Utah 2010 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Utah held its general election on November 2, 2010, deciding 90 legislative seats and the office of Governor. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

Republicans kept full control of state government and pushed their two-thirds majorities in both chambers higher, as 6 Democratic incumbents lost and Democrats picked up no seats in return.
Gov. Gary Herbert (R) beat Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon (D) by about 32 points in a special election for the final two years of Jon Huntsman Jr.'s term. Herbert had inherited the office when Huntsman left in August 2009 to become ambassador to China. Corroon pressed Herbert over campaign donations from the contractors who won a major Interstate 15 project, after the state paid a losing bidder $13 million; Herbert denied any wrongdoing.
The House went from 53-22 to 58-17 and the Senate from 21-8 to 22-7. The 6 Democrats who lost:
- Daniel Thatcher (R) unseated Sen. Brent H. Goodfellow (D) in Senate District 12 by about 1,150 votes.
- Jeremy Peterson (R) beat Rep. Neil Hansen (D) in House District 9 by about 150 votes, the closest flip.
- In Sandy, Steve Eliason (R) beat Rep. Laura Black (D) in House District 45 by about 570 votes, and LaVar Christensen (R) avenged a 2008 loss to Rep. Trisha S. Beck (D) in House District 48, winning by about 650.
- Douglas Sagers (R) unseated Rep. James Ross Gowans (D) in House District 21, and Derek Brown (R) unseated Rep. F. Jay Seegmiller (D) in House District 49.
Not every Democrat lost: Sen. Gene Davis (D) held on in Senate District 3, beating Lee Brinton (R) by about 210 votes.
Voters approved all 4 constitutional amendments. Amendment A, which wrote a secret-ballot guarantee into the constitution, including for votes on employee representation, passed by about 20 points, and Amendment D, which created a legislative ethics commission, passed by about 34. Amendment B (residency rules for legislators appointed to fill vacancies) and Amendment C (a property tax exemption for nonprofit water facilities) also passed.

Legislature

House (75 seats): 22 D, 53 R before the election, 17 D, 58 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (29 seats): 8 D, 21 R before the election, 7 D, 22 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
Governor	Gary Herbert (R) 64.07%	Peter Corroon (D) 31.9%, Farley Anderson (I) 2.03%

