As for being a Mormon counting more than being a Republican in UT, well, maybe that’s so, but it would only matter if the GOP nominates a non-Mormon for the governorship, which is not going to happen.
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However the 4th District includes covers Salt Lake City, the strong hold of the Mormons...
Salt Lake City was in the 2nd District, Matheson’s old district until the 2010 census added the new 4th District..
From 2000 on Matheson won Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County as a Democrat in the 2nd District, a Mormon district..
Religion counts in Utah..
“However the 4th District includes covers Salt Lake City, the strong hold of the Mormons...
Salt Lake City was in the 2nd District, Matheson’s old district until the 2010 census added the new 4th District..
From 2000 on Matheson won Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County as a Democrat in the 2nd District, a Mormon district..
Religion counts in Utah..”
For someone who purports to know so much about Mormonism, you sure are ignorant.
1. Salt Lake City may be LDS church headquarters, but it is far less Mormon than the rest of Utah.
2. Salt Lake City is split among all four congressional districts in the state. The UT-04 does not “cover Salt Lake City”; it merely includes part of the city, along with part of Utah County (but not Provo itself).
3. Prior to the 2011 redistricting plan, the UT-02 represented by Matheson included part of SLC, but also a whole slew of rural counties. Yes, it was a Mormon-majority district, as were the other two CDs in the state back then.
4. Prior to 2012, Jim Matheson did win a Mormon-majority district, as did the Republicans who represented the other two Mormon-majority districts, and Republicans have won every single statewide election going back over 15 years.
I know that you don’t like Mormons, and you don’t like Democrats, but, unfortunately, most Mormons won’t make it easy for you by voting Democrat.