Utah's 3rd congressional district

Utah's 3rd congressional district
Utah's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Jason Chaffetz (R–Alpine)
Cook PVI	R+25

Utah's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. It is located in southern and eastern Utah and includes the cities of Orem and Provo.

George W. Bush received 77% of the vote in this strongly Republican district in 2004.

The district was created when Utah was awarded an extra congressional seat following the 1980 U.S. Census. All of its Representatives have been Republicans, with the exception of Bill Orton, a Democrat who represented the district from 1991 to 1997. The current Representative is Republican Jason Chaffetz.

Voting

Election results from presidential races^[1]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Bush 75 - 24%
2004	President	Bush 77 - 20%
2008	President	McCain 67 - 29%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	District Home	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1983
Howard Nielson	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th	Provo	First elected in 1982 Retired
			99th
			100th
			101st
Bill Orton	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	102nd	Provo	First elected in 1990 Lost re-election
			103rd
			104th
Chris Cannon	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105th	Mapleton	First elected in 1996 Lost party re-nomination in primary
			106th
			107th
			108th
			109th
			110th
Jason Chaffetz	Republican	January 3, 2009 – Present	111th	Alpine	First elected in 2008
			112th
			113th

Election results

1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard C. Nielson	108,478	76.86
	Independent	Henry A. Huish	32,661	23.14
Total votes			141,139	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard C. Nielson (incumbent)	138,918	74.46
	Democratic	Bruce R. Baird	46,560	24.95
	Libertarian	D.W. Crosby	1,094	0.59
Total votes			186,572	100.0
	Republican hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard C. Nielson (incumbent)	86,599	66.58
	Democratic	Dale F. Gardiner	42,582	32.74
	Socialist Workers	David P. Hurst	893	0.68
Total votes			130,074	100.0
	Republican hold

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard C. Nielson (incumbent)	129,951	66.83
	Democratic	Robert W. Stringham	60,018	30.86
	American	E. Dean Christensen	3,285	1.69
	Socialist Workers	Judy Stranahan	1,207	0.62
Total votes			194,461	100.0
	Republican hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Orton	79,163	58.35
	Republican	Karl Snow	49,452	36.45
	American	Robert J. Smith	6,542	4.82
	Socialist Workers	Anthony Melvin Dutrow	519	0.38
Total votes			135,676	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Orton (incumbent)	135,029	58.95
	Republican	Richard R. Harrington	84,019	36.68
	Independent	Wayne L. Hill	5,764	2.52
	Independent	Charles M. Wilson	2,068	0.90
	Libertarian	Doug Jones	1,797	0.78
	Socialist Workers	Nels J'Anthony	384	0.17
Total votes			229,061	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Orton (incumbent)	91,505	58.98
	Republican	Dixie Thompson	61,839	39.86
	Socialist Workers	Barbara Greenway	1,802	1.16
Total votes			155,146	100.0
	Democratic hold

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cannon	106,220	51.14
	Democratic	Bill Orton (incumbent)	98,178	47.27
	Libertarian	Amy L. Lassen	2,341	1.13
	Independent	Gerald "Bear" Slothower	706	0.34
	Socialist Workers	John Phillip Langford	270	0.13
Total votes			207,715	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cannon (incumbent)	100,830	76.90
	Independent American	Will Christensen	20,720	15.80
	Libertarian	Kitty K. Burton	9,553	7.29
	Write-in		20	0.01
Total votes			131,123	100.0
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cannon (incumbent)	138,943	58.54
	Democratic	Donald Dunn	88,547	37.31
	Independent American	Michael J. Lehman	5,436	2.29
	Libertarian	Kitty K. Burton	3,570	1.50
	Natural Law	Randall Tolpinrud	852	0.36
Total votes			237,348	100.0
	Republican hold

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cannon (incumbent)	103,598	67.43
	Democratic	Nancy Jane Woodside	44,533	28.98
	Libertarian	Kitty K. Burton	5,511	3.59
	Write-in	John William Maurin	1	0.00
Total votes			153,643	100.0
	Republican hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cannon (incumbent)	173,010	63.39
	Democratic	Beau Babka	88,748	32.52
	Constitution	Ronald Winfield	5,089	1.86
	Libertarian	Jim Dexter	3,691	1.35
	Personal Choice	Curtis Darrell James	2,390	0.88
Total votes			272,928	100.0
	Republican hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Cannon (incumbent)	95,455	57.71
	Democratic	Christian Burridge	53,330	32.24
	Constitution	Jim Noorlander	14,533	8.79
	Libertarian	Philip Lear Hallman	2,080	1.26
Total votes			165,398	100.0
	Republican hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Chaffetz	187,035	65.61
	Democratic	Bennion Spencer	80,626	28.28
	Constitution	Jim Noorlander	17,408	6.11
Total votes			285,069	100.0
	Republican hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Chaffetz (incumbent)	139,721	72.32
	Democratic	Karen Hyer	44,320	22.94
	Constitution	Douglas Sligting	4,596	2.38
	Libertarian	Jake Shannon	2,945	1.52
	Independent	Joseph L. Puente	1,604	0.83
Total votes			193,186	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

"U.S. House, Utah - 3rd District". CQ Politics. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Retrieved 2008-07-09.

Utah's congressional districts

Current districts 1 2 3 4 All districts Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 The Territorial and at-large seats are obsolete. See also Utah's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Utah: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering

Coordinates: 38°41′48″N 110°12′59″W / 38.69667°N 110.21639°W / 38.69667; -110.21639

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