Utah congressional elections, 2006

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The Utah congressional elections of 2006 were held on 7 November 2006, as part of the United States general elections of 2006 with all three House seats up for election. The winners will serve from 3 January 2007 to 3 January 2009.

Contents 1 First District 1.1 General election results 2 Second District 2.1 General election results 3 Third District 3.1 General election results 4 See also 5 References

[edit] First District

[edit] General election results

Utah's 1st Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Libertarian	Lynn Badler	2,362	1.37%
	Republican	Rob Bishop (incumbent)	109,037	63.42%
	Constitution	Mark Hudson	5,281	3.07%
	Democratic	Steven Olson	55,249	32.13%
Majority
Turnout

[edit] Second District

Although incumbent Jim Matheson (D) won re-election in 2004 by a margin of 13%, his district is in a heavily Republican state. The district includes the most Democratic areas in Utah, such as the wealthy Summit County,^{[citation needed]} the liberal communities of Grand County, the large Greek communities of Carbon County, the Navajos of San Juan County, and heavily Democratic Salt Lake City. Matheson is a regular target of the GOP every election. State Representative LaVar Christensen (R) of Draper, a small affluent suburb of Salt Lake City, is running in the district. However, the most circulated daily newspaper in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune, has characterized him as too extreme for the area.^{[citation needed]} For example, Christensen was one of two major sponsors of a bill that amended Utah's Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The amendment was rejected by two-thirds of Summit County, half of Grand County, and only passed by 4% in Salt Lake County, while the state as a whole averaged 66%, with the most supportive areas to banning such marriages being located in the first and third districts, not the second. Matheson has approval ratings in the high 70s, the highest for any elected official in Utah.

[edit] General election results

Utah's 2nd Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Bob Brister	3,073	1.43%
	Republican	LaVar Christensen	80,286	37.37%
	Democratic	Jim Matheson (incumbent)	126,763	59.01%
	Constitution	W. David Perry	3,188	1.48%
	Libertarian	Austin Sherwood Lett	1,509	0.70%
Majority
Turnout

[edit] Third District

Congressman Chris Cannon (R) has represented this district for ten years, but found himself in a competitive primary, just as he had in 2004. In a campaign that focused almost exclusively on the immigration issue, Businessman John Jacob repeatedly attacked Cannon for his support for a guest worker program. In May 2006, at the state GOP convention, Jacob surprised Cannon by winning 52 percent of the delegate ballots. "Cannon’s 48 percent showing was especially poor, given that the ballots were cast mainly by the party insiders who dominate such conventions. (A Jacob victory with 60 percent would have denied Cannon the opportunity to wage a primary campaign.)" [1]. The Republican primary was held on June 27, 2006. While polls showed a close race [2], in the June Republican primary, Cannon received 32,306 votes (55.8%) and Jacob received 25,589 votes (44.2%).

[edit] General election results

Utah's 3rd Congressional District Election Results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Christian Burridge	50,989	32.11%
	Republican	Chris Cannon (incumbent)	91,852	57.84%
	Libertarian	Philip Lear Hallman	1,978	1.25%
	Constitution	Jim Noorlander	13,982	8.80%
Majority
Turnout

[edit] See also

• United States House elections, 2006 - Utah section
• United States House elections, 2006 complete list - Utah section

[edit] References

Utah Election Results, 2006 General Elections