Tuesday's primary in Utah is mainly for the state houses. They hold state political conventions to nominate their candidates.
The Congressional candidates were determined at the nominating conventions and will be on the November 4, 2014 ballot. One of the four Congressional districts currently has a Democratic representative, Jim Matheson, but, he is retiring. The other three are solidly Republican. For information on the Democratic led district and the candidates there see this link: http://ballotpedia.org/Utah's_4th_Congressional_District_elections,_2014 Mia Love is the Republican Candidate to replace Matheson. For a little background on Love, see this Politico article: http://www.politico.com//story/2013/12/mia-love-jim-matheson-decision-101277.html
Other links of interest regarding Utah elections include:
http://elections.mytimetovote.com/utah.html
http://ballotpedia.org/Utah_elections,_2014
http://politics1.com/ut.htm
The State Offices will not be on the ballot until 2016 (with the exception of a special election for Attorney General which will be on November ballot) and the two Senators, Orin Hatch (R), and Mike Lee (R) are not up for re-election until 2018 for Hatch and 2016 for Lee.
So, if you are a registered Democrat, please go vote for your state senators and representatives next Tuesday.
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