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2018 United States Senate election in Utah

The 2018 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6, 2018, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on June 26.[1]

2018 United States Senate election in Utah

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Turnout74.15%
 
Nominee Mitt Romney Jenny Wilson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 665,215 328,541
Percentage 62.59% 30.91%

Romney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Wilson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No data

U.S. senator before election

Orrin Hatch
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mitt Romney
Republican

Incumbent Republican senator Orrin Hatch announced in January 2018 that he would retire and not seek reelection to an eighth term, making this the first open seat U.S. Senate election in Utah since 1992 and the first in this seat since 1905. The general election was won by Mitt Romney, who had been the Republican nominee for president in 2012 and previously was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. Romney became only the third person in American history to be elected governor and U.S. senator in different states, and the first former major party presidential nominee to run for a new office since Walter Mondale in 2002.[2]

Background edit

Process edit

Utah's 2018 U.S. Senate candidates had dual routes toward placement on the primary election ballot: (1) eligibility via win or second-place showings at a convention of delegates selected from party local caucuses; and/or (2) eligibility via obtaining sufficient petition signatures.

Taking the traditional route, the top two candidates for the U.S. Senate at any of the party state conventions (to be held this year the latter part of April) will be placed on the June 26 primary election ballot. Also, any candidate who collects 28,000 ballot-access petition signatures will be placed on the primary ballot.

If no competitor will have achieved the above-mentioned alternate access to the primary ballot through collected signatures and a convention winner had achieved sixty-percent of delegate votes, this candidate straightaway receives his or her party's nomination solely via the older-style caucuses-convention system. Otherwise, a candidate will be nominated through receiving a plurality of votes in the primary election and thereby advance to the November general election.

Incumbent Orrin Hatch did not seek reelection.[3]

Hatch to retire edit

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch was reelected to a seventh term in 2012. During his 2012 reelection campaign, Hatch had pledged that if he were elected that it would be his last term.[4] Hatch won his first election in 1976 in part by criticizing the incumbent's 18-year tenure. Hatch initially announced a re-election campaign on March 9, 2017,[5][6][7][8] though he also said at that time that he might withdraw from the race if Mitt Romney decided to run.[9] An August 19–21, 2016, poll conducted by Public Policy Polling found only 19% of voters wanted Hatch to run in 2018, while 71% wanted him to retire.[10] On October 27, 2017, Hatch reportedly told friends privately that he was going to retire in 2019[11] and on January 2, 2018, made a public announcement of his plans to retire at the end of his current term in January 2019.[3]

Republican primary edit

 
Romney campaigning
 
Kennedy campaigning
 
People voting in the Republican primary

Convention edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Eliminated in the primary election edit

Eliminated at Convention edit

  • Loy Brunson
  • Alicia Colvin[14]
  • Stoney Fonua, tax accountant[14]
  • Chris Forbush, attorney and candidate for the Nevada State Assembly in 2016[15]
  • Jeremy Friedbaum[14]
  • Timothy Adrian Jimenez, engineer[16]
  • Joshua Lee
  • Larry Michael Meyers, attorney[17]
  • Gayle Painter[14]
  • Samuel Parker[14]

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

Larry Meyers (eliminated at convention)
Notable individuals

Results edit

State Republican Convention results, 2018
Candidate First ballot Pct. Second ballot Pct.
Mike Kennedy 1,354 40.69% 1,642 50.88%
Mitt Romney 1,539 46.24% 1,585 49.12%
Loy Brunson 4 0.12% Eliminated
Alicia Colvin 29 0.87% Eliminated
Stoney Fonua 7 0.21% Eliminated
Chris Forbush 0 0% Eliminated
Timothy Jiminez 100 3.01% Eliminated
Joshua Lee 2 0.06% Eliminated
Larry Meyers 163 4.90% Eliminated
Gayle Painter 0 0% Eliminated
Samuel Parker 122 3.67% Eliminated
Total 3,328 100.00% 3,227 100.00%

Primary edit

Debates edit

Host
network
Date Link(s) Participants
Mitt
Romney
Mike
Kennedy
KBYU-TV May 29, 2018 [26] Invited Invited

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
Kennedy
Mitt
Romney
Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates June 11–18, 2018 356 ± 5.2% 23% 65% 12%
Dan Jones & Associates May 15–25, 2018 295 ± 5.7% 24% 67% 9%
Hypothetical polling
with Orrin Hatch
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Orrin
Hatch
Jon
Huntsman Jr.
Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates January 9–16, 2017 605 ± 4.0% 21% 62% 16%

