Utah 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Utah 2009 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.

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Utah
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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

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Utah State and Local Government

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. 111^th 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

Class 3		Republican	Senator Robert F. "Bob" Bennett • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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.
	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

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republican (2 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}		Republican	Congressman Robert William "Rob" Bishop • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2 {map}		Democratic	Congressman James David "Jim" Matheson • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3 {map}		Republican	Congressman Jason Chaffetz • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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.

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

		Republican	Treasurer Richard K. Ellis • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

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

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): 1 incumbent
	• Republican: 9 incumbents
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.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.