- Utah's 2nd congressional district
Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Utah
district number = 2
image width = 350
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representative =Jim Matheson
party = Democratic
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percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 744,389
population year = 2000
median income = 45,583
percent white =90.8
percent black = 0.6
percent asian = 1.6
percent native american = 2.3
percent hispanic = 5.9
percent other race = 0.5
percent blue collar =
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cpvi = R+17Utah District 2 of the
United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that currently serves the largely rural southern and eastern portions ofUtah (including Saint George and Moab in the south and Vernal in the east), as well as the east side of urbanSalt Lake County , the northern portion ofUtah County , andWasatch County . The current Representative from District 2 is DemocratJim Matheson . Even thoughGeorge W. Bush received 67% of the vote in this district in 2004, Rep. Matheson's conservative Democratic stances keep him in office.Matheson is facing the Republican challenger
Bill Dew in the 2008 general election. Dew defeated five other Republican contenders to win his party's nomination at Utah's state convention.List of Representatives
District borders are periodically redrawn and some district residences may no longer be in the current 2nd district.
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