Endorsements edit

Mitt Romney
U.S. Executive Branch Officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
U.S. Governors
Statewide Officeholders
Individuals
Newspapers and Magazines
Mike Kennedy
State Legislators
Individuals

Results edit

 
Results by county:
Romney
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
Kennedy
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results[54]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitt Romney 240,021 71.27%
Republican Mike Kennedy 96,771 28.73%
Total votes 336,792 100%

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Eliminated at Convention edit

  • Mitchell Kent Vice, businessman[56]

Withdrew edit

Declined edit

Endorsements edit

Jenny Wilson
U.S. Representatives
Statewide & Local Politicians
Individuals
Mitchell Vice

Libertarian Party edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

  • Craig Bowden, veteran and businessman[66]

Constitution Party edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Independent American Party edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

General election edit

Candidates edit

  • Ryan Daniel Jackson (I, write-in)
  • Abe Korb (I, write-in)[67]
  • Caleb Dan Reeve (I, write-in)[67]

Debates edit

Date Host Moderator Link(s) Participants
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Mitt
Romney
Jenny
Wilson
October 9, 2018 Utah Debate Commission Bruce Lindsay Video P P

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[69] Safe R October 26, 2018
Inside Elections[70] Safe R November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[71] Safe R November 5, 2018
Fox News[72] Likely R July 9, 2018
CNN[73] Safe R July 12, 2018
RealClearPolitics[74] Safe R November 5, 2018

^Highest rating given

Endorsements edit

Mitt Romney (R)
U.S. Presidents
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
U.S. Governors
Statewide Officeholders
State Legislators
Individuals
Newspapers and Magazines
Jenny Wilson (D)
U.S. Representatives
Statewide & Local Politicians
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations

Polling edit

Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mitt
Romney (R)
Jenny
Wilson (D)
Other Undecided
University of Utah October 3–9, 2018 607 ± 4.0% 59% 23% 8% 10%
Dan Jones & Associates August 22–31, 2018 809 ± 3.4% 55% 29% 8%[79] 7%
Lighthouse Research August 11–27, 2018 2,400 59% 19% 9%[80] 14%
University of Utah June 11–18, 2018 654 ± 3.9% 58% 20% 21%
Dan Jones & Associates January 15–18, 2018 803 ± 3.5% 64% 19% 12%
Dan Jones & Associates November 16–21, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 72% 21% 7%
Dan Jones & Associates August 30 – September 5, 2017[note 1] 608 ± 4.0% 64% 26% 10%

Notes edit

  1. ^ The party affiliations of candidates were not described in the question wording as a result of an oversight by the pollster.
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mitt
Romney (R)
Jenny
Wilson (D)
Craig
Bowden (L)
Dan
McCay (R)
Mitchell
Vice (D)
Larry
Meyers (R)
Alicia
Colvin (R)
Jay
Hyatt (R)
L'Capi
Titus (R)
Timothy
Jimenez (R)
Other Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates February 9–16, 2018 609 ± 4.0% 60% 14% 3% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 2% 14%
with Mike Kennedy
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
Kennedy (R)
Jenny
Wilson (D)
Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates June 11–18, 2018 654 ± 3.9% 43% 28% 29%
with Orrin Hatch
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Orrin
Hatch (R)
Jenny
Wilson (D)
Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates November 16–21, 2017 600 ± 4.0% 50% 35% 15%
Dan Jones & Associates August 30 – September 5, 2017 608 ± 4.0% 34% 45% 21%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Orrin
Hatch (R)
Evan
McMullin (I)
Generic
Democrat
Other Undecided
JMC Analytics March 18–March 20, 2017 625 ± 3.9% 29% 33% 11% 10% 17%
with Chris Stewart
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Chris
Stewart (R)
Jenny
Wilson (D)
Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates August 30 – September 5, 2017 608 ± 4.0% 34% 30% 36%
with Matt Holland
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Matt
Holland (R)
Jenny
Wilson (D)
Undecided
Dan Jones & Associates August 30 – September 5, 2017 608 ± 4.0% 23% 30% 47%

Results edit

United States Senate general election in Utah, 2018[81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mitt Romney 665,215 62.59% -2.72%
Democratic Jenny Wilson 328,541 30.91% +0.93%
Constitution Tim Aalders 28,774 2.71% -0.46%
Libertarian Craig Bowden 27,607 2.60% N/A
Independent American Reed McCandless 12,708 1.20% N/A
Write-in 52 <0.01% N/A
Total votes 1,062,897 100% N/A
Republican hold
 
