Utah 2006: Hatch vs. Matheson

[Adlai Stevenson]

I'm going to predict that Matheson actually wins very narrowly, 48%-47%.  Hatch only won 62% versus 31% for the Democrat; he somewhat underperformed for Utah.  Does anyone else think Matheson will one day be elected a Senator or possibly more likely Governor?

[Adlai Stevenson]

48%-47%.  Hatch only won 62% versus 31% for the Democrat; he somewhat underperformed for Utah.

Not really; Democratic presidential nominees and statewide candidates can normally crack 30 percent and take a county or two. But for whatever reasons, Gore and Kerry underperformed.

I was referring to Hatch? 

[Adlai Stevenson]

Still it would have been interesting if he had faced a challenge; either in the primary or the general.  There seems to be some sentiment for change or an anti-Hatch movement in Utah; some of it in the Republican Party.