The Green Papers: Utah 2004 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 22 June 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
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 22 June 2004 polls close 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 8:00p MST (0300 UTC)
 

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Utah State and Local Government

Utah 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats   Republicans   Third Parties

UTAH Election Returns from an official source

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. 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 States: Details.
Up for election in 2004
  Elected Republican 663,742 71.54% President George W. Bush
(5 Electoral Votes)
• Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney
Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
  Candidate Democrat 241,199 26.00% Senator John Kerry
• Vice President: Senator John Edwards
  Candidate Unaffiliated 11,305 1.22% Ralph Nader
• Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo
  Candidate Constitution 6,841 0.74% Michael Anthony Peroutka
• Vice President: Chuck Baldwin
  Candidate Libertarian 3,375 0.36% Michael Badnarik
• Vice President: Richard V. Campagna
  Candidate Personal Choice 946 0.10% Charles Jay
• Vice President: Marilyn Chambers Taylor
  Candidate Socialist Workers 393 0.04% James Harris
• Vice President: Margaret Trowe
  Candidate Write-In 39 0.00% David Keith Cobb
• Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat"LaMarche
Green Party
  Candidate Write-In 2 0.00% Lawrence Rey Topham
  Candidate Write-In 1 0.00% John Joseph Kennedy
  Candidate Write-In 1 0.00% Joe Schriner
• Vice President: Barbara Marlinski
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% Lawson Mitchell Bone
  Candidate Write-In     Walter F. Brown
• Vice President: Mary Alice Herbert
Socialist
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% Robert Edward Haines
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% Jackie Hayward
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% Keith Russell Judd
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% David Dale Larson
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% Nancy Warrick
Total 927,844 100.00%  
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th 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
Seat up for election		   Republican   Senator Robert F. Bennett
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated
  Elected Republican 626,640 68.73% Senator Robert F. Bennett
  Candidate Democrat 258,955 28.40% R. Paul Van Dam
  Candidate Constitution 17,289 1.90% Gary R. Van Horn
  Candidate Personal Choice 8,824 0.97% Joe LaBonte
  Candidate Write-In 16 0.00% Cody Robert Judy
  Candidate Write-In 2 0.00% Nola Tuaone
Total 911,726 100.00%  
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: None, All Governors
Chair up for election   Republican   Governor Olene S. Walker
• Succeeded to the Governor's chair upon the resignation of Governor Michael O. Leavitt: 2003.
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Failed to qualify for Primary - not among the top two contenders in delegate voting on the Gubernatorial nomination at the 8 May 2004 Republican State Convention
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 531,190 57.74% Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
• Lt. Governor: Gary Herbert
  Candidate Democrat 380,359 41.35% Scott M. Matheson, Jr.
• Lt. Governor: Karen Hale
  Candidate Personal Choice 8,399 0.91% Ken Larsen
• Lt. Governor: Talea Shadowind
  Candidate Write-In 12 0.00% Stone "Stoney" Teiko Fonua
• Constitution Party
Total 919,960 100.00%  
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Elected on a ticket with the Governor
Seat up for election   Republican   Lieutenant Governor Gayle F. McKeachnie
• Appointed: 2003
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
108th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Republicans (2 Renominated);
1 Democrat (1 Renominated)
CD 1
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Rob Bishop
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 22 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 199,615 67.91% Congressman Rob Bishop
  Candidate Democrat 85,630 29.13% Steve Thompson
  Candidate Constitution 4,510 1.53% Charles Johnston
  Candidate Personal Choice 4,206 1.43% Richard W. Soderberg
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% Vena Finau
Total 293,961 100.00%  
CD 2
Seat up for election		   Democrat   Congressman Jim Matheson
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 22 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Democrat 187,250 54.76% Congressman Jim Matheson
  Candidate Republican 147,778 43.21% John Swallow
  Candidate Constitution 3,541 1.04% Jeremy Paul Petersen
  Candidate Green 2,189 0.64% Patrick S. Diehl
  Candidate Personal Choice 1,210 0.35% Ronald R. Amos
Total 341,968 100.00%  
CD 3
Seat up for election		   Republican   Congressman Chris Cannon
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 22 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 173,010 63.39% Congressman Chris Cannon
  Candidate Democrat 88,748 32.52% Beau Babka
  Candidate Constitution 5,089 1.86% Ronald Winfield
  Candidate Libertarian 3,691 1.35% Jim Dexter
  Candidate Personal Choice 2,390 0.88% Curtis Darrell James
  Candidate Write-In 0 0.00% Nicolle Rivetti
Total 272,928 100.00%  
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
Seat up for election   Republican   Attorney General Mark Shurtleff
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 22 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 614,742 68.36% Attorney General Mark Shurtleff
  Candidate Democrat 255,779 28.44% Gregory Skordas
  Candidate Libertarian 28,704 3.19% W. Andrew McCullough
Total 899,225 100.00%  
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
Seat up for election   Republican   Treasurer Edward T. "Ed" Alter
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 22 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 536,303 61.22% Treasurer Edward T. "Ed" Alter
  Candidate Democrat 291,197 33.24% Debbie Hansen
  Candidate Personal Choice 27,553 3.15% Mary A. Petersen
  Candidate Libertarian 20,961 2.39% Jim Elwell
  Candidate Write-In 2 0.00% David Joseph Murtha
Total 876,016 100.00%  
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004
Seat up for election   Republican   Auditor Auston G. Johnson
• Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Auditor since July 1995; first elected 1996; re-elected: 2000
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
• Renominated - 22 June 2004 Primary
  Elected Republican 552,982 62.48% Auditor Auston G. Johnson
  Candidate Democrat 253,940 28.69% Carlos Vasquez
  Candidate Personal Choice 41,308 4.67% Valerie S. Larsen
  Candidate Libertarian 36,767 4.15% Mike Stoddard
Total 884,997 100.00%  
 

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