2010 United States Senate election in Utah

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2010 United States Senate election in Utah
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County results
Lee:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Granato:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Bob Bennett
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Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Lee
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Template:ElectionsUT The 2010 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 2, 2010, along with other midterm elections throughout the United States. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Bennett was seeking re-election to a fourth term, but lost renomination at the Republican Party's state convention. Mike Lee proceeded to win the Republican primary against Tim Bridgewater and the general election against Democrat Sam Granato. As of 2026, this is the most recent U.S. Senate election in which a political party held the seat after denying renomination to the incumbent senator.

Process

The filing period for candidates began March 12, 2010 and ended March 19, 2010. Candidates who had not filed by that date cannot appear on the ballot in November. Eleven candidates filed with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.[1]

Both the Utah State Democratic Party and the Utah State Republican Party held statewide caucus meetings on March 23, 2010. Caucus meetings are grouped by legislative district and divided by precincts with each precinct electing delegates who attend their respective party's state nominating convention.

The Utah State Democratic and Republican Parties held their conventions on May 8, 2010. At the Republican convention, incumbent Senator Bob Bennett finished third in balloting among delegates and was eliminated from the race. Business owner Tim Bridgewater finished first and attorney Mike Lee finished second, but Bridgewater did not receive enough votes (he needed at least 60 percent) to avoid a primary election runoff against Lee.[2] At the Democratic convention, delegates nominated businessman Sam Granato, who received 77.5 percent of the vote.[3]

In the Republican primary election, held on June 22, 2010, Lee became the Republican nominee by winning 51 percent of the vote against Bridgewater's 49 percent.[4]

The general election was held on November 2, 2010. Lee won the election with 62 percent of the vote to Granato's 33 percent and 6 percent for Constitution Party candidate Scott Bradley.[5]

Republican nomination

Convention

Candidates

On Ballot

Withdrew

Endorsements

The following are endorsements made before the convention

Bennett

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Notable Individuals and Organizations endorsing Bob Bennett

Lee

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State/local level positions (State Senators, Governors, etc.)
  • Former Governor Norm Bangerter of Utah
  • Attorney General Mark Shurtleff
  • State Senator Curt Bramble
  • State Senator Allen Christensen
  • State Senator Mark Madsen
  • State Representative John Dougall
  • State Representative Craig Frank
  • State Representative Francis Gibson
  • State Representative Kerry Gibson
  • State Representative Todd Kiser
  • State Representative Mike Morley
  • State Representative Curt Oda
  • State Representative Ken Sumsion
  • Former State Representative John Swallow
  • State Representative Ryan Wilcox
  • State Representative Carl Wimmer

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Federal politicians and Organizations

Polling

Poll Source Dates Administered Bob Bennett Tim Bridgewater Merrill Cook Cherilyn Eagar Mike Lee
Rasmussen Reports[13] April 8, 2010 14% 14% 6% 4% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 37%
Mason Dixon[14] April 22–25, 2010 16% 20% 1% 11% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 37%

Results

colspan="7" style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | State Republican Convention results, 2010[15][16][17]
Candidate First ballot Pct. Second ballot Pct. Third ballot Pct.
Script error: No such module "Sort". 982 28.75% 1225 35.99% 1383 42.72%
Script error: No such module "Sort". 917 26.84% 1274 37.42% 1854 57.28%
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Primary

Candidates

  • Tim Bridgewater, businessman
  • Mike Lee, attorney

Endorsements

Bridgewater

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Notable Individuals

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Utah Mayors[19]

Lee

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Federal politicians and Organizations

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State/local politicians and organizations
  • Former governor Norm Bangerter of Utah
  • Attorney General Mark Shurtleff
  • State Senator Curt Bramble
  • State Senator Allen Christensen
  • State Senator Mark Madsen
  • State Representative John Dougall
  • State Representative Francis Gibson
  • State Representative Kerry Gibson
  • State Representative Craig Frank
  • State Representative Ken Sumsion
  • State Representative Todd Kiser
  • State Representative Mike Morley
  • State Representative Curt Oda
  • State Representative Ryan Wilcox
  • State Representative Carl Wimmer
  • Former State Representative John Swallow
  • Most of the 9/12 and Tea Party Groups of Utah

Polling

Poll Source Dates Administered Tim Bridgewater Mike Lee
Wilson Research[20] June 10, 2010 30% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 39%
Deseret News/KSL-TV[21] June 12–17, 2010 style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 42% 33%

Results

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  Lee—60–70%
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  Lee—50–60%
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  Bridgewater—50–60%
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  Bridgewater—60–70%
State Republican Primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Lee 98,512 51.2%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Tim Bridgewater 93,905 48.8%
Total votes 192,417 100.0%

Democratic nomination

Candidates

  • Sam Granato, businessman[23]
  • Christopher Stout, accountant[24]

Results

State Democratic Convention results (first round)
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Granato 77 77%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Christopher Stout 23 23%
Total votes 100 100.0%

General election

Candidates

  • Scott Bradley (C), businessman
  • Sam Granato (D), businessman
  • Mike Lee (R), attorney

Campaign

Granato emphasized his opposition to nuclear weapon tests in neighboring Nevada. In addition, he criticized Lee for his support of raising the retirement age and for questioning the constitutionality of Social Security.[25]

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[26] Template:USRaceRating October 26, 2010
Rothenberg[27] Template:USRaceRating October 22, 2010
RealClearPolitics[28] Template:USRaceRating October 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[29] Template:USRaceRating October 21, 2010
CQ Politics[30] Template:USRaceRating October 26, 2010

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Sam Granato (D) Mike Lee (R) Other Undecided
Rasmussen Reports[31] June 23, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 28% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 58% 5% 9%
Rasmussen Reports[32] August 23, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 29% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 54% 5% 12%
Rasmussen Reports[33] October 13, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 28% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 61% 4% 8%
Deseret News/KSL-TV[34] October 11–14, 2010 600 ± 4.0% 31% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 53% 1% 11%
Mason-Dixon[35] October 27, 2010 625 ± 4.0% 32% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 48% 5% 15%
Deseret News/KSL-TV[36] October 25–28, 2010 1,206 ± 3.0% 30% style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 57% 6% 7%

Fundraising

Candidate (Party) Receipts Disbursements Cash On Hand Debt
style="color:black; background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Mike Lee (R) $1,595,383 $1,423,494 $165,314 $57,691
style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sam Granato (D) $250,607 $219,776 $30,831 $15,000
Source: Federal Election Commission[37]

Results

United States Senate election in Utah, 2010[38]
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Mike Lee 390,179 61.56% −7.18%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Sam Granato 207,685 32.77% +4.37%
Script error: No such module "Political party". Scott Bradley 35,937 5.67% +3.78%
Majority 182,494 28.79%
Total votes 633,801 100.00%
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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