2012 United States Senate election in Utah

2012 United States Senate election in Utah

November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
Turnout55.4% (voting eligible)
 
Nominee Orrin Hatch Scott Howell
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 657,608 301,873
Percentage 65.31% 29.98%

Hatch:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Howell:      40–50%

U.S. senator before election

Orrin Hatch
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Orrin Hatch
Republican

The 2012 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a seventh and final term against the Democratic candidate, former state senator and IBM executive Scott Howell, in a rematch of the 2000 Senate election, with Hatch doing slightly better than in 2000.