State Senate Districts Results
 
State House Districts Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

References edit

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External links edit

Official campaign websites
  • Tim Aalders (C) for Senate
  • Craig Bowden (L) for Senate 2018-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  • Reed C. McCandless (IAP) for Senate 2018-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  • Caleb Reeve (I) for Senate (Write-in)
  • Mitt Romney (R) for Senate
  • Jenny Wilson (D) for Senate

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For related races see 2018 United States Senate elections The 2018 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6 2018 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections The primaries took place on June 26 1 2018 United States Senate election in Utah 2012 November 6 2018 2024 Turnout74 15 Nominee Mitt Romney Jenny WilsonParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 665 215 328 541Percentage 62 59 30 91 County resultsCongressional district resultsPrecinct resultsRomney 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Wilson 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 No dataU S senator before electionOrrin HatchRepublican Elected U S Senator Mitt RomneyRepublicanIncumbent Republican senator Orrin Hatch announced in January 2018 that he would retire and not seek reelection to an eighth term making this the first open seat U S Senate election in Utah since 1992 and the first in this seat since 1905 The general election was won by Mitt Romney who had been the Republican nominee for president in 2012 and previously was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 Romney became only the third person in American history to be elected governor and U S senator in different states and the first former major party presidential nominee to run for a new office since Walter Mondale in 2002 2 Contents 1 Background 1 1 Process 1 2 Hatch to retire 2 Republican primary 2 1 Convention 2 1 1 Candidates 2 1 2 Nominee 2 1 3 Eliminated in the primary election 2 1 4 Eliminated at Convention 2 1 5 Declined 2 1 6 Endorsements 2 1 7 Results 2 2 Primary 2 2 1 Debates 2 2 2 Polling 2 2 3 Endorsements 2 2 4 Results 3 Democratic primary 3 1 Candidates 3 1 1 Declared 3 1 2 Eliminated at Convention 3 1 3 Withdrew 3 1 4 Declined 3 2 Endorsements 4 Libertarian Party 4 1 Candidates 4 1 1 Declared 5 Constitution Party 5 1 Candidates 5 1 1 Declared 6 Independent American Party 6 1 Candidates 6 1 1 Declared 7 General election 7 1 Candidates 7 2 Debates 7 3 Predictions 7 4 Endorsements 7 5 Polling 7 5 1 Notes 7 6 Results 7 6 1 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 8 References 9 External linksBackground editProcess edit Utah s 2018 U S Senate candidates had dual routes toward placement on the primary election ballot 1 eligibility via win or second place showings at a convention of delegates selected from party local caucuses and or 2 eligibility via obtaining sufficient petition signatures Taking the traditional route the top two candidates for the U S Senate at any of the party state conventions to be held this year the latter part of April will be placed on the June 26 primary election ballot Also any candidate who collects 28 000 ballot access petition signatures will be placed on the primary ballot If no competitor will have achieved the above mentioned alternate access to the primary ballot through collected signatures and a convention winner had achieved sixty percent of delegate votes this candidate straightaway receives his or her party s nomination solely via the older style caucuses convention system Otherwise a candidate will be nominated through receiving a plurality of votes in the primary election and thereby advance to the November general election Incumbent Orrin Hatch did not seek reelection 3 Hatch to retire edit Incumbent Republican U S Senator Orrin Hatch was reelected to a seventh term in 2012 During his 2012 reelection campaign Hatch had pledged that if he were elected that it would be his last term 4 Hatch won his first election in 1976 in part by criticizing the incumbent s 18 year tenure Hatch initially announced a re election campaign on March 9 2017 5 6 7 8 though he also said at that time that he might withdraw from the race if Mitt Romney decided to run 9 An August 19 21 2016 poll conducted by Public Policy Polling found only 19 of voters wanted Hatch to run in 2018 while 71 wanted him to retire 10 On October 27 2017 Hatch reportedly told friends privately that he was going to retire in 2019 11 and on January 2 2018 made a public announcement