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Your complete directory of Utah candidates for Governor, State Cabinet, United State Senator and Congress in the current election cycle ... state political parties ... the official state election office ... and state news sources.

Orlando Powers and James Moyle - 1904

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)

Filing Deadline: March 17, 2008
Nominating Conventions: May 2008
Primary: June 24, 2008

This page was last updated on June 25, 2008

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
(Note: Governor & Lt. Governor candidates run together on tickets in the General Election.)
Jon Huntsman Jr. (R)* - (Campaign Site)
& Gary Herbert (R)* - (Campaign Site)

Bob Springmeyer (D) - Management Consultant & Wildlife Conservation Activist
& Josie Valdez (D) - Ex-State Small Business Administration Assistant Director

Dell "Super Dell" Schanze (Libertarian) - Businessman
& Joe Hobbs (Libertarian) - Attorney

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2008.

J. Bracken Lee - 1948

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Mark Shurtleff (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Jean Welch Hill (D) - Ex-Special Asst. Attorney General
Andrew McCullough (Libertarian) - Attorney, Ex-Congressional Intern & Frequent Candidate

STATE TREASURER:
[ Ed Alter (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Richard Ellis (R) - Deputy State Treasurer & Ex-State Budget Director
Dick Clark (D) - Investment Adviser

STATE AUDITOR:
Auston Johnson (R)*
Clare Collard (D) - Banking Executive & Democratic Activist
Richard Proctor (Constitution) - Economist
Mike Stoddard (Libertarian) - '04 Nominee

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House

State Senate

U.S. SENATOR:

Orrin Hatch (R)* - (Music Site) - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2012.

Jake Garn for Senator - 1986

Bob Bennett (R)* - Next Election in 2010.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Rob Bishop (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Morgan Bowen (D) - Mormon Seminary Teacher & Ex-Corporate Executive
Kirk Pearson (Constitution) - Home Builder, Ex-GOP Activist & '06 State Sen. Nominee
Joseph Geddes Buchman (Libertarian) - College Professor

Gunn McKay - 1970

District 2:
Jim Matheson (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Bill Dew (R) - Homebuilder & GOP Activist
Dennis Emery (Constitution)
Mathew Arndt (Libertarian) - Teacher

District 3:
[ Chris Cannon (R)* - Lost Primary for Renomination in 2008. ]
Jason Chaffetz (R) - Ex-Gubernatorial Chief of Staff, Marketing Executive & Ex-BYU Football Player
Bennion Spencer (D) - TV Journalist & College Professor
Jim Noorlander (Constitution) - Roofing Contractor & '06 Nominee

Frank E. Moss for US Senate - 1976

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Being Human Party
Constitution Party of Utah
Utah Democratic Party
Desert Greens
Utah Independent American Party
Libertarian Party of Utah
Personal Choice Party
Utah Republican Party

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

State Elections Office

Utah Candidate Reporting System (Financial Reports)

Nicholas Strike - 1972

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

PRINT MEDIA:
Box Elder News Journal
Canyon County Zephyr (Alternative)
Catalyst Magazine
Davis County Clipper
Emery County Progress
Logan Herald Journal
Morgan Valley Weekly
Nephi Times-News
New Utah! (Utah County)
Ogden Standard-Examiner
Park City Park Record
Price Sun Advocate
Provo Daily Herald
Richfield Reaper
Salt Lake City Deseret News
Salt Lake City Weekly (Alternative)
Salt Lake Tribune - (Politics Section)
St. George Spectrum
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
Uintah Basin Standard
Utah County Journal (Orem)
Utah Statesman (Utah State University)
Vernal Express
Wasatch Wave
Weber State University Signpost

BROADCAST MEDIA:
KCPW's Midday Metro
KPCW (Public Radio - Park City)
KSL TV-5 (NBC- Salt Lake City)
KSTU TV-13 (Fox - Salt Lake City)
KTVX TV-4 (ABC- Salt Lake City)
KUED TV-7 (PBS - Salt Lake City)
KUTV TV-2 (CBS- Salt Lake City)

POLITICAL BLOGS:
Beehive Donkey
Democracy for Utah
The Senate Site
Slam Smith
SLCSpin
State of the Beehive
Steve Urquhart
The Third Avenue
This Divided State
UtahPolicy.com
Utah Politics
Weber County Forum
The World, According to Me

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