UTAH

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• Utah's 2nd congressional district Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson has survived Republican challenges by increasing margins, even though his Salt Lake City based district votes Republican in most elections. Republicans have held the seat before and Bush won here by a wide margin in 2004, 66% to Kerry's 31% (CPVI=R+17). He will face Republican nominee Bill Dew in the general election.

• Utah's 3rd congressional district In 2006, Republican incumbent Chris Cannon survived a diffucult Republican primary against businessman John Jacob, who vigorously attacked Cannon's support of amnesty for illegal aliens. Cannon won 56% due mainly to Jacob's last-minute errors. Jacob is not running again in 2008. At the 2008 Utah State Convention, one of Cannon's primary challengers, gubernatorial chief of staff Jason Chaffetz, defeated Cannon, but did not receive a supermajority of the vote thus Cannon and Chaffetz will face off in a runoff primary on June 24, 2008. Juab County Prosecutor David Leavitt, another Republican challenger who came in third place at the convention, endorsed Cannon.^[170][171]