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House 1	Ronda Rudd Menlove (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 2	Lee B. Perry (R) 80.17%	Becky Maddox (Constitution Party) 19.83%
House 3	Jack R. Draxler (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 4	David G. Butterfield (R) 71.24%	Gilberto E. Urroz (D) 28.76%
House 5	Curt Webb (R) 83.67%	Paige Pagnucco (D) 16.33%
House 6	Brad J. Galvez (R) 78.43%	Benjamin Pales (D) 21.57%
House 7	Ryan Wilcox (R) 73.59%	Peter Conover Clemens (D) 26.41%
House 8	Gage Froerer (R) 61.82%	Alan L. Wheelwright (D) 38.18%
House 9	Jeremy Peterson (R) 53.16%	Neil Hansen (D) 46.84%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 10	Dixon Pitcher (R) 54.28%	Randy Rounds (D) 45.72%
House 11	Brad Dee (R) 69.49%	Steven Gaskill (D) 30.51%
House 12	Richard A. Greenwood (R) 71.1%	Larry E. Cisney (D) 28.9%
House 13	Paul Ray (R) 77.72%	Ben F. Wofford (D) 22.28%
House 14	Curtis Oda (R) 65.86%	Christopher S. Williams (D) 34.14%
House 15	Brad Wilson (R) 81.82%	Sherri Tatton (D) 18.18%
House 16	Steven Handy (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 17	Julie Fisher (R) 84.23%	David A. Armstrong (D) 15.77%
House 18	Roger Edward Barrus (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 19	Jim Nielson (R) 72.83%	Richard Watson (D) 23.73%, Reldon C. White (Constitution Party) 3.43%
House 20	Becky Edwards (R) 72.54%	William E. Ward (D) 19.96%, Robert G. Moultrie (Constitution Party) 7.5%
House 21	Douglas Sagers (R) 52.26%	James Ross Gowans (D) 40.5%, Jonathan Garrard (Constitution Party) 7.24%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 22	Sue Duckworth (D) 52.13%	Noel Fields (R) 47.87%
House 23	Jennifer "Jen" Seelig (D) 65.7%	Richard D. M. Barnes (R) 30.33%, Mark T. Sweet (L) 3.97%
House 24	Rebecca Chavez-Houck (D) 72.03%	Nephi J. Robinson (R) 25.28%, Thomas Olds (Constitution Party) 2.69%
House 25	Joel Briscoe (D) 71.86%	Rick Raile (R) 28.14%
House 26	David Litvack (D) 64.81%	Ben Kendrick (R) 35.19%
House 27	John Dougall (R) 85.18%	Jenn Payne (D) 14.82%
House 28	Brian King (D) 59.91%	James W. Farley (R) 40.09%
House 29	Janice Fisher (D) 55.75%	Shirene L. Saddler (R) 44.25%
House 30	Jackie Biskupski (D) 78.08%	Sinama Meli (R) 21.92%
House 31	Larry Wiley (D) 58.91%	Grace Sperry (R) 41.09%
House 32	Ron Bigelow (R) 62.3%	Merrill Humberg (D) 32.76%, Jennifer Schmith (Constitution Party) 4.94%
House 33	Neal B Hendrickson (D) 52.68%	John Huntinghouse (R) 47.32%, Barbara A. Elliott 0%
House 34	Johnny Anderson (R) 62.18%	Clover Meaders (D) 37.82%
House 35	Mark Wheatley (D) 53.1%	Rob Alexander (R) 40.68%, Chelsea Travis (L) 6.22%
House 36	Patrice Arent (D) 54.21%	Jason Epps (R) 45.79%
House 37	Carol Spackman Moss (D) 61.02%	Margrethe Peterson (R) 38.98%
House 38	Eric Hutchings (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 39	Jim Dunnigan (R) 61.52%	Alan Peterson (D) 33.71%, Ryan J. Kelly (L) 4.77%
House 40	Lynn Hemingway (D) 49.8%	Val J Bateman (R) 44.65%, Sandra Johnson (L) 5.55%
House 41	Todd E. Kiser (R) 66.09%	John Jackson (D) 27.21%, Matt Woolley (Constitution Party) 6.7%
House 42	Jim Bird (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 43	Wayne Harper (R) 62.4%	Brian Yardley (D) 33.26%, D Mark Faux (Constitution Party) 4.34%
House 44	Tim M. Cosgrove (D) 50.4%	Shawn P. Bradley (R) 47.21%, Erin M. Partridge (L) 2.39%
House 45	Steve Eliason (R) 51.4%	Laura Black (D) 44.78%, David Perry (Constitution Party) 3.82%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 46	Marie Poulson (D) 55.07%	N. William Clayton (R) 44.93%
House 47	Ken Ivory (R) 61.5%	John Rendell (D) 38.5%
