United States House Of Representatives Elections In Utah, 2012

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	2012 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Utah took place on November 6, 2012. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
March 16, 2012	June 26, 2012	November 6, 2012

Primary: Utah has a mixed primary system, with Republicans having a closed primary and Democrats having an open one. Both parties hold conventions prior to the primaries.

Voter registration: Voters had to register to vote in the primary by October 7, or October 22 in-person. For the general election, voter registration deadlines were October 7, and October 22 in-person.^[1]

See also: Utah elections, 2012

According to the New York Times race ratings in October 2012, one of the four districts was considered to be in play, District 4.^[2]

The Center for Voting and Democracy (Fairvote) projected that Republicans would win three seats. It did not make a projection for the remaining district.^[3]

Primary competitiveness[edit]

See also: National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections

Utah tied with Maryland for having the 7th most competitive congressional primaries in 2012, with 87.5% of major party primaries having been contested (7 out of 8). The national average was 54.31%.

Three U.S. House incumbents sought re-election in Utah in 2012. 2 of those 3 (66.67%) faced a primary challenger. Nationwide, 200 out of the 386 incumbents seeking re-election faced a primary challenger (51.81%).

Partisan breakdown[edit]

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held two of the three Congressional seats from Utah. However, the state gained one seat after the 2010 census and elected four representatives.

Members of the U.S. House from Utah -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	1	1
	Republican Party	2	3
Total		3	4

Incumbents[edit]

Heading into the 2012 election, the incumbents for the three congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Jason Chaffetz	Republican	3
Jim Matheson	Democratic	2
Rob Bishop	Republican	1

Margin of victory for winners[edit]

There were a total of 4 seats up for election in 2012 in Utah. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
Utah, District 1	Rob Bishop	46.8%	245,528	Donna M. McAleer
Utah, District 2	Chris Stewart	28.7%	248,545	Jay Seegmiller
Utah, District 3	Jason Chaffetz	53.2%	259,547	Soren D. Simonsen
Utah, District 4	Jim Matheson	0.3%	245,277	Mia B. Love

General election candidates[edit]

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
1st	Donna McAleer Rob Bishop Sherry Phipps	Rob Bishop	Rob Bishop	No
2nd	Jay Seegmiller Chris Stewart Jonathan Garrard Joseph Andrade Charles Kimball	Jim Matheson	Chris Stewart	Yes
3rd	Soren Simonsen Jason Chaffetz	Jason Chaffetz	Jason Chaffetz	No
4th	Jim Matheson Mia Love Jim Vein	N/A	Jim Matheson	No

Candidates[edit]

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