The Green Papers: Utah 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 25 June 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: 3 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
2002 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
1990 Census:1,722,850 (0.69% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:2,236,714 (0.79% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):1,045,071
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):1,432,000
Capital:Salt Lake City
Tuesday 25 June 2002 polls close 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 8:00p MST (0300 UTC)
 

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Utah State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in UTAH-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 8 PM Mountain Standard Time
(0300 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • UTAH is NOT electing its Governor in 2002.
  • UTAH is NOT electing either of its U.S. Senators in 2002.
  • UTAH is electing 3 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not gain nor lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 census.
    (NOTE: The case of UTAH v. EVANS, was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday 20 June 2002 [see Utah 2000 Census Challenge]: as a result of this decision, UTAH will not be granted a 4th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives [at the expense of NORTH CAROLINA].)
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of UTAH not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    Incumbent Party District
    [per 1990
    Apportionment ]    		 Reason for not
    seeking re-election
    James Hansen Republican CD # 1 voluntary retirement

    Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from UTAH in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE—Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]:

    • CD 1

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in UTAH:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: 3 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors
  Republican Governor Michael O. Leavitt
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
• Governor Leavitt is eligible to run for re-election in 2004 since he was an incumbent when Utah's term limits were adopted. [Utah Code Section 20A-10-201 (4) For purposes of calculating the term limits established by this section, no person may count the time a state officer, state representative, or state senator served in a particular office before January 1, 1995.]
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Republican Senator Orrin G. Hatch
• First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Class 3 Republican Senator Robert F. Bennett
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republicans (1 Open, 1 Renominated);
1 Democrat (1 Renominated)
CD 1 Republican Congressman James V. Hansen
• Open Seat - Voluntary Retirement
CD 2 Democrat Congressman Jim Matheson
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 25 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Matheson is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2
CD 3 Republican Congressman Chris Cannon
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• Renominated - 25 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Cannon is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Dave Thomas
  Candidate Green Craig Axford
  Elected Republican Rob Bishop
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Jim Matheson
  Candidate Green Patrick Diehl
  Candidate Libertarian Ron Copier
  Candidate Republican John Swallow
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Nancy Jane Woodside
  Candidate Libertarian Kitty K. Burton
  Elected Republican Congressman Chris Cannon
 

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