2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

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All 3 Utah seats to theUnited States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 2 1 Seats won 2 1 Seat change Popular vote 390,969 218,236 Percentage 61.04% 34.07% Swing 7.25% 7.96%
District results County results Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determineUtah's three members of theUnited States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the112th United States Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013.Primary elections were held on June 22, 2010.^[1]

All three of Utah's U.S. Representatives (RepublicansRob Bishop of the1st district andJason Chaffetz of the3rd district, andDemocratJim Matheson of the2nd district) were re-elected.^[2] Of the three elections, only the 2nd district was rated as competitive byThe Cook Political Report.^[3]

A total of 640,495 votes were cast, of which 390,969 (61.04 percent) were for Republican candidates, 218,236 (34.07 percent) were for Democratic candidates, 18,317 (2.86 percent) were forConstitution Party candidates, 7,252 (1.13 percent) were forLibertarian Party candidates and 5,721 (0.89 percent) were forindependent candidates.^[4]

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah by district:^[5]

2010 Utah's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Rob Bishop Morgan Bowen Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 135,247 46,765 Percentage 69.2% 23.9%

County results Bishop:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Bowen:     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Rob Bishop Republican Elected U.S. Representative Rob Bishop Republican

The 1st district includedBountiful,Clearfield,Layton,Logan,Ogden,Roy,Tooele and part ofSalt Lake City.^[6] The district's population was 81 percent white and 13 percent Hispanic (seeRace and ethnicity in the United States census); 90 percent were high school graduates and 28 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Itsmedian income was $55,788.^[7] In the2008 presidential election the district gave 64 percent of its vote toRepublican nomineeJohn McCain and 33 percent toDemocratic nomineeBarack Obama.^[6]

RepublicanRob Bishop, who took office in 2003, was theincumbent. Bishop was re-elected in2008 with 65 percent of the vote.^[6] In 2010 Bishop's opponent in the general election was Democratic nominee Morgan Bowen, anLDS seminary teacher atSky View High School.Constitution Party nominee Kirk Pearson andLibertarian Party nominee Jared Paul Stratton also ran.^[8] Bishop and Bowen were unopposed in their respective party primaries.^[9]

Bishop raised $278,327 and spent $302,771. Bowen raised $11,550 and spent $11,309.^[10] A poll of 400 likely voters, conducted byMason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. between October 25 and 27, 2010, 65 percent of respondents supported Bishop while 13 percent favored Bowen.^[11] In a poll of 375 active voters, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates between October 25 and 28, 2010, Bishop led with 66 percent to Bowen's 21 percent, while 4 percent supported Pearson, Stratton had the support of 1 percent, 1 percent favored other candidates and 7 percent were undecided.^[12]

Prior to the electionFiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Bishop a 100 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 73 percent of the vote to Bowen's 24 percent.^[13] On election day Bishop was re-elected with 69 percent of the vote to Bowen's 24 percent.^[14] Bishop was again re-elected in2012^[15] and2014.^[16]

• Rob Bishop campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived October 28, 2010)
• Morgan Bowen campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived October 28, 2010)
• Kirk Pearson campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived October 5, 2010)

2010 Utah's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Jim Matheson Morgan Philpot Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 127,151 116,001 Percentage 50.5% 46.1%

County results Matheson:     50–60%     60–70% Philpot:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Jim Matheson Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Jim Matheson Democratic

The 2nd district includedMillcreek,Sandy,St. George and parts ofLehi,Murray andSalt Lake City.^[23] The district's population was 86 percent white and 8 percent Hispanic (seeRace and ethnicity in the United States census); 92 percent were high school graduates and 33 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Itsmedian income was $55,863.^[24] In the2008 presidential election the district gave 58 percent of its vote toRepublican nomineeJohn McCain and 40 percent toDemocratic nomineeBarack Obama.^[23]

DemocratJim Matheson, who took office in 2001, was theincumbent. Matheson was re-elected in2008 with 63 percent of the vote.^[23] In July 2009 Matheson said he would seek re-election rather thanrunning for governor orfor the U.S. Senate.^[25] In 2010 Matheson's opponent in the general election was Republican nomineeMorgan Philpot, a former member of theUtah House of Representatives.^[26] Independent candidates Dave Glissmeyer, the founder of ProTel NetWorks;^[27] and Wayne L. Hill;^[28] andConstitution Party nominee Randall Hinton, aweb developer,^[29] also ran. Claudia Wright, a teacher, also sought the Democratic nomination.^[30]Scott McCoy, a member of theUtah State Senate, suggested in November 2009 that Matheson should be challenged in the Democratic primary in response to his vote against thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but said he would not run.^[31] Philpot was unopposed in the Republican primary.^[9]

