2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

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All 3 Utah seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 2 1
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 390,969 218,236
Percentage 61.04% 34.07%
Swing Increase7.25% Decrease7.96%

Elections were held on November 2, 2010 to determine Utah's three members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th 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 (Republicans Rob Bishop of the 1st district and Jason Chaffetz of the 3rd district, and Democrat Jim Matheson of the 2nd district) were re-elected.[2] Of the three elections, only the 2nd district was rated as competitive by The 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 for Constitution Party candidates, 7,252 (1.13 percent) were for Libertarian Party candidates and 5,721 (0.89 percent) were for independent candidates.[4]

  1. ^ "Primary Results". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Utah". The New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "2010 competitive House race chart". The Cook Political Report. October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  4. ^ Haas, Karen L. (June 3, 2011). "Statistics of the congressional election of November 2, 2010". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. p. 50. Retrieved March 29, 2014.

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