Utah House
Filing Deadline: March 17, 2008 • Primary Date: June 24, 2008 • General Election: Nov. 4, 2008District Profile: The 1st includes most of Salt Lake City's historic downtown. This is a heavily Republican area, with patches of Democratic strength. Full Profile
2006 results: Rob Bishop (R) defeated Steven Olsen (D) by 63-32%.
Incumbent
Rob Bishop (R)
Elected in 2002; Seeking fourth term; Bishop was unopposed in the primary.
Challengers
Morgan Bowen (D)Bowen, a Mormon seminary teacher, was unopposed in the primary.
District Profile: Redistricting in 2002 raised George W. Bush's 2000 percentage in the district from 57% to 67% and made it the strongest Bush district held by a Democrat outside of Texas. Full Profile
2006 results: Jim Matheson (D) defeated LaVar Christensen (R) by 59-37%.
Incumbent
Jim Matheson (D)
Elected in 2000; Seeking fifth term; Matheson was unopposed in the primary.
Challengers
Bill Dew (R)Dew, a homebuilder, was nominated at the Utah GOP convention.
District Profile: The 3rd includes all or part of seven counties. Many of them are remote; during World War II, Japanese Americans were interned in Millard County. Full Profile
2006 results: Chris Cannon (R) defeated Christian Burridge (D) and Jim Noorlander (CNP) by 58% to 32% and 9%, respectively.
Republican
Jason Chaffetz
Chaffetz, the former chief of staff to Utah Gov. John Huntsman (R), was nominated with 60% in a two-way primary.
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Race Rankings
Based on likelihood of seat switching party control
1.
N.Y.-13
(Open-R)2.
N.Y.-25
(Open-R)3.
Ariz.-01
(Open-R)4.
Va.-11
(Open-R)5.
Fla.-16
(Mahoney-D)6.
Ill.-11
(Open-R)7.
Ohio-16
(Open-R)8.
Texas-22
(Lampson-D)9.
Alaska-AL
(Young-R)10.
Fla.-24
(Feeney-R)11.
N.J.-03
(Open-R)12.
Colo.-04
(Musgrave-R)13.
Mich.-09
(Knollenberg-R)14.
N.J.-07
(Open-R)15.
Minn.-06
(Bachmann-R)Previous Coverage
Check out National Journal's coverage of previous Utah house races.
