Utah's 2nd congressional district

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Utah's 2nd congressional district
Utah's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Chris Stewart (R–Farmington)
Cook PVI	R+16

Utah's 2nd Congressional District currently serves Salt Lake City and the largely rural western and southern portions of Utah, including Saint George and Tooele. The current U.S. House Representative is Republican Chris Stewart.

A map of current 2012 district boundaries can be found at the Utah Lieutenant Governor's office page: http://elections.utah.gov/map/district-maps ^[1]

Voting

Election results from presidential races^[2]

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Bush 67 - 31%
2004	President	Bush 66 - 31%
2008	President	McCain 57 - 39%
2012	President	Romney 68 - 29%

List of representatives

District borders are periodically redrawn and some district residences may no longer be in the current 2nd district.

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	District Home	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1913					Districts were created from the former at-large district
Jacob Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915	63rd	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1912 Lost party re-nomination
James Henry Mays	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1921	64th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1914 Retired
			65th
			66th
Elmer O. Leatherwood	Republican	March 4, 1921 – December 24, 1929	67th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1920 Died
			68th
			69th
			70th
			71st
Vacant		December 24, 1929 – November 4, 1930	71st
Frederick C. Loofbourow	Republican	November 4, 1930 – March 4, 1933	71st	Salt Lake City	Won special election to finish remaining term Won in the 1930 general election Lost re-election
Frederick C. Loofbourow	Republican	November 4, 1930 – March 4, 1933	72nd	Salt Lake City
J. W. Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947	73rd	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1932 Lost re-election
			74th
			75th
			76th
			77th
			78th
			79th
William A. Dawson	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1946 Lost re-election
Reva Beck Bosone	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1948 Lost re-election
Reva Beck Bosone	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	82nd	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1948 Lost re-election
William A. Dawson	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	83rd	Salt Lake City	Re-elected in 1952 Lost re-election (1958)
			84th
			85th
David S. King	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1958 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
David S. King	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	87th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1958 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Sherman P. Lloyd	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1962 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
David S. King	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	Salt Lake City	Re-elected in 1964 Lost re-election (1966)
Sherman P. Lloyd	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973	90th	Salt Lake City	Re-elected in 1966 Lost re-election (1972)
			91st
			92nd
Wayne Owens	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1972 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Allan Turner Howe	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977	94th	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1974 Lost re-election
David Daniel Marriott	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1985	95th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1976 Retired to run for Governor of Utah
			96th
			97th
			98th
David Smith Monson	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987	99th	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1984 Retired
Wayne Owens	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100th	Salt Lake City	Re-elected in 1986 Retired to run for U.S. Senate
			101st
			102nd
Karen Shepherd	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1992 Lost re-election
Enid Greene	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	Salt Lake City	Elected in 1994 Retired
Merrill Cook	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001	105th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1996 Lost party re-nomination
Merrill Cook	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001	106th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 1996 Lost party re-nomination
Jim Matheson	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	107th	Salt Lake City	First elected in 2000 Redistricted to the 4th district
			108th
			109th
			110th
			111th
			112th
Chris Stewart	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th	Farmington	Elected in 2012

Election results

1912 • 1914 • 1916 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 • 1924 • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 (Special) • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010

1912

Note: The 1912 election consisted of an all-party election to the two at-large seats. Howell was elected to the first at-large seat, while Johnson was elected to the second at-large seat.

United States House of Representatives elections, 1912^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Howell	43,133	19.45
	Republican	Jacob Johnson	42,047	18.96
	Democratic	Mathonihah Thomas	37,192	16.77
	Democratic	Tollman D. Johnson	36,640	16.52
	Progressive	S.H. Love	22,358	10.08
	Progressive	Lewis Larson	21,934	9.89
	Socialist	Murray E. King	8,971	4.05
	Socialist	William M. Knerr	8,953	4.04
	Socialist Labor	Elias Anderson	505	0.23
Total votes			221,733	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

1914

United States House of Representatives elections, 1914^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Henry Mays	25,617	47.49
	Republican	Elmer O. Leatherwood	25,459	47.20
	Socialist	A.H. Kempton	2,861	5.31
Total votes			53,937	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1916

United States House of Representatives elections, 1916^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Henry Mays (incumbent)	39,847	56.87
	Republican	Charles R. Mabey	27,778	39.65
	Socialist	Murray E. King	2,440	3.48
Total votes			70,065	100.0
	Democratic hold

