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 County results Hatch: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Howell: 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a seventh term against the Democratic candidate, former state Senator and IBM executive Scott Howell, in a rematch of the 2000 Senate election,with Hatch doing slightly better than in 2000. .[2] This would be the last time Hatch was elected to the Senate before his retirement in 2018.
- ^ Dr. Michael McDonald (February 9, 2013). "2012 General Election Turnout Rates". George Mason University. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ "Sen. Orrin Hatch forced into primary for first time since '76, faces Dan Liljenquist in June". Deseret News. April 21, 2012. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2012.