United States Senate election in Utah, 2006

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United States Senate election in Utah, 2006
← 2000 November 7, 2006 2012 →
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Nominee Orrin Hatch Pete Ashdown
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 356,238 177,459
Percentage 62.5% 31.1%
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County results
U.S. senator before election

Orrin Hatch
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Orrin Hatch
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2006 United States Senate election in Utah was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a sixth term.

Major candidates

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

Democratic

Republican

  • Orrin Hatch, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1976

Polling

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% — — — —

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Orrin Hatch (inc.) 356,238 62.36% -3.22%
Democratic Pete Ashdown 177,459 31.06% -0.45%
Constitution Scott Bradley 21,526 3.77%
Personal Choice Roger Price 9,089 1.59%
Libertarian Dave Seely 4,428 0.78% -1.35%
Green Julian Hatch 2,512 0.44%
Majority 178,779 31.30% -2.77%
Turnout 571,252
Republican hold Swing

Hatch won all but one county with 60% to 70% of the vote. Ashdown won the remaining one county by 342 votes.

References

  1. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006/2006Stat.htm#44

External links

See also

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