Utah

UTAH

6 Electoral Votes

Utah goes from 5 electoral votes to 6 as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 Census

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

Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.	2,855,287
Total Registration, Nov. 2012 active	1,283,526

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

Government
Governor: Gary Herbert (R) sworn in on Aug. 11, 2009; elected Nov. 2010.
State Legislature: Utah State Legislature 75 House, 29 Senate
Local: Cities and Counties, Cities and Towns NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R ,1D - 1. R.Bishop (R) | 2. J.Matheson (D) | 3. J.Chaffetz (R).
U.S. Senate: Orrin Hatch (R) re-elected in 2012, Mike Lee (R) elected 2010.

2012
Governor: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) defeated businessman Peter Cooke (D) by 68.41% to 27.58%; also running were Kirk Pearson (Const.) and Ken Larsen (L).
U.S. Senate: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) defeated former Sen. Majority Leader Scott Howell (D) by 65.31% to 29.98% and 3.17% for Shaun McCausland (Const.) with Daniel Geery (Just.) and Bill Barron (I) rounding out the field.
U.S. House: Utah gained one House seat. In the 2nd CD (Southwestern third of the state), consultant, author and former Air Force pilot Chris Stewart (R) defeated union activist and former state Rep. Jay Seegmiller (D) by 62.17% to 32.47%; and the remainder to three other candidates. In the new 4th CD (Salt Lake City), Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love (R) attracted national attention in her campaign against perennial target Rep. Jim Matheson (D) but lost by 768 votes, 119,803 (48.84%) to 119,035 (48.53%) and 2.63% to Jim Vein (L); this was the second closest race in the country.
State Legislature: All 75 House seats and 16 of 29 Senate seats were up. Republicans kept solid majorities in both chambers. The House went from 58R, 17D to 61R, 14D and Senate 22R, 7D to 24R, 5D.
Ballot Measures: Utah voters very narrowly approved Constitutional Amendment A on severance taxes, and approved Constitutional Amendment B, exempting military personnel from paying property taxes, by a comfortable margin.

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The Beehive State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,835,666.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.4%.

Voter registration deadline: by mail October 9, 2012; in-person and on-line October 22, 2012 (15 days before the election).
Early voting: October 23-November 2, 2012. +

Official Results >
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)	3,817	(0.38)
La Riva/Ramirez (U)	393	(0.04)
+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)	740,600	(72.79)
Obama/Biden (Dem.)	251,813	(24.75)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)	12,572	(1.24)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)	2,871	(0.28)
Anderson/Rodriguez	5,335	(0.52)
w/ins	39
Total........1,017,440

Overview: Strongly conservative Utah, headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), threw solid
support behind Mitt Romney, providing him with a plurality of 488,787 votes (48.04 percentage points--his widest percentage margin of any state). Romney also gained a boost from Utah volunteers mobilized to help in battleground states, particularly Nevada, and from $9.2 million in contributions (FEC). There were a few visits: Romney (June 8; major donor retreat June 22-24; Sept. 18), Ryan (Sept. 5) and Biden (July 10-11). Utah is also the base of Justice Party presidential candidate Rocky Anderson, the former mayor of Salt Lake City, and the headquarters of former Gov. Gary Johnson's campaign.
Obama | Romney
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2012 Presidential Preference Primary -- June 26, 2012

Democrats

Republicans
40 Delegates: 3 RNC; 25 at-large; 12 by CD (3 x 4 CDs).
1.51% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Official Results

+Mitt Romney

225,428

93.05%

Ron Paul

11,520

4.75%

Rick Santorum

3,594

1.48%

Newt Gingrich

1,148

0.47%

Fred Karger

584

0.24%

Total
242,272

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

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

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

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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