of his plans to retire at the end of his current term in January 2019 3 Republican primary edit nbsp Romney campaigning nbsp Kennedy campaigning nbsp People voting in the Republican primaryConvention edit Candidates edit Nominee edit Mitt Romney former Governor of Massachusetts Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2012 12 and Republican nominee for U S Senate in Massachusetts in 1994Eliminated in the primary election edit Mike Kennedy state representative 13 Eliminated at Convention edit Loy Brunson Alicia Colvin 14 Stoney Fonua tax accountant 14 Chris Forbush attorney and candidate for the Nevada State Assembly in 2016 15 Jeremy Friedbaum 14 Timothy Adrian Jimenez engineer 16 Joshua Lee Larry Michael Meyers attorney 17 Gayle Painter 14 Samuel Parker 14 Declined edit Rob Bishop U S Representative 18 Jason Chaffetz former U S Representative 19 Orrin Hatch incumbent U S Senator and President pro tempore of the United States Senate 8 Boyd Matheson former Chief of Staff for Senator Mike Lee 20 Mia Love U S Representative Endorsed Mitt Romney 21 22 Evan McMullin former congressional staffer former CIA agent and independent candidate for President of the United States in 2016 Endorsed Mitt Romney 21 23 John Curtis U S RepresentativeEndorsements edit Larry Meyers eliminated at convention Notable individualsAmmon Bundy an American car fleet manager who led the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge 24 Jonathan E Johnson Chairman of the board for Overstock com and former Republican candidate for Utah Governor 25 Results edit State Republican Convention results 2018Candidate First ballot Pct Second ballot Pct Mike Kennedy 1 354 40 69 1 642 50 88 Mitt Romney 1 539 46 24 1 585 49 12 Loy Brunson 4 0 12 EliminatedAlicia Colvin 29 0 87 EliminatedStoney Fonua 7 0 21 EliminatedChris Forbush 0 0 EliminatedTimothy Jiminez 100 3 01 EliminatedJoshua Lee 2 0 06 EliminatedLarry Meyers 163 4 90 EliminatedGayle Painter 0 0 EliminatedSamuel Parker 122 3 67 EliminatedTotal 3 328 100 00 3 227 100 00 Primary edit Debates edit Hostnetwork Date Link s ParticipantsMittRomney MikeKennedyKBYU TV May 29 2018 26 Invited InvitedPolling edit Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error MikeKennedy MittRomney UndecidedDan Jones amp Associates June 11 18 2018 356 5 2 23 65 12 Dan Jones amp Associates May 15 25 2018 295 5 7 24 67 9 Hypothetical pollingwith Orrin HatchPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error OrrinHatch JonHuntsman Jr UndecidedDan Jones amp Associates January 9 16 2017 605 4 0 21 62 16 Endorsements edit Mitt RomneyU S Executive Branch OfficialsGeorge W Bush 43rd President of the United States 27 Donald Trump 45th President of the United States 28 U S SenatorsJeff Flake U S Senator from Arizona 29 Lindsey Graham U S Senator from South Carolina and Republican candidate for President of the United States in 2016 30 Chuck Grassley U S Senator from Iowa 31 Orrin Hatch U S Senator from Utah and President Pro Tempore of the Senate 32 John McCain U S Senator from Arizona and Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2008 33 deceased Mitch McConnell U S Senator from Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader 34 Jim Risch U S Senator from Idaho 35 Richard Shelby U S Senator from Alabama 36 U S RepresentativesJason Chaffetz former U S Representative from Utah s 3rd district 37 Mia Love U S Representative from Utah s 4th district 22 Paul Ryan 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives U S Representative from Wisconsin s 1st District and Romney s running mate in the 2012 presidential election 38 John Curtis U S Representative from Utah s 3rd districtU S GovernorsJeb Bush former Governor of Florida and Republican candidate for President of the United States in 2016 39 Luis Fortuno former Governor of Puerto Rico New Progressive 40 Gary Herbert Governor of Utah 41 Statewide OfficeholdersSpencer Cox Lieutenant Governor of Utah 42 IndividualsJon Huntsman Sr businessman and philanthropist 43 Evan McMullin former congressional staffer former CIA agent and independent candidate for President of the United States in 2016 Independent 44 Dana Milbank political commentator 45 Henry Paulson 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury 46 Kevin D Williamson political commentator 47 Newspapers and MagazinesNational Review 47 Salt Lake Tribune 48 The Lowell Sun 49 Mike KennedyState LegislatorsJake Anderegg state senator 50 Michael Noel state representative 51 Christine Watkins state representative 51 Kim Coleman state representative 50 Dan McCay state representative 50 Stewart Barlow state representative 50 Paul Ray state