the primary.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		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
	Candidate list

		*Republican*		*Senator Orrin G. Hatch* • FEC S6UT00063

Class 3		Republican	Senator Mike Lee • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list

		Democratic		Jonathan Jeffrey Swinton • FEC S6UT00238; 30 Sep 15; Tot $10,380; Dsb $638

		*Republican*		*Senator Mike Lee* • FEC S0UT00165; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,974,795; Dsb $1,121,577

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. 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 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list

		*Republican*		*Governor Gary R. Herbert*
		Republican		Jonathan Johnson

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. 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). • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	11 August 2009: State Senator Gregory S. "Greg" Bell enters office as Lieutenant Governor. Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (Republican) resigned to become Ambassador to China causing Lieutenant Governor Gary R. Herbert (Republican) to ascend to the Governor's Chair. 1 September 2009: Lieutenant Governor Bell is unanimously confirmed by the Utah Senate. He was first elected in a special election in 2010 and re-elected in 2012. 16 September 2013: Lieutenant Governor Bell announces his resignation- "... I have decided it's time to step down and return to the employment market.". Governor Gary R. Herbert will name a replacement, who will be confirmed by the state Senate. Lieutenant Governor Bell will remain on the job until the confirmation. 16 October 2013: The Utah State Senate confirms state Representative Spencer J. Cox (Republican) as the new Lieutenant Governor.

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Republican (4 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Republican	Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop* • FEC H2UT01094; 30 Sep 15; Tot $423,000; Dsb $234,478

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Chris Stewart • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		Charlene McArthur Albarran • FEC H6UT02390

		*Republican*		*Congressman Chris Stewart* • FEC H2UT02324; 30 Sep 15; Tot $277,384; Dsb $167,778

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Jason Chaffetz • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		*Republican*		*Congressman Jason Chaffetz* • FEC H8UT03089; 30 Sep 15; Tot $615,189; Dsb $341,108
		Republican		Chia-Chi Teng • FEC H6UT03166

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman Mia B. Love • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list - 115th Congress

		Democratic		H. Douglas "Doug" Owens • FEC H4UT04011; 30 Sep 15; Tot $322,722; Dsb $38,026

		*Republican*		*Congressman Mia B. Love* • FEC H2UT04023; 30 Sep 15; Tot $1,421,614; Dsb $954,519

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

		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. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

		Republican	Treasurer Richard K. Ellis • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

		Republican	Auditor John Dougall • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

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): 3 candidates
	• Republican: 11 incumbents, 9 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates)
Other Third Parties
	• Independent American (affiliate of Constitution)
	• Justice Party
	• Unity
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

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.

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
	• State of Utah Elections Office
	• Vote.Utah.gov
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Utah House of Representatives
	• Utah Senate Democrats
	• Utah State Senate
Democratic
	• Utah Democratic Party
Republican
	• Utah Republican Party
Third Party
	• Being Human Party
	• Green Party of Utah
	• Independent American Party of Utah
	• Justice Party of Utah
	• United Utah Party
	• Unity Party of Utah
Media & others
	• Box Elder News Journal
	• Deseret News - Salt Lake City
	• KSL TV - NBC - 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 Salt Lake Tribune
	• The Spectrum - St. George
	• The Times-News - Nephi
	• The Wasatch Wave
	• Tooele Transcript Bulletin
	• Utah Policy - Politics, Communications & Government Relations
	• Vote Utah - KUED