Last night the Utah House of Representatives and Senate passed a new Congressional District map. The bill now goes to Governor Herbert's desk for his signature. Here is the map:
2012 Utah Elections Poll Results10/17/2011 Here are the results of the 2012 elections polls we ran from October 17-24: What is your party affiliation? Total votes - 823 Republican - 638 Democrat - 87 Constitution - 30 Libertarian - 37 Independent - 10 Other - 21 Other answers include: Patriot!!, TEA Party!, None, Cherilyn Eagar, Conservative, Green Party, Progressive, Occupy Wall Street, Truth, Unaffiliated Which of these potential gubernatorial candidates do you prefer? Total votes - 814 David Kirkham - 333 Gary Herbert - 153 Craig Frank - 83 Mark Shurtleff - 70 Jim Matheson - 69 Mike Thompson - 34 Becky Lockhart - 27 Morgan Philpot (write-in) - 12 Other - 33 Other answers include: Isn't there anyone else?, None, Neutral, John Dougall, Scott Bradley, None of the above, Dwight Barrett, Jason Chaffetz, None of these jokers, Howard Stephenson, Chris Herrod, Jim Matheson, Peter Corroon, Karen Shepard Which of these potential U.S. Senate candidates do you prefer? Total votes - 1145 Tim Aalders - 502 Dan Liljenquist - 313 Orrin Hatch - 137 Chris Herrod - 69 Scott Bradley - 52 Jim Matheson - 40 Christopher Stout - 1 Other - 31 Other answers include: Morgan Philpot, Craig Frank, David Kirkham, Neutral, Not Orrin or Jim, No position yet, None of the above, None of the above especially not Hatch, Cherilyn Eagar, Scott Peterson, Rocky Anderson, Don't know yet, Undecided, Honesty, Pete Ashdown Which of these potential 1st Congressional District candidates do you prefer? NOTE: Michael Miller has since announced that he will NOT be running for Congress in 2012. Total votes - 567 Rob Bishop - 433 Michael Miller - 112 Other - 22 Other answers include: Non Mormon, Isn't there anyone else?, Greg Bell, None, Neutral, Morgan Philpot, John Dougall, Brad Dee, Scott Bradley, Mickey Mouse, None of the above, Dwight Barrett, Glenn Donellson, Steve Olsen, Dave Thomas, Any Dem Which of these potential 2nd Congressional District candidates do you prefer? Total votes - 788 Morgan Philpot - 308 Stephen Sandstrom - 143 Cherilyn Eagar - 116 Jim Matheson - 91 Dan Hauser - 36 Jason Buck - 25 David Clark - 24 John Willoughby - 14 Chuck Williams - 9 Other - 22 Other answers include: None, Neutral, John Dougall, Howard Wallack, Scott Bradley, None of the above, Yuck! Sucks to be in the 2nd, Steve Urquhart, Mia Love, Rocky Anderson, Richard Lukenbach Which of these potential 3rd Congressional District candidates do you prefer? Total votes - 670 Jason Chaffetz 527 The Democrat 126 Other 17 Other answers include: Not Jason, Isn't there anyone else?, None of the above, The Libertarian, Jake Shannon, Anyone but Jason, Any Libertarian candidate Which of these potential 4th Congressional District candidates do you prefer? Total votes: 1476 Carl Wimmer 679 Mia Love 653 Stephen Sandstrom 92 David Clark 29 Other 23 Other answers include: Morgan Philpot, None of the above, Don't know them, Give me a real option please, Rick Raile, Anyone else Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love has caught headlines before, being the first African-American woman to serve as mayor in the state of Utah, but now she is getting attention because of the possibility of her running for U.S. Congress in 2012. Mayor Love reportedly met with the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) recently. The NRCC is the political committee that works to get Republicans elect to the House of Representatives. Love also tweeted that she met with Utah Senator Mike Lee (who has become a go to guy for conservative candidates) and Freedom Works today. Love became mayor of Saratoga Springs in January 2010 after garnering 59% of the vote. Before that she served for 6 years on the City Council. It's hard to know what national issues are important to Mayor Love, since city politics are very different than national politics, but Love told the Salt Lake Tribune in 2009, "When I sit down at that podium, I should ask myself, 'What is the proper role of government?' It is a question I ask myself every time." Mia Love Facebook Page Mia Love Twitter Account Love was featured in a Mormon.org "I'm a Mormon" video, (even showing up on Times Square): 5 Comments |

