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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 Utah congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices 4 Articles and resources 4.1 See also 4.2 External resources 4.3 External articles

Next election: 2012

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Race status

Incumbent:	Orrin Hatch
Incumbent running?	Yes
Primary challenge?	Incumbent has possible primary challenge.

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Orrin Hatch	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 30, 2011
Jim Matheson	Democratic	Considering candidate	Source	August 30, 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	Considering candidate	Source	August 24, 2011	Co-founder of Utah's tea party.
Dan Liljenquist	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	August 24, 2011	Current Utah state senator. Said he would decide in late fall 2011.
Morgan Philpot	Republican	Considering candidate	Source	August 24, 2011	Former Utah state rep.

(Candidate classification criteria)

Results

Primary winners:
General election winner:	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

Utah congressional districts and the incumbent's district offices

Orrin Hatch's district offices

Post Office Box 99, 2390 West Highway 56, Cedar City, UT 84720 435-586-8435 (Phone) (Fax) 1006 Federal Building, 324 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401 801-625-5672 (Phone) (Fax) 51 South University Avenue, Suite 320, Provo, UT 84606 801-375-7881 (Phone) (Fax) Washington County Administrative Building, 197 East Tabernacle, Room 2, Saint George, UT 84770 435-634-1795 (Phone) (Fax) 8402 Federal Building, 125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84138 801-524-4380 (Phone) (Fax)

Articles and resources

See also

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

External resources

Blogs	Other Wiki sites
Swing State Project: Swing State Project: http://www.swingstateproject.com/tag.do?tag=UT-Sen Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/tag/UT-Sen MyDD: http://www.mydd.com/tag/UT-Sen The Next Right: http://www.thenextright.com/category/blog-tags/UT-Sen OpenLeft: http://www.openleft.com/tag.do?tag=UT-Sen RedState: http://www.redstate.com/tags/tag/UT-Sen	dKosopedia: http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/UT-Sen Left.Wikia: http://left.wikia.com/wiki/UT-Sen

External articles

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