Utah United States Senate election, 2006

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The 2006 U.S. Senate election for the state of Utah was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a sixth term.

In July 2005, Utah house majority whip Steve Urquhart announced that he would challenge Hatch for the Republican nomination. [1] [2]. In September, Urquhart dropped out of the race because of a low level of funding and to spend more time working at his business. [3] As a result, Hatch faced only three unknown challengers in the Republican primary on June 27, 2006. [4].

Opposing Hatch in the general election were Democrat Pete Ashdown, an internet company executive, and several minor party candidates.

The filing deadline for major party candidates was March 17, 2006.

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[edit] Republican candidates

  • Orrin Hatch, incumbent Senator first elected in 1976.

[edit] Lost in primary

  • Brian Jenkins [5]
  • Ronald Levine
  • Mike Ridgway [6]

[edit] Criticism of Hatch

Critics cite Hatch's stance on polygamy, complaining that he has not come down hard enough on it, particularly when speaking near areas where it is practiced. [7]

[edit] Democratic candidates

[edit] Other candidates

  • Scott Bradley (Constitution party) - university telecommunications official and businessman [8]
  • Julian Hatch (Desert Greens) - disabled veteran and environmental activist, and distant cousin of Senator Hatch. He is running for the Green Party nomination. [9]
  • Joe Labonte (Being Human/Personal Choice party) - truck driver and 2004 nominee [10]
  • Roger Price (Personal Choice party) - mechanic, Vietnam War veteran, and 2004 county commission candidate [11]
  • Dave Starr Seely (Libertarian party) - emergency operations manager, firearms instructor [12]

[edit] Opinion polls

Source Date Hatch (R) Ashdown (D) Bradley (C) Hatch (DG) Price (PC) Seely (L)
Deseret Morning News/KSL-TV September 30, 2006 62% 25% 1% <1% 0% 1%
Mason-Dixon/Salt Lake Tribune August 28, 2006 61% 27% — — — —
Deseret Morning News/KSL-TV July 26, 2006 63% 21% 3% <1% <1% 1%
Mason-Dixon/Salt Lake Tribune July 3, 2006 67% 23% — — — —

[edit] Election results

2006 United States Senate election, Utah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Orrin Hatch (incumbent) 344,541 62.6 -3.0
Democratic Pete Ashdown 169,421 30.8 -0.7
Constitution Scott Bradley 20,655 3.8 n/a
Personal Choice Roger Price 8,965 1.6 n/a
Libertarian Dave Seely 4,210 0.8 -0.5
Desert Green Julian Hatch 2,374 0.4 n/a
Majority 175,120 31.8
Turnout 550,166
Republican hold Swing

[edit] See also

United States Senate elections, 2006

[edit] External links

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