# 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah

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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.
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. Of the three elections, only the 2nd district was rated as competitive by The Cook Political Report.
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.

## Overview

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah by district:
| District | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Others | Others | Total | Total | Result |
| District | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
| District 1 | 135,247 | 69.19% | 46,765 | 23.93% | 13,450 | 6.88% | 195,462 | 100% | Republican Hold |
| District 2 | 116,001 | 46.06% | 127,151 | 50.49% | 8,695 | 3.45% | 251,847 | 100% | Democratic Hold |
| District 3 | 139,721 | 72.32% | 44,320 | 22.94% | 9,145 | 4.73% | 193,186 | 100% | Republican Hold |
| Total | 390,969 | 61.04% | 218,236 | 34.07% | 31,290 | 4.89% | 640,495 | 100% | |

## District 1

The 1st district included Bountiful, Clearfield, Layton, Logan, Ogden, Roy, Tooele and part of Salt Lake City. The district's population was 81 percent white and 13 percent Hispanic (see Race and ethnicity in the United States census); 90 percent were high school graduates and 28 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $55,788. In the 2008 presidential election the district gave 64 percent of its vote to Republican nominee John McCain and 33 percent to Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
Republican Rob Bishop, who took office in 2003, was the incumbent. Bishop was re-elected in 2008 with 65 percent of the vote. In 2010 Bishop's opponent in the general election was Democratic nominee Morgan Bowen, an LDS seminary teacher at Sky View High School. Constitution Party nominee Kirk Pearson and Libertarian Party nominee Jared Paul Stratton also ran. Bishop and Bowen were unopposed in their respective party primaries.
Bishop raised $278,327 and spent $302,771. Bowen raised $11,550 and spent $11,309. A poll of 400 likely voters, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. between October 25 and 27, 2010, 65 percent of respondents supported Bishop while 13 percent favored Bowen. In a poll of 375 active voters, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates between October 25 and 28, 2010, Bishop led with 66 percent to Bowen's 21 percent, while 4 percent supported Pearson, Stratton had the support of 1 percent, 1 percent favored other candidates and 7 percent were undecided.
Prior to the election FiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Bishop a 100 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 73 percent of the vote to Bowen's 24 percent. On election day Bishop was re-elected with 69 percent of the vote to Bowen's 24 percent. Bishop was again re-elected in 2012 and 2014.

### General election results

Utah's 1st district general election, November 2, 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Rob Bishop (incumbent) | 135,247 | 69.19% |
| | Democratic | Morgan Bowen | 46,765 | 23.93% |
| | Constitution | Kirk Pearson | 9,143 | 4.68% |
| | Libertarian | Jared Paul Stratton | 4,307 | 2.20% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 195,462 | 100.00% |