Utah

UTAH

5 Electoral Votes

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

Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.	2,389,039
Total Registration, Nov. 2004	1,278,251

Registration by party is optional.
Utah has: 29 counties.
Five largest counties: Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Cache.
Five largest cities: Salt Lake City, Provo, West Valley City, Sandy, Orem.

Government
Governor: Olene S. Walker (R) sworn in Nov. 2003, lost bid for 2004 nomination.
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 2000, Bob Bennett (R) re-elected in 2004.

In the governor's race Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R) defeated Scott Matheson, Jr. (D) by 531,190 votes to 380,359 votes (57.7% to 41.3%). Sen. Bennett was re-elected by 68.7% to 28.4%, with 2.9% going to two other candidates. In the competitive 2nd CD, Jim Matheson (D) defeated John Swallow (R) by 54.8% to 43.2%, with 2% going to other candidates.

The Beehive State

State of Utah
Elections Division

Libertarian Party of UT
Constitution Party of UT
UT Republican Party
UT State Democratic Party
Natural Law Party-UT
UT Reform Party

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Politics1-UT

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.

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