page_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah
section_title: District 3
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah / District 3
caption_attribution_description: English: Jason Chaffetz, member of the United States House of Representatives
context_page_description: 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 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 were for Republican candidates, 218,236 were for Democratic candidates, 18,317 were for Constitution Party candidates, 7,252 were for Libertarian Party candidates and 5,721 were for independent candidates.
context_section_description: The 3rd district included Orem, Provo, South Jordan, Taylorsville, West Jordan and West Valley City. The district's population was 80 percent white and 14 percent Hispanic (see Race and ethnicity in the United States Census); 89 percent were high school graduates and 26 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $57,852. In the 2008 presidential election the district gave 67 percent of its vote to Republican nominee John McCain and 29 percent to Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
  Republican Jason Chaffetz, who took office in 2009, was the incumbent. Chaffetz was elected in 2008 with 66 percent of the vote. Chaffetz announced in January 2010 that he would seek re-election rather than running for the U.S. Senate. In 2010 Chaffetz's opponent in the general election was Democratic nominee Karen Hyer, an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University. Independent candidate Joe Puente, a filmmaker and actor; Libertarian Party nominee Jake Shannon, a hypnotherapist and entrepreneur; and Constitution Party nominee Douglas Sligting also ran.
  Chaffetz raised $647,194 and spent $540,646. Hyer raised $23,818 and spent the same amount. Sligtig raised $3,536 and spent $2,225.
  In a poll of 400 likely voters, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. between October 25 and 27, 2010, Chaffetz led with 56 percent to Hyer's 11 percent. A poll of 375 active voters, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates between October 25 and 28, 2010, found Chaffetz leading with 70 percent to Hyer's 19 percent, while Sligting had the support of 2 percent, Puente had the support of 1 percent, 2 percent chose other candidates and 6 percent were undecided. Prior to the election FiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Chaffetz a 100 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 73 percent of the vote to Hyer's 23 percent. On election day Chaffetz was re-elected with 72 percent of the vote to Hyer's 23 percent. Chaffetz was again re-elected in 2012 and 2014.
caption: Jason Chaffetz, who was re-elected as the U.S. Representative for the 3rd district
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