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Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | Lee (R) | Granato (D) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | 61.6 | 32.8 | Lee +28.8 |
| RCP Average | 10/13 - 10/28 | -- | 55.3 | 30.0 | Lee +25.3 | Deseret News | 10/25 - 10/28 | 1206 LV | 57 | 30 | Lee +27 | Mason-Dixon | 10/25 - 10/27 | 625 LV | 48 | 32 | Lee +16 | Rasmussen Reports | 10/13 - 10/13 | 500 LV | 61 | 28 | Lee +33 |
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Race Analysis
Bob Bennett was born the son of a senator, and in 1992 won the seat that his father had held for 24 years. Bennett was a moderate conservative and usually voted a somewhat more liberal line than the typical GOP senator.
Still, in almost any year, in almost any state, a Republican senator with a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of 84 percent would be considered conservative enough to win re-election. But 2010 is not any year, and Utah is not any state. It is one of the most heavily Republican states in the Union, giving over 60 percent of the vote to John McCain in 2008. The state Republican Party holds a convention each election cycle, with the top two vote-getters advance to the primary. Since the party is dominated by conservatives, this ensures some type of check on the election of a senator who is too far to the left for the party to stomach.
Support for immigration reform and the eponymous Wyden-Bennett health care bill -- which was very similar to the bill Obama eventually pushed through -- proved too much for Bennett to survive in this Tea Party-driven year. Bennett came in third at the GOP convention, and the septuagenarian exited the political stage.
The eventual winner of the GOP primary was attorney Mike Lee, a 39-year-old former Supreme Court clerk who ran to the right of his primary opponent, Tim Bridgewater. The former gubernatorial aide will face off against Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission Chair Sam Granato in the fall.
Polling Data
| Poll | Date | Sample | Lee (R) | Granato (D) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Results | -- | -- | 61.6 | 32.8 | Lee +28.8 |
| RCP Average | 10/13 - 10/28 | -- | 55.3 | 30.0 | Lee +25.3 |
| Deseret News | 10/25 - 10/28 | 1206 LV | 57 | 30 | Lee +27 |
| Mason-Dixon | 10/25 - 10/27 | 625 LV | 48 | 32 | Lee +16 |
| Deseret News | 10/11 - 10/14 | 600 LV | 53 | 31 | Lee +22 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 10/13 - 10/13 | 500 LV | 61 | 28 | Lee +33 |
| UtahPolicy/Western Wats | 9/30 - 10/3 | 600 RV | 52 | 21 | Lee +31 |
| Deseret News | 9/7 - 9/13 | 600 LV | 52 | 25 | Lee +27 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 8/23 - 8/23 | 500 LV | 54 | 29 | Lee +25 |
| Rasmussen Reports | 6/23 - 6/23 | 500 LV | 58 | 28 | Lee +30 |
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