representative 50 Kay Christofferson state representative 50 Francis Gibson state representative 50 Brian Greene state representative 50 Mike Schultz state representative 50 Keven Stratton state representative 50 Marc Roberts state representative 50 IndividualsRobert C Oaks retired U S Air Force General 52 Michael Johns policy analyst speechwriter and Tea Party movement spokesman 53 Results edit nbsp Results by county Romney 70 80 60 70 50 60 Kennedy 50 60 Republican primary results 54 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mitt Romney 240 021 71 27 Republican Mike Kennedy 96 771 28 73 Total votes 336 792 100 Democratic primary editCandidates edit Declared edit Jenny Wilson Salt Lake County Councilwoman and candidate for Mayor of Salt Lake City in 2007 55 Eliminated at Convention edit Mitchell Kent Vice businessman 56 Withdrew edit James Singer Salt Lake Community College Westminster College adjunct professor amp Candidate For UT 03 57 58 Danny Drew director of adult education for the Duchesne County School District 59 60 Declined edit Ben McAdams Mayor of Salt Lake County running for UT 04 61 Endorsements edit Jenny WilsonU S RepresentativesGrace Meng U S Representative D NY 62 Statewide amp Local PoliticiansLuz Escamilla Utah State Senator 63 IndividualsRandy Bryce Ironworker amp Candidate for Wisconsin s 1st congressional district 64 Mitchell ViceOrganizationsInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 57 65 Libertarian Party editCandidates edit Declared edit Craig Bowden veteran and businessman 66 Constitution Party editCandidates edit Declared edit Tim Aalders 67 Independent American Party editCandidates edit Declared edit Reed McCandless 68 67 General election editCandidates edit Ryan Daniel Jackson I write in Abe Korb I write in 67 Caleb Dan Reeve I write in 67 Debates edit Date Host Moderator Link s ParticipantsKey P Participant A Absent N Non invitee I Invitee W WithdrawnMittRomney JennyWilsonOctober 9 2018 Utah Debate Commission Bruce Lindsay Video P PPredictions edit Source Ranking As ofThe Cook Political Report 69 Safe R October 26 2018Inside Elections 70 Safe R November 1 2018Sabato s Crystal Ball 71 Safe R November 5 2018Fox News 72 Likely R July 9 2018CNN 73 Safe R July 12 2018RealClearPolitics 74 Safe R November 5 2018 Highest rating given Endorsements edit Mitt Romney R U S PresidentsGeorge W Bush 43rd President of the United States 27 Donald Trump 45th President of the United States 28 U S SenatorsJeff Flake U S Senator from Arizona 29 Lindsey Graham U S Senator from South Carolina and Republican candidate for President of the United States in 2016 30 Chuck Grassley U S Senator from Iowa 31 Orrin Hatch U S Senator from Utah and President Pro Tempore of the Senate 32 John McCain U S Senator from Arizona and Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2008 33 deceased Mitch McConnell U S Senator from Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader 34 Jim Risch U S Senator from Idaho 35 Richard Shelby U S Senator from Alabama 36 U S RepresentativesJason Chaffetz former U S Representative from Utah s 3rd district 37 Mia Love U S Representative from Utah s 4th district 22 Paul Ryan 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives U S Representative from Wisconsin s 1st District and Romney s running mate in the 2012 presidential election 38 John Curtis U S Representative from Utah s 3rd districtU S GovernorsJeb Bush former Governor of Florida and Republican candidate for President of the United States in 2016 39 Luis Fortuno former Governor of Puerto Rico New Progressive 40 Gary Herbert Governor of Utah 41 Statewide OfficeholdersSpencer Cox Lieutenant Governor of Utah 42 State LegislatorsMike Kennedy State Representative and Primary Opponent 75 IndividualsJon Huntsman Sr businessman and philanthropist now deceased 43 Evan McMullin former congressional staffer former CIA agent and independent candidate for President of the United States in 2016 Independent 44 Dana Milbank political commentator 45 Henry Paulson 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury 46 Kevin D Williamson political commentator 47 Newspapers and MagazinesNational Review 47 Salt Lake Tribune 48 The Lowell Sun 49 Jenny Wilson D U S RepresentativesGrace Meng U S Representative D NY 62 Statewide amp Local PoliticiansLuz Escamilla Utah State Senator 63 IndividualsLabor unionsUnited Automobile Workers 76 Utah State AFL CIO 77 OrganizationsUtah Stonewall Democrats 78 Polling edit Graphical summaryGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki wiki Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error MittRomney R JennyWilson D Other