November 2016 Election, Utah
See also: Utah
This election is scheduled for the 8th of November 2016.[1]
The Republican Primay is scheduled for June 28th.
Candidates
Governor
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Brian E Kamerath, Barry Evan Short | Our pick. Libertarian |
| L.S. Brown, Hal B. Massey | Unaffiliated |
| Superdell Schanze, Gregory C. Duerden | Independent American Party |
| Candidates to Not Vote for | |
| Gary R. Herbert, Spencer J. Cox | Republican. Incumbent. Signature gathering candidate. |
| Mike Weinholtz, Kim Bowman | Democrat |
| Vaughn R. Cook, Jan Vandenberghe Garbett | Democrat |
| Eliminated Candidates[2][3] | |
| Jonathan Johnson, Robyn Bagley | Our primary pick. Republican. Caucus Candidate. |
| Gary R. Van Horn, Patricia Kent | Independent American Party |
| Nate G. Jensen | Republican. Suspended his campaign and endorsed Jonathan Johnson.[4] |
| Carlos J. Tavares Jr. | Republican |
Auditor
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| John Dougall | Republican. Incumbent. |
| Jared Green | Independent American Party. Can't find any sign of an actual campaign. |
| Candidates to Not Vote for | |
| Mike Mitchell | Democrat |
Treasurer
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Richard Proctor | Constitution Party |
| David Damschen | Republican. Incumbent. Appointed, taking office in Jan 2016. |
| Candidates to Not Vote for | |
| Neil A. Hansen | Democrat |
Attorney General
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Michael W. IsBell | Our Pick. Independent American Party |
| Sean D. Reyes | Republican. Incumbent. |
| W. Andrew McCullough | Libertarian |
| Eliminated Candidates | |
| Jon V. Harper | Democrat. Withdrew from the race, citing health.[5] |
Utah Senate - District 7
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Deidre Henderson | Our Pick. Republican. Incumbent. |
| Andrew Apsley | Democrat |
See: District Map
Utah Senate - District 14
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Joe Buchman | Libertarian. Libertarian principles. Extraterrestrial enthusiast. |
| Dan Hemmert | Republican. Caucus candidate. Supports Gary Herbert. |
| Curt Crosby | Independent American Party. Not really campaigning. Libertarian principles, but apparently pro-Trump. Multilevel marketing. |
| Eliminated Candidates[6] | |
| Morgan Philpot | Our Primary Pick. Republican. Caucus candidate. |
None of these candidates is at all ideal.
See: District Map
Utah House - District 67
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Marc Roberts | Our pick. Republican. Incumbent. Caucus candidate. |
| Eliminated Candidates[7] | |
| Richard Moore | Republican. Signature gathering candidate. |
See: District Map
U.S. Senate
U.S. House - District 3
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Jason Chaffetz | Our pick. Republican. Incumbent. |
| Candidates to Not Vote for | |
| Stephen P. Tryon | Democrat. |
See: District Map
U.S. House - District 4
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Mia B. Love | Our pick. Republican. Incumbent. |
| Collin R. Simonsen | Constitution Party. |
| Candidates to Not Vote for | |
| Doug Owens | Democrat. |
Both of these candidates seem pretty good.
See: District Map
Judicial Retainment - 4th Judicial District
The retainment votes are tricky. People tend to vote "yes", even thought they have little to no information. This tends to make bad judges very hard to oust. At the same time "when in doubt, vote no" seems an overly harsh rule to apply. At the same time, it seems almost necessary to counteract the mindless reverence that sitting judges tend to elicit from the voting public. At the very least, when in doubt, don't vote. Voting uninformed can be worse than not voting. We will not make a recommendation unless we feel we have found enough information to judge the probability of a vote being a good one.
| Name | Recommendation |
|---|---|
| Darold J. McDade | |
| F. Richards Smith III | |
| Suchada P. Bazzelle | No |
Constitutional Amendments
| Amendment | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| A - "technical wording change in the oath of office"[8] | Nay | Seemingly neutral affect. When in doubt, vote no. |
| B - "State School Fund provisions"[9] | Nay | Short term strategy implementation that will hurt the State School Fund in the long run. |
| C - "property tax exemption for tangible personal property that is leased by the state"[10] | Nay | Seems to complicate the process of calculating the needed revenues, and solve imaginary problems. Admittedly, there are other concerns as well, which would require a better understanding of tangible personal property taxes. It is somewhat alarming that such a tax even exists. Keep it simple, and, when in doubt, vote no. (Really, Utah is taxing business furniture, just because it's there? Registration fees for vehicles that drive on state roads are understandable. A tax on some business's couch? That's just theft, and ridiculous micro-managed theft at that.) |
County Elections
November 2016 Election, Utah County, Utah
External Resources
- "2016 Candidate Filing & Ballot Information" - UtahCounty.gov
- Election Resources - utah.gov
- District Maps - Utah State Legislature
- Craig Frank, "2016 NOMINATING CONVENTION RESULTS", Utah County Republican Party, 19 April 2016
References
- ↑ Spencer J. Cox, "Notice of Election: 2016 General Election", Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 16 Nov 2015
- ↑ Lisa Riley Roche, "Gov. Gary Herbert, Jonathan Johnson headed to primary after GOP convention vote", KSL.com, Apr 23rd, 2016
- ↑ Josh Furlong, "LIVE: Utah primary election results", KSL.com, 28 Jun 2016
- ↑ Nate Jensen for Utah Governor - 2016, Facebook, 3 Apr 2016
- ↑ Dennis Romboy, "Democrat Jon Harper withdraws from Utah attorney general's race", KSL, 21 Sep 2016
- ↑ Josh Furlong, "LIVE: Utah primary election results", KSL.com, 28 Jun 2016
- ↑ Josh Furlong, "LIVE: Utah primary election results", KSL.com, 28 Jun 2016
- ↑ https://vote.utah.gov/vote/profile/viewPDF.html?id=269508067
- ↑ https://vote.utah.gov/vote/profile/viewPDF.html?id=269508075
- ↑ https://vote.utah.gov/vote/profile/viewPDF.html?id=269508079