5th Utah Senate District

[
Utah Senate District.]

The 5th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County, Utah. The current State Senator representing the 5th district is Karen Mayne. Mayne was appointed to the Utah Senate on January 16, 2008 to fill a seat that was recently vacated when her husband Senator Ed Mayne died. Mayne is up for re-election in 2008.

History

The 2001 Utah State Legislature passed legislation redistricting Utah's Senate Districts. This legislation took effect during the 2002 General election and Ed Mayne became the Senator for the current 5th Senate District. Prior to the 2002 General Election he represented Senate District 11 from 1995 to 2002.

Ed Mayne passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2007. His wife Karen Mayne was appointed to replace him.

Previous Utah State Senators (District 5)

Election Results

2006 General Election

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Ed Mayne
votes = 10,067
percentage = 100.0
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Current Candidates

Note: See footnote for candidate listing guidelines. [Candidates are listed alphabetically by party and name to avoid partisanship towards a single party and/or candidate.]

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type = District
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race = 1
party= Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Karen Mayne (Salt Lake County)
status = Running
candidates = 3Election box inline candidate with party link
party= Constitution Party (US)
candidate = James E. Peverelle, Jr.
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party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Karen Mayne [http://www.karenmayne.com/]
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party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = Jonathan Fidler [http://votefidler.com/]
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ee also

* Karen Mayne
* Utah Democratic Party
* Utah Republican Party
* Utah Senate

References

External links

* [http://www.le.state.ut.us/Documents/censusrpt/Profile.htm Utah Senate District Profiles]
* [http://www.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distbio2007.pl?dist05 Official Biography of Karen Mayne]