Utah

UTAH

5 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State of Utah Elections Division)

Total Population, July 1, 2008 est.	2,736,424
Total Registration, Nov. 2008	1,432,525

Registration by party is optional.
Utah has: 29 counties.
Largest counties (all 100,000+): Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Washington. >
Largest cities: Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Provo, Sandy, West Jordan, Orem. >

Government
Governor: Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R) elected in 2004.
State Legislature: Utah State Legislature
Local: Cities and Counties, Cities and Towns NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R ,1D - 1. R.Bishop (R) | 2. J.Matheson (D) | 3. C.Cannon (R)
U.S. Senate: Orrin Hatch (R) re-elected in 2006, Bob Bennett (R) re-elected in 2004.

2008 update
Governor: Gov. Jon Huntsman (R) was re-elected to a second term, gaining 77.6% of the vote to defeat economic and management consultant Bob Springmeyer (D) and a Libertarian.
U.S. House: In the 3rd CD (Central and West Utah) Rep. Chris Cannon (R) lost the primary to Jason Chaffetz (R). Chaffetz defeated Bennion Spencer (D) by a wide margin in the general election.
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Post-election: President Obama announced he is nominating Gov. Huntsman as Ambassador to China on May 16, 2009.

State of Utah
Elections Division

Libertarian Party of UT
Constitution Party of UT
UT Republican Party
UT State Democratic Party
Desert Greens Green Party of UT

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Politics1-UT

The Beehive State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,787,350.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.3%.

Early Voting: Oct. 21 through Oct. 31, 2008.

Official Results >
+McCain/Palin (Rep.)	596,030	(62.58)
Obama/Biden (Dem.)	327,670	(34.41)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)	12,012	(1.26)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	6,966	(0.73)
Nader/Gonzalez (P&F)	8,416	(0.88)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)	982	(0.10)
La Riva/Puryear (PSL)	262	(0.03)
Write Ins	32
Total........952,370

Number Voting: 971,185

2008 Overview
McCain-Palin won Utah by a solid plurality of 268,360 votes (28.17 percentage points). McCain carried 26 counties. In Salt Lake County, Obama edged McCain by 176,988 votes to 176,692; Obama also carried Summit and Grand Counties. None of the major party candidates visited in the Fall. Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin achieved his highest percentage of any state at 1.26%.
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader

[Primary Election: June 24, 2008]

Presidential Primary -- Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Total Ballots Cast: 428,459. Early Voting: Jan. 22-Feb. 1, 2008.

Democrats
29 Delegates (23 Pledged and 6 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates.
0.72% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Clinton | Obama
former: Richardson

Official Results

Joe Biden
462

0.35%

Hillary Clinton
51,333

39.07%

Chris Dodd
117

0.09%

John Edwards
3,758

2.86%

Mike Gravel
166

0.13%

Dennis Kucinich
408

0.31%

Frank Lynch
72

0.05%

+Barack Obama
74,538

56.72%

Bill Richardson
549

0.42%

Total
131,403

Republicans
36 Delegates: 3 RNC; 24 at-large; 9 by CD (3 x 3 CDs).
1.51% of the 2,380 Delegates.

McCain | Romney

Official Results

Rudy Giuliani
988

0.33%

Mike Huckabee
4,252

1.44%

Duncan Hunter
211

0.07%

Alan Keyes
261

0.09%

John McCain
15,931

5.38%

Ron Paul
8,846

2.98%

+Mitt Romney
264,956

89.49%

Tom Tancredo
3

%

Fred Thompson
613

0.21%

Total
296,061

Setting the Primary Date
On March 21, 2006 Gov. John Huntsman (R) signed a bill that puts Utah's presidential primary on the first Tuesday in February. Senate Majority Leader Peter Knudson introduced the Western States Presidential Primary bill (S.B.60) in January 2006; the Senate passed the bill by a wide margin in mid-February and the House followed on March 1.

Filing: Between July 1, 2007 - October 15, 2007 (5pm) file declaration of candidacy, $500 filing fee, and provide a letter from the chair of the State Party.

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,574,463.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.9%.

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)

3,375

(0.36)

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
663,742

(71.54)

Jay/Taylor (PC) 946 (0.10)

Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 241,199
(26.00)

Harris/Trowe (SWP)
393

(0.04)

Peroutka/Baldwin (C)
6,841

(0.74)

Nader/Camejo (Unaff.)
11,305

(1.22)

Write Ins
43

-

Total........927,844

Number Voting: 942,010 2004 Overview
As expected Bush-Cheney easily carried Utah amassing a plurality of 422,543 votes (45.54 percentage points) and carrying all 29 counties.
General Election Details

[State Primary Election: June 22, 2004]

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,431,668.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 53.8%.

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
515,096

(66.83)

Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
203,053

(26.34)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
3,616

(0.47)

Phillips/Frazier (IAP)
2,709

(0.35)

Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
763

(0.10)

Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
9,319

(1.21)

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
35,850

(4.65)

Harris/Trowe (SWP)
186
(0.02)

Youngkeit/Beck (unaffil.)
161
(0.02)

Write Ins (6)
1
-

Total........770,754

Number Voting: 784,582
2000 Overview
Solidly Republican Utah went solidly for Bush-Cheney, producing a plurality of 312,043 votes (40.49 percentage points). Bush carried all 29 counties. Democrats did, however, pick up a House seat in the 2nd district.

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992

Bush (Rep.)............322,632	(43.36)
Perot (Ind.).............203,400	(27.34)
Clinton (Dem.)........183,429	(24.65)
Gritz (Pop.)..............28,602	(3.84)
Others (9+w/ins).........5,936	(0.80)
Total........743,999

Registered Voters: 965,211
Number Voting: 779,988

1996

Dole (Rep.).............361,911	(54.37)
Clinton (Dem.)........221,633	(33.30)
Perot (Ref.)..............66,461	(9.98)
Others (9+w/ins)......15,624	(2.35)
Total........665,629

Registered Voters: 1,050,452
Number Voting: 691,016