2004 elections to the United States House of Representatives in Utah
2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah All 3 Utah seats to theUnited States House of Representatives Majority party Minority party Party Republican Democratic Last election 2 seats, 57.79% 1 seat, 39.74% Seats before 2 1 Seats won 2 1 Seat change Popular vote 520,403 361,628 Percentage 57.26% 39.79% Swing 0.53% 0.05%
Election results by district Republican
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Democratic
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
TheUtah congressional elections of 2004 were held on November 2, 2004, as part of theUnited States general elections of 2004 with all three House seats up for election. The winners served from January 3, 2005, to January 3, 2007. The election coincided with the2004 presidential election .
Popular vote Republican
57.26% Democratic
39.79% Constitution
1.45% Other
1.51%
House seats Republican
66.67% Democratic
33.33%
Results of the 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah by district:
District Republican Democratic Others Total Result Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % District 1 199,615 67.91% 85,630 29.13% 8,716 2.97% 293,961 100.0% Republican hold District 2 147,778 43.21% 187,250 54.76% 6,940 2.03% 341,968 100.0% Democratic hold District 3 173,010 63.39% 88,748 32.52% 11,170 4.09% 272,928 100.0% Republican hold Total 520,403 57.26% 361,628 39.79% 26,826 2.95% 908,857 100.0%
Incumbent RepublicanRob Bishop , who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was elected with 60.69% of the vote in 2002.
Steven Thompson, Logan City Council member[ 2] Constitution primary [ edit ] Personal Choice primary [ edit ] Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[ a] Margin of error Rob Bishop (R) Steven Thompson (D) Other Undecided Dan Jones & Associates [ 3] July 6–10, 2004 ? (V) ±6.5% 55% 24% ?% 21%
Candidate (party) Raised Spent Cash on hand Rob Bishop (R) $437,648 $435,494 $2,805 Stephen Thompson (D) $73,375 $72,540 $833 Charles Johnston (C) Unreported Richard Soderberg (PC) Unreported
Candidate (party) Supported Opposed Rob Bishop (R) $783 $0 Stephen Thompson (D) $0 $0 Charles Johnston (C) $0 $0 Richard Soderberg (PC) $0 $0
Incumbent DemocraticJim Matheson , who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was re–elected with 49.43% of the vote in 2002.
Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Tim Bridgewater, businessman and candidate for this seat in2002 Republican Primary Election Party Candidate Votes % Republican John Swallow 28,137 53.0 Republican Tim Bridgewater 24,960 47.0 Total votes 53,097 100.0
Constitution primary [ edit ] Personal Choice primary [ edit ] Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[ a] Margin of error Jim Matheson (D) John Swallow (R) Other Undecided Dan Jones & Associates [ 3] July 6–10, 2004 327 (RV) ±6.5% 58% 24% ?% 18%
Candidate (party) Raised Spent Cash on hand Jim Matheson (D) $1,966,015 $2,021,524 $65,328 John Swallow (R) $1,477,450 $1,457,198 $10,222 Patrick Diehl (G) Unreported Jeremy Petersen (C) Unreported Ronald Amos (PC) Unreported
Candidate (party) Supported Opposed Jim Matheson (D) $744,372 $692,129 John Swallow (R) $313,232 $0 Patrick Diehl (G) $0 $0 Jeremy Petersen (C) $0 $0 Ronald Amos (PC) $0 $0
Incumbent RepublicanChris Cannon , who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re–elected with 67.43% of the vote in 2002.
Eliminated in primary [ edit ] Cannon was challenged from the right in a race in which the major issue dividing the candidates was immigration policy.[ 9]
Republican Primary Election Party Candidate Votes % Republican Chris Cannon 27,663 58.4 Republican Matt Throckmorton 19,672 41.6 Total votes 47,335 100.0
Beau Babka, police captain Libertarian primary [ edit ] Constitution primary [ edit ] Personal Choice primary [ edit ] Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[ a] Margin of error Chris Cannon (R) Beau Babka (D) Other Undecided Dan Jones & Associates [ 3] July 6–10, 2004 ? (V) ±6.5% 56% 24% ?% 20%
Candidate (party) Raised Spent Cash on hand Chris Cannon (R) $640,259 $634,195 $5,167 Beau Babka (D) $35,337 $35,111 $338 Jim Dexter (L) Unreported Ronald Winfield (C) Unreported Curtis James (PC) Unreported
Candidate (party) Supported Opposed Chris Cannon (R) $1,097 $0 Beau Babka (D) $0 $0 Jim Dexter (L) $0 $0 Ronald Winfield (C) $0 $0 Curtis James (PC) $0 $0
^a b c Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives ."Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004" (PDF) . pp. 56– 57.^ "Steve Thompson" .deseret.com . Deseret News. October 11, 2004. RetrievedNovember 26, 2025 .^a b c "Utah: Incumbents Hold Huge Leads in Latest Polls" .rollcall.com . Roll Call. July 14, 2004. RetrievedNovember 26, 2025 .^a b c "2004 Competitive House Race Chart" (PDF) .House: Race Ratings . Cook Political Report. October 29, 2004. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on May 10, 2006. RetrievedNovember 21, 2023 .^a b c "2004 House" . Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2004. Archived fromthe original on November 11, 2004. RetrievedNovember 24, 2023 .^ Nicole Duran (November 19, 2004)."Matheson's Victory Margin Tough for GOP to Swallow" .rollcall.com . Roll Call. RetrievedJanuary 7, 2026 . ^ Jerry Spangler; Bob Bernick Jr. (June 23, 2004)."Swallow gets 2nd run at Matheson" .Deseret News . RetrievedJanuary 7, 2026 . ^ Tad Walch (June 16, 2004)."His setbacks don't deter Throckmorton" .deseret.com . Springville, UT: Deseret News. RetrievedNovember 26, 2025 . ^ Nicole Duran (May 28, 2004)."Matt Throckmorton, Scourge of Illegal Immigrants" .rollcall.com . Roll Call. RetrievedNovember 26, 2025 .
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