1918

United States House of Representatives elections, 1918^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Henry Mays (incumbent)	23,931	58.68
	Republican	William Spry	16,134	39.56
	Socialist	A.H. Kempton	719	1.76
Total votes			40,784	100.0
	Democratic hold

1920

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer O. Leatherwood	39,239	54.82
	Democratic	Mathonihah Thomas	28,201	39.40
	Farmer-Labor	Marvin P. Bales	2,437	3.40
	Socialist	C.T. Stoney	1,696	2.38
Total votes			71,573	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1922

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer O. Leatherwood (incumbent)	28,591	50.43
	Democratic	David C. Dunbar	26,145	46.12
	Farmer-Labor	E. G. Locke	1,959	3.45
Total votes			56,695	100.0
	Republican hold

1924

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer O. Leatherwood (incumbent)	41,888	56.66
	Democratic	James H. Waters	32,045	43.34
Total votes			73,933	100.0
	Republican hold

1926

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer O. Leatherwood (incumbent)	42,073	60.18
	Democratic	William R. Wallace, Jr.	27,006	38.63
	Socialist	Otto E. Parsons	835	1.19
Total votes			69,914	100.0
	Republican hold

1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elmer O. Leatherwood (incumbent)	46,866	50.22
	Democratic	Joshua H. Paul	46,025	49.31
	Socialist	T. F. Eynon	439	0.47
Total votes			93,330	100.0
	Republican hold

1930 (Special)

Utah's 2nd congressional district special election, 1930^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick C. Loofbourow	35,349	44.13
	Democratic	Joshua H. Paul	33,915	42.34
	Liberty	George N. Lawrence	10,591	13.22
	Socialist	Otto E. Parsons	253	0.32
Total votes			80,108	100.0
	Republican hold

1930

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frederick C. Loofbourow	35,106	44.29
	Democratic	Joshua H. Paul	33,618	42.41
	Liberty	George N. Lawrence	10,303	13.00
	Socialist	Otto E. Parsons	239	0.30
Total votes			79,266	100.0
	Republican hold

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson	62,400	57.08
	Republican	Frederick C. Loofbourow (incumbent)	46,919	42.92
Total votes			109,319	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson (incumbent)	58,175	62.30
	Republican	Frederick C. Loofbourow	34,007	36.42
	Communist	Carl Bjork	788	0.84
	Socialist	A. L. Porter	405	0.43
Total votes			93,375	100.0
	Democratic hold

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson (incumbent)	81,119	69.75
	Republican	A. V. Watkins	34,855	29.97
	Socialist	Joseph L. Hansen	318	0.28
Total votes			116,292	100.0
	Democratic hold

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson (incumbent)	58,456	62.31
	Republican	Dean F. Brayton	35,359	37.69
Total votes			93,815	100.0
	Democratic hold

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson (incumbent)	86,874	63.32
	Republican	A. Sherman Christenson	50,332	36.68
Total votes			137,206	100.0
	Democratic hold

1942

United States House of Representatives elections, 1942^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson (incumbent)	43,582	55.75
	Republican	Reed E. Vetterli	34,586	44.25
Total votes			78,168	100.0
	Democratic hold

1944

United States House of Representatives elections, 1944^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson (incumbent)	89,844	62.27
	Republican	Quayle Cannon, Jr.	54,440	37.73
Total votes			144,284	100.0
	Democratic hold

1946

United States House of Representatives elections, 1946^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William A. Dawson	56,402	52.71
	Democratic	J. W. Robinson (incumbent)	50,598	47.29
Total votes			107,000	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1948

United States House of Representatives elections, 1948^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reva Beck Bosone	92,770	57.46
	Republican	William A. Dawson (incumbent)	68,693	42.54
Total votes			161,463	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1950

United States House of Representatives elections, 1950^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reva Beck Bosone (incumbent)	84,283	53.40
	Republican	Ivy Baker Priest	73,535	46.60
Total votes			157,818	100.0
	Democratic hold

1952

United States House of Representatives elections, 1952^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William A. Dawson	105,296	52.55
	Democratic	Reva Beck Bosone (incumbent)	95,084	47.45
Total votes			200,380	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1954

United States House of Representatives elections, 1954^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William A. Dawson (incumbent)	90,864	57.16
	Democratic	Reva Beck Bosone	68,090	42.84
Total votes			158,954	100.0
	Republican hold

