Utah Lt. Gov. Office - Elections Division

2010 Utah Congressional and Statewide Races Alternative Party Deadline: 2/15/10, Primary Filing Deadline: 3/19/10, Independent Filing Deadline: 3/19/10, Primary: 6/22/10, Write-in Deadline: 10/2/10, General Election: 11/2/10, Last Updated: November 15, 2010
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media,
Governor, 77.9% in '08, 2nd term, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (R) appointed Ambassador, special election in 2010, next general election in 2012, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Rasmussen Reports' Gubernatorial Scorecard: Solid Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican,
mayor Peter Corroon (D) 31.8%,	Gary R. Herbert (R) 64.2%,	Farley M. Anderson (I) 2.0%,
		'96, '00, '04 & '08 Att. Gen. nominee / attorney W. Andrew McCullough (L) 2.0%,
Lt. Governor, 77.9% in '08, 2nd term, next election 2012 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican
GOP St. Rep. Sheryl L. Allen (R) 31.8%,	St. Sen. Gregory S. Bell (R) 64.2%,	Steve Maxfield (I) 2.0%,
		Aric M. Cramer, Sr. (L) 2.0%,
Attorney General, 69.9% in '08, 3rd term, next election 2012 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican,
	Mark Shurtleff (R),
Treasurer, 67.1% in '08, 1st term, next election in 2012 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican
	Richard K. Ellis (R) ,
Auditor, 58.9% in '08, next election in 2012 D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican,
	Austin G. Johnson III (R),
Senator, 68.7% in '04, 3rd term, Robert F. "Bob" Bennett (R) defeated at convention, next election in 2010, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Rasmussen Reports' Balance of Power: Solid Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Ken Rubin: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Clear Advantage Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican, The Hill's Race Ratings: Safe Republican,
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission chair / restaurateur Sam F. Granato (D) 32.8%,	ex-gov. aide Mike Lee (R) 61.6%,	radio host Scott N. Bradley (C) 5.7%,
Senator 62.6% in '06, 6th term, next election in 2012, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican,
	Orrin G. Hatch (R), U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R)?,
1st Congressional District, 65.1% in '08, 4th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican,
'08 nominee / seminary teacher Morgan E. Bowen (D) 23.7%,	Rob Bishop (R) 69.5%,	Kirk D Pearson (C) 4.6%,
		Jared Paul Stratton (L) 2.1%,
2nd Congressional District, 63.1% in '08, 5th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic,
Jim Matheson (D) 50.7%,	ex-St. Rep. Morgan Philpot (R) 45.9%,	Randall Hinton (C) 1.8%,
		Dave Glissmeyer (I) 0.9%,
		Wayne L. Hill (I) 0.7%,
3rd Congressional District, 66.1% in '08, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican,
adjunct prof. Karen Hyer (D) 22.9%,	Jason Chaffetz (R) 72.5%,	Douglas Sligting (C) 2.3%,
		hypnotist Jake Shannon (L) 1.5%,
		market assessor Joseph L. Puente (I) 0.8%,

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard, Cook Political Report, National Journal's Rankings, Rothenberg Political Report, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,

2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.

= Democrat retain control,	= Democrats take over control,
= Republican retain control,	= Republicans take over control,
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control,	= Independent / 3rd Party take over control
Bold indicates incumbent.	Yellow district indicates open races.
Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control.	Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control.
Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control.	Red boxes indicates Republicans took control.

3. Key to Utah Political Parties:

(AR) = American Reform Party (BH) = Being Human Party (Com) = Communist Party (C) = Constitution Party (D) = Democratic Party (G) = Green Party (I) = independent candidates

(IA) = Independent American Party (Labor) = Labor Party (L) = Libertarian Party (PC) = Personal Choice Party (Rfm) = Reform Party (R) = Republican Party (WI) = Write-in candidates

4. Utah Media Links:

Box Elder News Journal Davis County Clipper Emery County Progress KUED TV-7's Vote Utah Logan Herald Journal Morgan Valley Weekly Nephi Times-News New Utah! Ogden Standard-Examiner Park Record (Park City) Price Sun Advocate Provo Daily Herald

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