Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,he led the Senate Democratic Caucus during the final ten years of his tenure,during which time he served as Senate Minority Leader and Majority Leader.
Tommy George Thompson is an American politician who served as the 19th United States secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2005 in the cabinet of President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 42nd governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001 and as the Republican leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1981 to 1987.
Olene Walker was an American politician who served as the 15th governor of Utah from 2003 to 2005,succeeding the governorship after Mike Leavitt's resignation. A member of the Republican Party,Walker was Utah's first female governor and the first female lieutenant governor of Utah.
Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. is an American businessman,diplomat,and politician who served as the 16th governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the ambassador of the United States to Russia from 2017 to 2019,ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011,and ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 2,2004. It was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The political positions of Mitt Romney have been recorded from his 1994 U.S. senatorial campaign in Massachusetts,the 2002 gubernatorial election,during his 2003–2007 governorship,during his 2008 U.S. presidential campaign,in his 2010 book No Apology:The Case for American Greatness,during his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign,and during his 2018 senatorial campaign in Utah. Some of these political positions have changed,while others have remained unchanged.
The Tommy Thompson presidential campaign of 2008 began when the former Wisconsin Governor and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States on April 1,2007. Thompson centered his campaign in Iowa,where he had spent the previous year building an organization in anticipation of the Ames straw poll. Throughout the campaign,Thompson remained low in Republican opinion polls and garnered very few political endorsements and campaign donations. He dropped out of the race on August 12,2007 following a sixth-place finish at Ames.
Eric David Hargan is an American lawyer and government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services from October 2017 to January 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Hargan previously acted in this role in 2007 under the George W. Bush administration.
The 2004 Utah gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2004. The incumbent governor was Republican Olene S. Walker,who had become governor following Mike Leavitt's resignation to join the George W. Bush administration. However,Walker placed fourth in the Republican primary,far behind Jon Huntsman Jr. Huntsman won the nomination and went on to win the general election,carrying 25 of the 29 counties and winning 57.7% of the overall vote. This was the last time that a Democratic nominee for any statewide office has received forty percent or more of the popular vote,and the most recent election in which a Democratic nominee carried more than three counties in the state.
The 2000 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 7,2000,as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2012 presidential campaign of Mitt Romney officially began on June 2,2011,when former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney formally announced his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States,at an event in Stratham,New Hampshire. Having previously run in the 2008 Republican primaries,this was Romney's second campaign for the presidency.
The Jon Huntsman presidential campaign of 2012 began in mid-2011 when Ambassador and former Governor of Utah Jon Huntsman,Jr. announced his candidacy for the Republican Party (GOP) nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 election. On May 3,2011,Huntsman announced his intentions to file a political action committee with the Federal Election Commission. Subsequently,Huntsman announced on June 14,2011,he was running for president and made an official announcement in Liberty State Park one week later on June 21.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Utah voters chose six electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,Congressman Paul Ryan.
Dixie L. Leavitt is an American entrepreneur and state legislator who served as a Republican member of the Utah State House of Representatives and Senate from 1963 to 1976,and from 1989 to 1992 from Utah's 24th house district and 11th and 29th senate districts. He is the founder of the Leavitt Group,one of the largest independent insurance brokerages in the nation,and is the father of former Utah governor Mike Leavitt.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The planned presidential transition of Mitt Romney,better known as the Romney Readiness Project,refers to the planned transfer of power from President Barack Obama to Mitt Romney,the Republican Party's candidate for president in the 2012 presidential election. As Barack Obama was reelected as president,the transition never took place.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on June 26.
Norma Louise Matheson was an American politician,political strategist,activist,and conservationist who served as the First Lady of Utah from 1977 until 1985. Matheson,the wife of former Governor Scott M. Matheson,was considered a pioneer for women in Utah politics and the matriarch of the Matheson political family. Her prominent role in state politics earned her the nickname "godmother" of the Utah Democratic Party.
The 1976 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1976. Democratic candidate Scott M. Matheson defeated Republican nominee Vernon B. Romney,who had defeated Dixie L. Leavitt for his party's nomination,with 52.02% of the vote.
