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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline: March 17, 2008
Nominating Conventions:
Primary: June 24, 2008
This
page was last updated on April 13, 2008
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Jon
Huntsman Jr. (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Chuck Smith (R)
- Retired Building Contractor & School Volunteer
Matt Frandsen (D) - State
Tax Reform Activist & '06 State Rep. Candidate
Monty Nafoosi (D) - Real
Estate Developer
Bob Springmeyer (D) -
Management Consultant & Wildlife Conservation Activist
Dell "Super Dell"
Schanze (Libertarian) - Businessman
LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
(Note: Governor & Lt. Governor candidates run together on tickets in the General Election.)
Gary
Herbert (R)*
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2008.
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Mark
Shurtleff (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Jean Welch Hill (D)
- Ex-Special Asst. Attorney General
Andrew McCullough (Libertarian)
- Attorney, Ex-Congressional Intern & Frequent Candidate
STATE
TREASURER:
[ Ed
Alter (R)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Richard Ellis (R)
- Deputy State Treasurer & Ex-State Budget Director
Mark Walker (R)
- State Rep. & Banker
Dick Clark (D) - Investment Adviser
STATE
AUDITOR:
Auston Johnson (R)*
Clare Collard (D)
- Banking Executive & Democratic Activist
Richard Proctor (Constitution) - Economist
Mike Stoddard (Libertarian) - '04 Nominee
STATE
LEGISLATURE:
State
House
State Senate
U.S.
SENATOR:
Orrin Hatch (R)*
- (Music Site)
- (Campaign Site)
- Next Election in 2012.
Bob
Bennett (R)* - Next Election in 2010.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
Rob Bishop (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Morgan Bowen (D)
- Mormon Seminary Teacher & Ex-Corporate Executive
Kirk Pearson (Constitution) - Home Builder, Ex-GOP Activist
& '06 State Sen. Nominee
Joseph Geddes Buchman
(Libertarian) - College Professor
District
2:
Jim Matheson (D)*
- (Campaign
Site)
Merrill Cook
(R) - Ex-Congressman, Businessman & Frequent Candidate
Bill Dew (R) - Homebuilder
& GOP Activist
Donald Ferguson (R)
Kenneth Gray (R)
- Author, Corporate Executive, Ex-Economist & Energy Independence
Activist
Chris Jacobs (R)
Brian Jenkins
(R) - Teacher & Ron Paul Campaign Activist
Dennis Emery (Constitution)
Mathew Arndt (Libertarian)
- Teacher
District
3:
Chris Cannon (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Jason Chaffetz (R)
- Ex-Gubernatorial Chief of Staff, Marketing Executive &
Ex-BYU Football Player
Joe Ferguson (R) -
Retired Airline Pilot, USAF Veteran, John Birch Society Activist
& Frequent Candidate
Stone Fonua (R) - Truck Driver
David Leavitt (R) -
Ex-Juab County Prosecutor & Brother of Ex-Governor Mike
Leavitt
Bennion
Spencer (D) - TV Journalist & College Professor
Jim Noorlander (Constitution) - Roofing Contractor & '06
Nominee
STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Being
Human Party
Constitution Party of Utah
Utah Democratic Party
Desert Greens
Utah Independent American
Party
Libertarian Party of Utah
Personal Choice Party
Utah Republican Party
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
State Elections Office
Utah Candidate Reporting
System (Financial Reports)
STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
PRINT
MEDIA:
Box Elder News Journal
Canyon County
Zephyr (Alternative)
Catalyst Magazine
Davis County Clipper
Emery County Progress
Logan Herald Journal
Morgan Valley
Weekly
Nephi Times-News
New Utah! (Utah County)
Ogden Standard-Examiner
Park City Park Record
Price Sun Advocate
Provo Daily Herald
Richfield Reaper
Salt Lake City Deseret
News
Salt Lake City Weekly (Alternative)
Salt Lake Tribune
- (Politics Section)
St. George Spectrum
Tooele Transcript
Bulletin
Uintah Basin Standard
Utah County Journal (Orem)
Utah Statesman (Utah
State University)
Vernal Express
Wasatch Wave
Weber State University
Signpost
BROADCAST
MEDIA:
KCPW's Midday
Metro
KPCW (Public Radio - Park City)
KSL TV-5 (NBC- Salt Lake City)
KSTU TV-13 (Fox - Salt Lake
City)
KTVX TV-4 (ABC- Salt Lake City)
KUED TV-7 (PBS - Salt Lake
City)
KUTV TV-2 (CBS- Salt Lake City)
POLITICAL
BLOGS:
Beehive Donkey
Democracy for
Utah
The Senate
Site
Slam
Smith
SLCSpin
State of the Beehive
Steve Urquhart
The Third Avenue
This Divided
State
UtahPolicy.com
Utah Politics
Weber County Forum
The World, According
to Me
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