House 48	LaVar Christensen (R) 53.26%	Trisha S. Beck (D) 46.74%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 49	Derek Brown (R) 56.75%	F. Jay Seegmiller (D) 43.25%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
House 50	Merlynn T. Newbold (R) 67.02%	Gary R Olsen (D) 26.28%, Russell Hatch (Constitution Party) 6.7%
House 51	Greg Hughes (R) 68.52%	Paul Recanzone (D) 31.48%
House 52	Carl D. Wimmer (R) 78.38%	Chad Reyes (I) 21.61%, Steve Maxfield 0.01%
House 53	Melvin R. Brown (R) 59.3%	Glenn J. Wright (D) 35.73%, Clyde Beutler (Constitution Party) 4.97%
House 54	Kraig Powell (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 55	John G. Mathis (R) 76.51%	Michael L "Mike" Binyon (D) 18.83%, George Hill (L) 4.66%
House 56	Kenneth W Sumsion (R) 84.96%	Lori A. Bonner (D) 15.04%
House 57	Craig A. Frank (R) 77.47%	James E. Crismon (D) 15.71%, Curt Crosby (Constitution Party) 6.82%
House 58	Stephen Eric Sandstrom (R) 62.27%	Steve Baugh (D) 37.73%
House 59	Val Peterson (R) 82.6%	James Greer (D) 17.4%
House 60	Bradley Daw (R) 72.09%	Alan Keele (D) 27.91%
House 61	Keith Grover (R) 65.06%	Deon S. Turley (R) 34.94%
House 62	Christopher N. Herrod (R) 69.34%	Mark Peterson (D) 30.66%
House 63	Dean Sanpei (R) 57.55%	Donald K. Jarvis (D) 42.45%
House 64	Becky Lockhart (R) 62.04%	Hal Miller (D) 37.96%
House 65	Francis Gibson (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 66	Michael T. Morley (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 67	Patrick L. Painter (R) 70.87%	Scott Parkin (D) 22.29%, Feleni Siufanua (Constitution Party) 6.84%
House 68	Bill Wright (R) 82.11%	Gary R. Van Horn (Constitution Party) 17.89%
House 69	Christine Watkins (D) 100%	Unopposed
House 70	Kay McIff (R) 82.86%	L. S. Brown (Constitution Party) 17.14%
House 71	Brad Last (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 72	Evan Vickers (R) 83.53%	Barry Evan Short (L) 16.47%
House 73	Mike Noel (R) 100%	Unopposed
House 74	David Clark (R) 77.82%	Cyril H. Noble (D) 16.65%, Philip O. Jensen (Constitution Party) 5.53%
House 75	Don Ipson (R) 83.89%	Jerry Howard (D) 16.11%
Senate 2	Ben McAdams (D) 73.75%	Melvin Dean Nimer (R) 26.25%
Senate 3	Gene Davis (D) 50.55%	Lee Brinton (R) 49.45%
Senate 4	Pat Jones (D) 56.31%	Doug Greer (R) 43.69%
Senate 5	Karen Mayne (D) 62%	Samuel Fidler (R) 34.35%, Jim Peverelle, Jr. (Constitution Party) 3.64%
Senate 7	Ross I. Romero (D) 66.97%	Eric K. Johnson (R) 33.03%
Senate 9	Wayne Niederhauser (R) 67.25%	Tyler Ayres (D) 32.75%
Senate 11	Howard A. Stephenson (R) 75.91%	Dave Hogue (D) 24.09%
Senate 12	Daniel Thatcher (R) 53.25%	Brent H. Goodfellow (D) 46.75%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 15	Margaret Dayton (R) 78.51%	Linnea S. Barney (D) 21.49%
Senate 17	Peter C. Knudson (R) 71.31%	Richard "Rick" Kent (D) 18.24%, Sherry Phipps (Constitution Party) 10.45%
Senate 18	Stuart C. Reid (R) 60.19%	Betty Sawyer (D) 39.81%
Senate 21	Jerry Stevenson (R) 71.41%	Sarah Schofield (D) 24.61%, Vincent C. Marcus III (L) 3.97%
Senate 22	Stuart Adams (R) 71.52%	Charlie Parker (D) 19.76%, David A. Hansen (Constitution Party) 8.72%
Senate 26	Kevin T. Van Tassell (R) 71.47%	Paul Dowland (D) 28.53%
Senate 28	Dennis E. Stowell (R) 100%	Unopposed

Ballot measures

Measure	Description	Result
Amendment A	Specify the requirements for a secret election	Passed (60% yes)
Amendment B	Update residency requirements for state legislators	Passed (85% yes)
Amendment C	Create a property tax exemption for water and water facilities owned by nonprofit organizations	Passed (60% yes)
Amendment D	Create a legislative ethics commission	Passed (67% yes)

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