UndecidedUniversity of Utah October 3 9 2018 607 4 0 59 23 8 10 Dan Jones amp Associates August 22 31 2018 809 3 4 55 29 8 79 7 Lighthouse Research August 11 27 2018 2 400 59 19 9 80 14 University of Utah June 11 18 2018 654 3 9 58 20 21 Dan Jones amp Associates January 15 18 2018 803 3 5 64 19 12 Dan Jones amp Associates November 16 21 2017 600 4 0 72 21 7 Dan Jones amp Associates August 30 September 5 2017 note 1 608 4 0 64 26 10 Notes edit The party affiliations of candidates were not described in the question wording as a result of an oversight by the pollster Hypothetical pollingPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error MittRomney R JennyWilson D CraigBowden L DanMcCay R MitchellVice D LarryMeyers R AliciaColvin R JayHyatt R L CapiTitus R TimothyJimenez R Other UndecidedDan Jones amp Associates February 9 16 2018 609 4 0 60 14 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 14 with Mike KennedyPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error MikeKennedy R JennyWilson D UndecidedDan Jones amp Associates June 11 18 2018 654 3 9 43 28 29 with Orrin HatchPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error OrrinHatch R JennyWilson D UndecidedDan Jones amp Associates November 16 21 2017 600 4 0 50 35 15 Dan Jones amp Associates August 30 September 5 2017 608 4 0 34 45 21 Poll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error OrrinHatch R EvanMcMullin I GenericDemocrat Other UndecidedJMC Analytics March 18 March 20 2017 625 3 9 29 33 11 10 17 with Chris StewartPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error ChrisStewart R JennyWilson D UndecidedDan Jones amp Associates August 30 September 5 2017 608 4 0 34 30 36 with Matt HollandPoll source Date s administered Samplesize Marginof error MattHolland R JennyWilson D UndecidedDan Jones amp Associates August 30 September 5 2017 608 4 0 23 30 47 Results edit United States Senate general election in Utah 2018 81 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mitt Romney 665 215 62 59 2 72 Democratic Jenny Wilson 328 541 30 91 0 93 Constitution Tim Aalders 28 774 2 71 0 46 Libertarian Craig Bowden 27 607 2 60 N AIndependent American Reed McCandless 12 708 1 20 N AWrite in 52 lt 0 01 N ATotal votes 1 062 897 100 N ARepublican hold nbsp State Senate Districts Results nbsp State House Districts ResultsCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit Grand largest municipality Moab References edit Wood Benjamin June 26 2018 Mitt Romney claims GOP nomination in Utah 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Mitt Romney runs for his seat The Boston Globe Retrieved April 2 2017 Jensen Tom August 24 2016 Utah Ready for Hatch to Move On More Progressive Than You Might Think Public Policy Polling Retrieved October 20 2016 Linskey Annie October 27 2017 A Hatch retirement and a Romney Senate run could be inching closer to reality The Boston Globe Retrieved January 2 2018 Mitt Romney is officially running for U S Senate USA Today McKenzie Stauffer Heidi Hatch June 26 2018 Mitt Romney wins against Mike Kennedy Rep Curtis defeats Herrod for second time KUTV com Retrieved July 15 2018 a b c d e Cathcart Preston March 14 2018 Candidates file for congressional Utah legislative races Deseret News Retrieved March 15 2018 Op ed It s time to invite Sen Orrin Hatch to come home DeseretNews com August 7 2017 Retrieved August 22 2017 Tooelean wants to capture U S Senate seat Retrieved February 11 2018 St George attorney announces run for GOP US Senate nomination StGeorgeUtah com January 6 2018 Retrieved 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convention forced into primary for Senate seat Politico April 22 2018 a b Donald J Trump realdonaldtrump February 19 2018 MittRomney has announced he is running for the Senate from the wonderful State of Utah He will make a great Senator and worthy successor to OrrinHatch and has my full support and endorsement Tweet Archived from the original on December 16 2020 Retrieved May 7 2021 via Twitter a b Jeff Flake wants Mitt Romney to run for U S Senate in Utah NBC News a b Lindsey Graham on Twitter a b ChuckGrassley on Twitter a b Kaczynski Andrew Sen Orrin Hatch Romney will have my support if he runs for Senate CNN a b John McCain on Twitter a b Mitch McConnell We re all behind Mitt Romney CBS News a b Romney favored in Senate bid could take on outsized role February 18 2018 a b Richard Shelby on Mitt Romney for U S Senate I hope he will run I would encourage him to run Yellowhammer News Yellowhammer News yellowhammernews com January 7 2018 a b Jason Chaffetz Makes Comical Defense of 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