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Plurality: 182,494 votes (28.79 percentage points). UT
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Notes: On May 8, 2010, 3,500 delegates were gathered at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City for the Utah State Republican Convention (>). Sen. Bob Bennett (R), seeking a fourth term, finished a distant third in the second round of voting, and did not qualify for the June 22 primary. It was a shock to the establishment and an early success for the Tea Party movement in the 2010 cycle. Businessman Tim Bridgewater and attorney Mike Lee engaged in a closely fought primary contest (>). In solidly Republican Utah, the winner would be heavily favored over businessman Sam Granato (D) in the general election. Lee's experience included clerking for U.S. Supreme Cout Justice Samuel Alito, general counsel to Gov. Jon Huntsman, and assistant U.S. attorney. His father served as an assistant U.S. attorney general and as soliciter general in the Reagan administration. Bridgewater, a businessman, had also served as chairman of the Utah County Republican Party and ran for Congress in 2002 and 2004. Lee defeated Bridgewater by 98,512 votes (51.20%) to 93,905 votes (48.80%). In the general election, there were four debates. The three candidates—Lee, Granato and Scott N. Bradley (C)—debated at KUED-TV studios in Salt Lake City on Sept. 16 (>). Lee and Granato debated at KBYU, taped on Oct. 12; on KSL-TV's "Sunday Edition with Bruce Lindsay," taped on Oct. 22 (broadcast Oct. 24); and on KSL Radio's "Doug Wright Show" on Oct. 28. Open Secrets reports the Lee campaign, which did have the competitive primary, spent $1.7 million compared to $290,629 for the Granato campaign (>). Campaign Managers: Mike Lee: Jonathan Reid (Jan. 2010) Senior legal counsel-international for Nature's Way-Schwabe North America, Jan. 2007-Dec. 2009. General Counsel for Raser Technologies, Inc., Dec. 2003-Dec. 2006. Attorney at Strong & Hanni Law Firm, PC, Sept. 2002-Dec. 2003. Law clerk for Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Howe, Jan. 2001-Aug. 2002. Senior legal counsel for Titus Communications, Inc. in Japan, June 1999-Dec. 20000. J.D. from University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 1999; B.A. in Japanese language and literature from Brigham Young University, 1996. Missionary in Japan, Sept. 1991-Sept. 1993. Sam Granato: Marla Kennedy (Apr. 2010...succeeding Rob Miller) Consultant at The Exoro Group in Salt Lake City from May 2007. Deputy director of communications for Salt Lake City Corporation, 2009. Head of client services accreditation for the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 2005-Feb. 2007. Fundraising/political consultant on Corroon for County Mayor, Sept.-Nov. 2004 and fundraising consultant on Jenny Wilson for County Council, June-Nov. 2004. Executive director of the Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah, Aug. 2002-Aug. 2004. Senior coordinator for paralympic accreditation for the 2002 Paralympic Games. Finance director on Donald Dunn for Congress, 1999-2000. B.S. in political science from University of Utah, 2006; general studies at Salt Lake Community College. See also: Josh Loftin. "Desperately Seeking Sam Granato." Salt Lake City Weekly, Aug. 4, 2010. --. "GOP Senate opponents Tim Bridgewater and Mike Lee struggle to differentiate." Associated Press, June 20, 2010. David Catanese. "No tea monopoly in Utah Senate race." Politico, June 15, 2010. Andrew Clark. "Tea Party ousts veteran Republican Bob Bennett in Utah." The Guardian, May 9, 2010. --. "Utah Sen. Bob Bennett Defeated At GOP Convention." NPR, May 8, 2010. Lee Davidson and Bob Bernick Jr. "Utah GOP delegates dump Sen. Bob Bennett at state convention; Bridgewater, Lee to battle in primary." Deseret News, May 8, 2010. Robert Gehrke. "Bridgewater touts business background." The Salt Lake Tribune, May 4, 2010. Lee Davidson. "Granato enters U.S. Senate race." Deseret News, June 1, 2009. |
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