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This profile of Utah's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Orrin Hatch, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2012 2 Last election: 2006 3 Articles and resources

Next election: 2012

Race status [edit race status]

Incumbent	Orrin Hatch
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	Incumbent has primary challenger.
Cook Political Report Partisan Voting Index	Non-competitive seat
Cook Political Report Race Classification	Solid Republican

Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Orrin Hatch	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Jim Matheson	Democratic	Out of race	Source	October 28, 2011	Current U.S. Rep. for UT-02
Jason Chaffetz	Republican	Out of race	Source	August 30, 2011	Current U.S. Rep. for UT-03
David Kirkham	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2011	Co-founder of Utah's tea party.
Dan Liljenquist	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 21, 2011	Current Utah state senator. Said he would decide in late fall 2011.
Morgan Philpot	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2011	Former Utah state rep.
Tim Aalders	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2012	Not nominated by state Republican convention for primary.
Dale Ash	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2012	Not nominated by state Republican convention for primary.
Arlan Bruson	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2012	Not nominated by state Republican convention for primary.
Kevin Fisk	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2012	Not nominated by state Republican convention for primary.
Jeremy Friedbaum	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2012	Not nominated by state Republican convention for primary.
Chris Herrod	Republican	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2012	Not nominated by state Republican convention for primary.
Scott Howell	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	April 21, 2012	Former state senator and 2000 U.S. Senate nominee. Nominated as only candidate by state Democratic convention.
Pete Ashdown	Democratic	Out of race	Source	April 21, 2012	Not nominated by state Democratic convention.

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Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
TBD	TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Orrin Hatch

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Orrin Hatch	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
Pete Ashdown	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

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Results

Primary winners:	Orrin Hatch, Pete Ashdown
General election winner:	Orrin Hatch

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Utah congressional districts and candidates.
• The full Senate 2012 elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External articles

Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "UT-Sen" (link)

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