Matheson raised $1,803,801 and spent $2,465,527. Philpot raised $386,467 and spent the same amount. Glissmeyer raised $8,987 and spent $11,150.^[32]

In a poll of 200 registered voters, conducted by Western Wats between September 30 and October 3, 2010, Matheson led with 46 percent to Philpot's 30 percent.^[33] A poll of 226 likely voters, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates, the results of which were published in October 2010, found Matheson leading with 57 percent to Philpot's 31 percent, while Glissmeyer and Hinton had the support of 1 percent apiece, less than 1 percent backed Hill, and 9 percent were undecided.^[34] In a poll of 400 likely voters, conducted byMason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. between October 25 and 27, 2010, 48 percent of respondents supported Matheson while 35 percent favored Philpot and 11 percent were undecided.^[11] A poll of 456 active voters, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates between October 25 and 28, 2010, found Matheson leading with 51 percent to Philpot's 39 percent, while 1 percent supported Hinton, 1 percent backed other candidates, and 7 percent were undecided.^[12]

Prior to the electionFiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Matheson an 87 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 53 percent of the vote to Philpot's 44 percent.^[33] On election day Matheson was re-elected with 50 percent of the vote to Philpot's 46 percent.^[14] Matheson was again re-elected in2012^[35] and retired rather than seeking re-election in2014.^[36] He was succeeded by RepublicanMia Love.^[37]

• Dave Glissmeyer campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived October 28, 2010)
• Randall Hinton campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived August 20, 2010)
• Jim Matheson campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived October 29, 2010)
• Morgan Philpot campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived November 1, 2010)
• Claudia Wright campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived February 8, 2011)

2010 Utah's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee Jason Chaffetz Karen Hyer Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 139,721 44,320 Percentage 72.3% 22.9%

County results Chaffetz:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Jason Chaffetz Republican Elected U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz Republican

The 3rd district includedOrem,Provo,South Jordan,Taylorsville,West Jordan andWest Valley City.^[39] The district's population was 80 percent white and 14 percent Hispanic (seeRace and ethnicity in the United States census); 89 percent were high school graduates and 26 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $57,852.^[40] In the2008 presidential election the district gave 67 percent of its vote toRepublican nomineeJohn McCain and 29 percent toDemocratic nomineeBarack Obama.^[39]

RepublicanJason Chaffetz, who took office in 2009, was theincumbent. Chaffetz was elected in2008 with 66 percent of the vote.^[39] Chaffetz announced in January 2010 that he would seek re-election rather thanrunning for the U.S. Senate.^[41] In 2010 Chaffetz's opponent in the general election was Democratic nominee Karen Hyer, anadjunct professor atBrigham Young University.Independent candidate Joe Puente,^[42]Libertarian Party nominee Jake Shannon,^[43] andConstitution Party nominee Douglas Sligting^[44] also ran.

Chaffetz raised $647,194 and spent $540,646. Hyer raised $23,818 and spent the same amount. Sligtig raised $3,536 and spent $2,225.^[45]

In a poll of 400 likely voters, conducted byMason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. between October 25 and 27, 2010, Chaffetz led with 56 percent to Hyer's 11 percent.^[11] A poll of 375 active voters, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates between October 25 and 28, 2010, found Chaffetz leading with 70 percent to Hyer's 19 percent, while Sligting had the support of 2 percent, Puente had the support of 1 percent, 2 percent chose other candidates and 6 percent were undecided.^[12] Prior to the electionFiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Chaffetz a 100 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 73 percent of the vote to Hyer's 23 percent.^[46] On election day Chaffetz was re-elected with 72 percent of the vote to Hyer's 23 percent.^[14] Chaffetz was again re-elected in2012^[47] and2014.^[48]

• Jason Chaffetz campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived October 28, 2010)
• Karen Hyer campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived November 4, 2010)
• Douglas Sligting campaign website at theWayback Machine (archived April 15, 2010)
• Joe Puente campaign announcement at the blogPuente's Perspective (February 1, 2011)

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