| Election Name: | 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Utah (1913–2011).svg |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Seats For Election: | All 3 Utah seats to the United States House of Representatives |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2006 |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Last Election1: | 2 |
| Seats1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 292,235 |
| Percentage1: | 51.30% |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Last Election2: | 1 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 244,483 |
| Percentage2: | 42.92% |
The Utah congressional elections of 2006 were held on November 7, 2006, as part of the United States general elections of 2006 with all three House seats up for election. The winners served from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009.
| United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 2006[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Republican | 292,235 | 51.30% | 2 | — | |
| Democratic | 244,483 | 42.92% | 1 | — | |
| Constitution | 23,467 | 4.12% | 0 | — | |
| Libertarian | 6,167 | 1.08% | 0 | — | |
| Green | 3,338 | 0.59% | 0 | — | |
| Totals | 569,690 | 100.00% | 3 | — | |
| Election Name: | 2006 Utah's 1st congressional district election |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Utah (1913–2011).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah#District 1 |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah#District 1 |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Image1: | File:Rob Bishop official portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Rob Bishop |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 156,692 |
| Percentage1: | 61.6% |
| Nominee2: | Steven Olsen |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 57,922 |
| Percentage2: | 32.5% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Rob Bishop |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Rob Bishop |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| Map Size: | 200px |
See also: Utah's 1st congressional district.
Incumbent Republican Congressman Rob Bishop won re-election to a third term over Democratic nominee Steven Olsen, Constitution Party nominee Mark Hudson, and Libertarian nominee Lynn Badler.
| Election Name: | 2006 Utah's 2nd congressional district election |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Utah (1913–2011).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah#District 2 |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah#District 2 |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Image1: | Jimmatheson.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jim Matheson |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 133,231 |
| Percentage1: | 59.0% |
| Nominee2: | LaVar Christensen |
| Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 84,234 |
| Percentage2: | 37.3% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Jim Matheson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| After Election: | Jim Matheson |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Map Size: | 200px |
See also: Utah's 2nd congressional district.
Although incumbent Jim Matheson (D) won re-election in 2004 by a margin of 13%, his district is in a heavily Republican state. The district includes the most Democratic areas in Utah, such as the liberal communities of Grand County, the large Greek communities of Carbon County, the Navajos of San Juan County, and heavily Democratic Salt Lake City. Matheson is a regular target of the GOP every election. State Representative LaVar Christensen (R) of Draper, a small affluent suburb of Salt Lake City, ran as the Republican nominee in the district. For example, Christensen was one of two major sponsors of a bill that amended Utah's Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The amendment was rejected by two-thirds of Summit County, half of Grand County, and only passed by 4% in Salt Lake County, while the state as a whole averaged 66%, with the most supportive areas to banning such marriages being located in the first and third districts, not the second. Matheson had approval ratings in the high 70s, the highest for any elected official in Utah.
| Election Name: | 2006 Utah's 3rd congressional district election |
| Country: | Utah |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Utah (1913–2011).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah#District 3 |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Image1: | File:Chris Cannon, official 110th Congress photo.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Chris Cannon |
| Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 95,455 |
| Percentage1: | 57.7% |
| Nominee2: | Christian Burridge |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 53,330 |
| Percentage2: | 32.24% |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Chris Cannon |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| After Election: | Chris Cannon |
| After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
| Map Size: | 200px |
See also: Utah's 3rd congressional district.
Congressman Chris Cannon (R) had represented this district for ten years, but found himself in a competitive primary, just as he had in 2004. In a campaign that focused almost exclusively on the immigration issue, Businessman John Jacob repeatedly attacked Cannon for his support for a guest worker program. In May 2006, at the state GOP convention, Jacob surprised Cannon by winning 52 percent of the delegate ballots. "Cannon’s 48 percent showing was especially poor, given that the ballots were cast mainly by the party insiders who dominate such conventions.".[2] The Republican primary was held on June 27, 2006. While polls showed a close race,[3] in the June Republican primary, Cannon received 32,306 votes (55.8%) and Jacob received 25,589 votes (44.2%).