1956

United States House of Representatives elections, 1956^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William A. Dawson (incumbent)	119,683	57.64
	Democratic	Oscar W. McConkie, Jr.	87,970	42.36
Total votes			207,653	100.0
	Republican hold

1958

United States House of Representatives elections, 1958^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David S. King	91,213	51.11
	Republican	William A. Dawson (incumbent)	87,234	48.89
Total votes			178,447	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1960

United States House of Representatives elections, 1960^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David S. King (incumbent)	120,771	50.82
	Republican	Sherman P. Lloyd	116,881	49.18
Total votes			237,652	100.0
	Democratic hold

1962

United States House of Representatives elections, 1962^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sherman P. Lloyd	108,385	53.92
	Democratic	Bruce Sterling Jenkins	92,631	46.08
Total votes			201,016	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1964

United States House of Representatives elections, 1964^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David S. King	149,754	57.54
	Republican	Thomas G. Judd	110,512	42.46
Total votes			260,266	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1966

United States House of Representatives elections, 1966^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sherman P. Lloyd	96,426	61.25
	Democratic	David S. King (incumbent)	61,001	38.75
Total votes			157,427	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1968

United States House of Representatives elections, 1968^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sherman P. Lloyd (incumbent)	130,127	61.65
	Democratic	Galen J. Ross	80,948	38.35
Total votes			211,075	100.0
	Republican hold

1970

United States House of Representatives elections, 1970^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sherman P. Lloyd (incumbent)	97,549	52.27
	Democratic	Adolph Herman Nance	87,000	46.61
	American Independent	Stephen D. Marsh	2,094	1.12
Total votes			186,643	100.0
	Republican hold

1972

United States House of Representatives elections, 1972^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne Owens	132,832	48.89
	Republican	Sherman P. Lloyd (incumbent)	107,185	39.45
	American	Bruce R. Bangerter	31,685	11.66
Total votes			271,702	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1974

United States House of Representatives elections, 1974^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Allan Howe	105,739	49.48
	Republican	Stephen Harmsen	100,259	46.92
	American	Roben J. Schafer	6,482	3.03
	Libertarian	Karl J. Bray	1,218	0.57
Total votes			213,698	100.0
	Democratic hold

1976

United States House of Representatives elections, 1976^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Daniel Marriott	144,861	52.43
	Democratic	Allan Howe (incumbent)	110,931	40.15
	Independent	Darrell McCarty (as a write-in)	20,508	7.42
Total votes			276,300	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1978

United States House of Representatives elections, 1978^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Daniel Marriott (incumbent)	121,492	62.26
	Democratic	Edwin Brown Firmage	68,899	35.30
	American Independent	Lawrence Rey Tophman	1,940	0.99
	Independent	Bruce Bangerter	1,512	0.77
	Independent	William C. Hoyle	1,323	0.68
Total votes			195,166	100.0
	Republican hold

1980

United States House of Representatives elections, 1980^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Daniel Marriott (incumbent)	194,885	67.02
	Democratic	Arthur L. Monson	87,967	30.25
	Independent	Stan Larsen	5,411	1.86
	American	Steven Ray Montgomery	1,520	0.52
	Socialist Workers	David P. Hurst	982	0.34
Total votes			290,765	100.0
	Republican hold

1982

United States House of Representatives elections, 1982^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Daniel Marriott (incumbent)	92,109	53.84
	Democratic	Frances Farley	78,981	46.16
Total votes			171,090	100.0
	Republican hold

1984

United States House of Representatives elections, 1984^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Smith Monson	105,540	49.37
	Democratic	Frances Farley	105,044	49.13
	Libertarian	Hugh A. Butler	1,456	0.68
	Independent	James Waters	962	0.45
	American	Maryellen Gardner	791	0.37
Total votes			213,793	100.0
	Republican hold

1986

United States House of Representatives elections, 1986^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne Owens	76,921	55.18
	Republican	M. Tom Shimizu	60,967	43.74
	Libertarian	Stephen Carmichael Carr	1,302	0.93
	Socialist Workers	Scott Alan Breen	200	0.14
Total votes			139,390	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

1988

United States House of Representatives elections, 1988^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne Owens (incumbent)	112,129	57.40
	Republican	Richard Snelgrove	80,212	41.06
	Libertarian	Michael Lee	2,997	1.54
Total votes			195,338	100.0
	Democratic hold

