Utah State Senate Elections, 2012

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Utah State Senate elections, 2012

Majority control • Campaign contributions

Qualifications • Term limits • Impact of Redistricting

State Legislative Election Results

List of candidates District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27

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Elections for the office of Utah State Senate were held in Utah on November 6, 2012. A total of 16 seats were up for election.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was March 15, 2012. The primary Election Day was June 26, 2012.

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2012 and State legislative elections, 2012

Incumbents retiring[edit]

Name	Party	Current office
Karen Morgan	Democratic	Senate District 8
Michael Waddoups	Republican	Senate District 6
Ross Romero	Democratic	Senate District 7

Majority control[edit]

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Utah State Senate:

Campaign contributions[edit]

See also: State-by-state comparison of donations to state senate campaigns

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Utah in past years and the cumulative amount of dollars raised in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.^[1]

In 2010, the candidates for state senate raised a total of $1,612,394 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were:^[2]

Qualifications[edit]

To be eligible to serve in the Utah State Senate, a candidate must be:^[3]

• A U.S. citizen at the time of filing
• 25 years old at the filing deadline time
• A three-year resident of Utah at the filing deadline time
• A resident for 6 months of the senate district from which elected at the filing deadline time
• No person holding any public office of profit or trust under authority of the United States, or of this State, can be a member of the state senate, provided, that appointments in the State Militia, and the offices of notary public, justice of the peace, United States commissioner, and postmaster of the fourth class, shall not, within the meaning of this section, be considered offices of profit or trust.
• A qualified voter. A qualified voter is someone who is:

* A U.S. citizen

* A resident of Utah for at least 30 days prior to the next election

* At least 18 years old by the next election

* His or her principal place of residence is in a specific voting precinct in Utah.

Impact of redistricting[edit]

See also: Redistricting in Utah

In October 2011, the Republican-dominated Legislature passed and Gov. Gary Herbert (R) signed new legislative maps that were hailed as bipartisan successes, unlike the contentious congressional redistricting process. Only one pairing of incumbents occurred in the Senate; Democratic leader Ross Romero (D-Salt Lake City) -- who voted against the Senate map -- would have faced Pat Jones (D-Holladay) had the former not opted to run for Salt Lake County mayor.^[4]

List of candidates[edit]

District 1[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Luz Robles a Incumbent Robles first assumed office in 2009.

June 26 GOP primary:

• Chelsea Woodruff a

November 6 General election candidates:

Luz Robles: 10,490

Chelsea Woodruff: 8,479

District 6[edit]

Note: Incumbent Michael Waddoups (R) did not seek re-election.

June 26 Democratic primary:

• John Rendell a

Republican convention:

• Brandon Baker
• Wayne Harper a

November 6 General election candidates:

John Rendell: 13,049

Wayne Harper: 19,961

District 7[edit]

Note: Incumbent Ross Romero (D) did not seek re-election.

June 26 Democratic primary:

Note: Aaron Davis was disqualified prior to the primary.

Republican convention:

• Deidre Henderson a
• Glen W. Roberts

November 6 General election candidates:

Deidre Henderson: 27,257

District 8[edit]

Note: Incumbent Karen Morgan (D) did not seek re-election.

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Ty McCartney 1,093
• Josie Valdez 1,299 a

Democratic convention:

• R. Scott Baker
• Ty McCartney a
• Josie Valdez a

Republican convention:

• Jaren Davis
• Raymond J. Poole
• Brian Shiozawa a

Note: Lee Brinton withdrew before the primary.

November 6 General election candidates:

Josie Valdez: 16,864

Brian Shiozawa: 22,156

District 10[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

Republican convention:

• Aaron Osmond a Incumbent Osmond first assumed office in 2011.
• Aleta Andersen Taylor

November 6 General election candidates:

Aaron Osmond: 33,171

District 13[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

June 26 GOP primary:

• Mark Madsen a Incumbent Madsen first assumed office in 2005.

November 6 General election candidates:

Mark Madsen: 30,584

District 14[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

Republican convention:

• Craig Frank
• John Valentine a Incumbent Valentine first assumed office in 1999.

November 6 General election candidates:

John Valentine: 36,225

District 16[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Gregory Duerden a

Republican convention:

• Curtis Bramble a Incumbent Bramble first assumed office in 2001.
• Andrew Holmes

November 6 General election candidates:

Gregory Duerden: 5,184

Curtis Bramble: 19,350

District 19[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Peter Conover Clemens a

Republican convention:

• Allen Christensen a Incumbent Christensen first assumed office in 2005.
• Dan Deuel

June 26 Libertarian primary:

• Courtney White a

November 6 General election candidates:

Peter Conover Clemens: 11,096

Allen Christensen: 19,941

Courtney White: 1,798

District 20[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Brent Andrews a

June 26 GOP primary:

• Scott Jenkins a Incumbent Jenkins first assumed office in 2001.

November 6 General election candidates:

Scott Jenkins: 23,112

Note: Brent Andrews won the Democratic primary but was removed from the ballot on November 1 after he failed to file financial disclosure forms by the deadline.^[5]

District 23[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Breck England a

Republican convention:

• Lamont Peterson
• Todd Weiler a Incumbent Weiler first assumed office in 2012.

November 6 General election candidates:

Breck England: 14,027

Todd Weiler: 25,433

District 24[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

June 26 GOP primary:

• Ralph Okerlund 7,278 a Incumbent Okerlund first assumed office in 2009.
• Patrick Painter 4,626

June 26 Constitution Party primary:

• Trestin Meacham a

November 6 General election candidates:

Ralph Okerlund: 29,588

Trestin Meacham: 4,647

District 25[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

June 26 GOP primary:

• Lyle Hillyard a Incumbent Hillyard first assumed office in 1985.

November 6 General election candidates:

Lyle Hillyard: 30,220

District 27[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Michael Binyon a

Republican convention:

• David Hinkins a Incumbent Hinkins first assumed office in 2009.
• Michael Stansfield
• Stephen Whyte

November 6 General election candidates:

Michael Binyon: 9,673

David Hinkins: 25,111

District 28[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Geoffrey Chesnut a

June 26 GOP primary:

• Casey Anderson 3,370 Incumbent Anderson first assumed office in 2011.
• Evan Vickers 6,549 a

November 6 General election candidates:

Geoffrey Chesnut: 5,894

Evan Vickers: 28,073

District 29[edit]

June 26 Democratic primary:

• Terence Moore a

June 26 GOP primary:

• Stephen Urquhart a Incumbent Urquhart first assumed office in 2009.

November 6 General election candidates:

Terence Moore: 8,398

Stephen Urquhart: 28,174

See also[edit]

• Utah State Senate
• Utah State Legislature
• State legislative elections, 2012

External links[edit]

Suggest a link

• Utah Secretary of State - 2012 General Election Candidates by Office

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