Republican Party State Convention

Good Rainy Afternoon,
The State Convention was very well attended this year and I wanted to make sure you were aware of the results of the voting by the delegates.  We are in House District 3.

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 3
Incumbent Jason Chaffetz also retains favor with Utah’s GOP, taking the nomination for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District. Of 968 votes, Chaffetz received 838 votes, or 87.17 percent, while Robert J. Stevens and Mark Hedengren each got 65 votes, or 6.42 percent each.
Chaffetz will run for re-election as the incumbent in November against Democratic Party candidate Brian Wonnacott, Independent American candidates Abraham (stand-alone name) and Zack Strong, and party-unaffiliated candidates Ben J. Mates and Stephen P. Tryon.

Just for your information I wanted to include the outcome of the other house districts...

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 1
Incumbent Rob Bishop retains favor with the GOP, taking the nomination over his Republican challenger, David Yu-Lin Chiu. Of 950 votes, Bishop received 767 votes, or 80.74 percent, and Chiu received 183 votes, or 19.26 percent.
Bishop will run for re-election in November against the nominee decided Saturday by the Democratic Party at its convention between candidates Donna McAleer and Peter C. Clemens; and against Independent American Party candidate Dwayne A. Vance, and Libertarian Party candidate Craig Bowden.

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 2
Incumbent Chris Stewart retains favor with Utah’s GOP, taking the nomination over his Republican challengers. Of 888 votes, Stewart received 602 votes, or 67.79 percent, Larry Meyers received 191 votes, or 25.51 percent, Vaughn Hatton received 53 votes, or 5.9 percent, and Zachary Hartman received 42 votes, or 4.73 percent.
Stewart will run for re-election as the incumbent in November against Democratic Party candidate Luz Robles Constitution Party candidate Shaun McCausland, Independent American Party candidate Wayne L. Hill,  and party-unaffiliated candidate Bill Barron.

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 4
Mia Love was the GOP choice to run for Utah’s 4th Congressional District. Of 843 votes, Love received 662 votes, or 78.74 percent, Bob Fuehr received 181 votes, or 21.26 percent.
There is no incumbent running for District 4 as Rep. Jim Matheson will finish his term this year and not seek re-election, as he announced in December 2013.  Love will run against the nominee decided Saturday by the Democratic Party at its convention between candidates Bill Peterson and Doug Owens, and against Independent American candidate Tim Aalders, Constitution Party candidate Collin Robert Simonsen, and Libertarian Party candidate Jim L. Vein.

Thank you to our State Delegates for their time and effort in attending the convention.   Please mark on your calendars the following dates.

May 27, 2014: Voter Registration Deadline by Mail and Agency for Primary Elections

June 9, 2014: Voter Registration Deadline for In-Person and Online for Primary Elections

June 10, 2014: Early Voting Begins for Primary Elections

June 20, 2014: Early Voting Ends for Primary Elections

June 24, 2014: Primary Elections for County and State Positions

Thank you,
Kim Riehle
Precinct Chair