1990

United States House of Representatives elections, 1990^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wayne Owens (incumbent)	85,167	57.60
	Republican	Genevieve Atwood	58,869	39.81
	Independent	Lawrence Rey Topham	3,424	2.31
	Socialist Workers	Eleanor Garcia	411	0.28
Total votes			147,871	100.0
	Democratic hold

1992

United States House of Representatives elections, 1992^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Shepherd	127,738	50.50
	Republican	Enid Greene	118,037	46.66
	Independent	A. Peter Crane	6,274	2.48
	Socialist Workers	Eileen Koschak	650	0.26
Total votes			252,969	100.0
	Democratic hold

1994

United States House of Representatives elections, 1994^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Enid Greene	85,507	45.83
	Democratic	Karen Shepherd (incumbent)	66,911	35.86
	Independent	Merrill Cook	34,167	18.31
Total votes			186,585	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

1996

United States House of Representatives elections, 1996^[46]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Merrill Cook	129,963	54.99
	Democratic	Rocky Anderson	100,283	42.44
	Independent American	Arly H. Pedersen	3,070	1.30
	Natural Law	Catherine Carter	2,981	1.26
	Write-in		24	0.01
Total votes			236,321	100.0
	Republican hold

1998

United States House of Representatives elections, 1998^[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Merrill Cook (incumbent)	93,718	52.76
	Democratic	Lily Eskelsen	77,198	43.46
	Independent	Ken Larsen	3,998	2.25
	Libertarian	Brian E. Swim	1,390	0.78
	Independent American	Arly H. Pedersen	813	0.46
	Natural Law	Robert C. Lesh	524	0.29
Total votes			177,641	100.0
	Republican hold

2000

United States House of Representatives elections, 2000^[48]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Matheson	145,021	55.86
	Republican	Derek W. Smith	107,114	41.26
	Independent American	Bruce Bangerter	4,704	1.81
	Libertarian	Peter Pixton	2,165	0.83
	Independent	Steven Alberts Voris	597	0.23
Total votes			259,601	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

2002

United States House of Representatives elections, 2002^[49]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Matheson (incumbent)	110,764	49.43
	Republican	John Swallow	109,123	48.69
	Green	Patrick S. Diehl	2,589	1.16
	Libertarian	Ron Copier	1,622	0.72
Total votes			224,098	100.0
	Democratic hold

2004

United States House of Representatives elections, 2004^[50]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Matheson (incumbent)	187,250	54.76
	Republican	John Swallow	147,778	43.21
	Constitution	Jeremy Paul Petersen	3,541	1.04
	Green	Patrick S. Diehl	2,189	0.64
	Personal Choice	Ronald R. Amos	1,210	0.35
Total votes			341,968	100.0
	Democratic hold

2006

United States House of Representatives elections, 2006^[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Matheson (incumbent)	133,231	59.00
	Republican	LaVar Christensen	84,234	37.30
	Constitution	W. David Perry	3,395	1.50
	Green	Bob Brister	3,338	1.48
	Libertarian	Austin Sherwood Lett	1,620	0.72
Total votes			225,818	100.0
	Democratic hold

2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008^[52]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Matheson (incumbent)	220,666	63.36
	Republican	Bill Dew	120,083	34.47
	Libertarian	Matthew Arndt	4,576	1.31
	Constitution	Dennis Ray Emery	3,000	0.86
Total votes			348,325	100.0
	Democratic hold

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010^[53]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Matheson (incumbent)	127,151	50.49
	Republican	Morgan Philpot	116,001	46.06
	Constitution	Randall Hinton	4,578	1.82
	Independent	Dave Glissmeyer	2,391	0.95
	Independent	Wayne L. Hill	1,726	0.69
Total votes			251,847	100.0
	Democratic hold

2012

United States House of Representatives elections, 2012^[54]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Stewart	154,523	62.17
	Democratic	Jay Seegmiller	83,176	33.47
	Constitution	Jonathan D. Garrard	5,051	2.03
	Independent	Joseph Andrade	2,971	1.20
	Independent	Charles E. Kimball	2,824	1.14
Total votes			248,545	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Utah's congressional districts

Current districts 1 2 3 4 All districts Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 The Territorial and at-large seats are obsolete. See also Utah's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Utah: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering

Coordinates: 38°N 110°W / 38°N 110°W / 38; -110

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