Utah's 5th State 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 won her re-election bid on November 4, 2008, against Republican candidate Jonathan Fidler and Constitution candidate James E. Peverelle, Jr.

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

Previous Utah State Senators (District 5)

Name	Party	Term
Karen Mayne	Democrat	2008–Present
Ed Mayne	Democrat	2003–2007
Brent C. Richards	Republican	1993–1995
Dix H. McMullin	Republican	1983–1992
James F. Considine	Democratic	1982
Arthur L. Kimball	Democratic	1977–1981
Donald G. Brooke	Democrat	1973–1976
Douglas G. Bischoff	Republican	1971–1972
C. Taylor Burton	Republican	1967–1970
Gordon E. Harmston	Democrat	1963–1965
Bennie Schmiett	Democrat	1961
Glen M. Hatch	Democrat	1957–1959
B. H. Stringham	Republican	1953–1955
Lynn Orser	Democrat	1949–1951
H. Grant Vest	Democrat	1945–1947
Lynne Ashton	Democrat	1941–1943
G. Victor Billings	Democrat	1937–1939
Hyrum B. Calder	Democrat	1933–1935
Ray E. Dillman		1929–1931
Thomas W. O'Donnell		1925–1927
William H. Smart		1921–1923
James W. Clyde		1917–1919
L. B. Wight		1913–1915
James B. Wilson		1909–1911
Frederick Rasband		1905–1907
Joseph R. Murdock		1901–1903
Robert C. Chambers		1896–1899

Election results

2008 General Election

Utah State Senate election, 2008
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Karen Mayne	13,676	67.27	−32.73
Republican	Jonathon Fidler [1]	6,641	32.67	32.67
Write-In	Unknown	13	0.06	0.06

2006 General Election

Utah State Senate election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ed Mayne	10,067	100.0

Current Candidates

Note: See footnote for candidate listing guidelines.^[1]

District		Incumbent	Status		Candidate
5	Democratic	Karen Mayne (Salt Lake County)	Running	Constitution	James E. Peverelle, Jr.
				Democratic	Karen Mayne [2]
				Republican	Samuel Fidler [3]

References

^ Candidates are listed alphabetically by party and name to avoid partisanship towards a single party and/or candidate.

External links

Preceded by Ed Mayne	Karen Mayne 2008 - Present	Succeeded by

[1] Candidates are listed alphabetically by party and name to avoid partisanship towards a single party and/or candidate.

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