Utah House
District 2
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Merrill Cook |
Republican |
129,963 |
55.0% |
| Ross Anderson |
Democratic |
100,283 |
42.4% |
| Arly Pedersen |
Indep amer |
3,070 |
1.3% |
| Catherine Carter |
Natural law |
2,981 |
1.3% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Ross Anderson |
Democratic |
9,716 |
55.5% |
| Kelly Atkinson |
Democratic |
7,778 |
44.5% |
| 1996 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Merrill Cook |
Republican |
18,507 |
51.7% |
| R. Todd Neilson |
Republican |
17,257 |
48.3% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Merrill Cook |
Republican |
93,718 |
52.8% |
| Lily Eskelsen |
Democratic |
77,198 |
43.5% |
| Ken Larsen |
Independent |
3,998 |
2.3% |
| Brian Swim |
Libertarian |
1,390 |
0.8% |
| Arly Pedersen |
Indep amer |
813 |
0.5% |
| Robert Lesh |
Natural law |
524 |
0.3% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Matheson |
Democratic |
145,021 |
55.9% |
| Derek Smith |
Republican |
107,114 |
41.3% |
| Bruce Bangerter |
Indep amer |
4,704 |
1.8% |
| Peter Pixton |
Libertarian |
2,165 |
0.8% |
| Steven Voris |
Independent |
597 |
0.2% |
| 2000 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Derek Smith |
Republican |
37,494 |
58.9% |
| Merril Cook |
Republican |
26,199 |
41.1% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Matheson |
Democratic |
110,764 |
49.4% |
| John Swallow |
Republican |
109,123 |
48.7% |
| Patrick Diehl |
Green |
2,589 |
1.2% |
| Ron Copier |
Libertarian |
1,622 |
0.7% |
| 2002 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Swallow |
Republican |
22,689 |
52.3% |
| Tim Bridgewater |
Republican |
20,705 |
47.7% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Matheson |
Democratic |
187,250 |
54.8% |
| John Swallow |
Republican |
147,778 |
43.2% |
| Jeremy Petersen |
Constitution |
3,541 |
1.0% |
| Patrick Diehl |
Green |
2,189 |
0.6% |
| Ronald Amos |
Pers choice |
1,210 |
0.4% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| John Swallow |
Republican |
28,137 |
53.0% |
| Tim Bridgewater |
Republican |
24,960 |
47.0% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Matheson |
Democratic |
133,231 |
59.0% |
| LaVar Christensen |
Republican |
84,234 |
37.3% |
| David Perry |
Constitution |
3,395 |
1.5% |
| Bob Brister |
Green |
3,338 |
1.5% |
| Austin Lett |
Libertarian |
1,620 |
0.7% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Matheson |
Democratic |
220,666 |
63.4% |
| Bill Dew |
Republican |
120,083 |
34.5% |
| Mathew Arndt |
Libertarian |
4,576 |
1.3% |
| Dennis Emery |
Constitution |
3,000 |
0.9% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Matheson |
Democratic |
127,151 |
50.5% |
| Morgan Philpot |
Republican |
116,001 |
46.1% |
| Randall Hinton |
Constitution |
4,578 |
1.8% |
| Dave Glissmeyer |
Unaffiliated |
2,391 |
0.9% |
| Wayne Hill |
Unaffiliated |
1,726 |
0.7% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jim Matheson |
Democratic |
23,067 |
67.3% |
| Claudia Wright |
Democratic |
11,227 |
32.7% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
744,390 |
| Percentage White |
90.8% |
| Percentage Black |
0.6% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
2.3% |
| Percentage Asian |
1.6% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.3% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
1.9% |
| Percentage Other Race |
2.4% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
5.9% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
88.0% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
0.6% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
6.3% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$45,583 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
36.9% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
9.0% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
48.6% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
12.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
79.4% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.5% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
0.6% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
10.8% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
47.2% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
30.9% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
36.0% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
29.6% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
10.3% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
60.2% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
30.4% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.3% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.3% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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