Utah

UTAH

5 Electoral Votes

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

Total Population, July 1, 2007 est.	2,645,330
Total Registration, Feb. 2007	1,474,483	includes inactives

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.

The Beehive State

State of Utah
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Politics1-UT

[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

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 (73.7% of Registered) 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]

Past Results

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
% Voting: 65.78%
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
% Voting: 80.81
2000

+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

Total Number Voting: 784,582 (69.85% of Registered)
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.

Notes: There are seven political parties registered in Utah.

Democratic Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, February 24, 2004

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final results reported by the Utah Democratic Party

	Total Vote	Percent
Kerry	19,232	55.2%
Edwards	10,384	29.8%
Kucinich	2,590	7.4%
Dean	1,335	3.8%
Clark	489	1.4%
Lieberman	402	1.2%
Gephardt	124	0.4%
Uncommitted	298	0.9%
	34,854

29 Delegates (Pledged 23, Unpledged 6), 4 Alternates.

Republican 36 Delegates, 33 Alternates.
Precinct Caucuses: Tuesday, March 23, 2004
State Convention May 8, 2004.