Utah State House of Representatives District 53 election 2012

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{{Infobox Election
| election_name = Utah State House of Representatives District 53 election, 2012
| country = United States
| type = State Legislative
| ongoing = no <!-- please don't change this -->
| previous_election = Utah State House of Representatives District 53 election, 2010
| previous_year = 2010
| next_election = Utah State House of Representatives District 53 election 2014
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = November 4, 2012
| image1 =
| nominee1 = [[Melvin R. Brown|Melvin Brown]]
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''13,115'''
| percentage1 = '''100.00'''
| title = Utah State Representative, District 53
| before_election = [[Melvin R. Brown|Melvin Brown]]
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Melvin R. Brown|Melvin Brown]]|
| after_party = |Republican Party (United States)
}}

The 2012 Utah State House of Representatives District 53 election took place on November 2, 2014, concurrently with the 2012 elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local offices.

==Election Process==

===Qualifications===
Candidates must have been: a U.S. citizen, 25 years old at the time of the election, a resident of Utah for 3 consecutive years, 6 consecutive month resident of the House district for which seeking office at the time of the filing deadline, and a Qualified voter at the time of the election.<ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/register/becoming-a-state-candidate|title=Becoming a Candidate for State Office (How to Become)|accessdate=January 9, 2014}}</ref>

===Filings===
The Deadline for candidates to have filed a declaration of their candidacy was March 20, 2012 at 5pm MST.<ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/election-resources/2014-election-dates|title=2014 Election Dates|accessdate=January 7, 2014}}</ref> To have become a valid write-in candidate an individual must have filed a Declaration of Write-In Candidacy no later than 30 days before the regular general election.<ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/election-resources/2014-election-dates|title=2014 Election Dates|accessdate=January 7, 2014}}</ref> There was a Filing Fee of $64.90 <ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/register/becoming-a-state-candidate|title=Becoming a Candidate for State Office (How to Become)|accessdate=January 7, 2014}}</ref>

===Precinct Caucses===
Precinct Caucses were held in each precinct for each party to determine the delegates to represent them at the state convention. All registered voters could attend.

===State Conventions===
The State Conventions were held by the Democratic, Republican, Constitution, Libertarian, and Utah Justice Parties.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G14/UT|title=Utah 2014 General Election|accessdate=January 9, 2014}}</ref> The candidate that received 50% or 60% won that Parties nomination (the percentage itself was set by the Party).<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G14/UT|title=Utah 2014 General Election|accessdate=January 9, 2014}}</ref>

===Primarys===
If no candidate had received the reqiured amount of delegates at the state convention a primary was to be held. The Primary would take place on June 26, 2012. The primary was held for the Democratic, Republican, Constitution, Libertarian, Parties.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G14/UT|title=Utah 2014 General Election|accessdate=January 9, 2014}}</ref>

===Write-Ins and Independents===
To have become a valid write-in candidate for a state office, an individual must have filed a Declaration of Write-In Candidacy no later than 30 days before the regular general election.<ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/register/becoming-a-state-candidate|title=Becoming a Candidate for State Office (How to Become)|accessdate=January 9, 2014}}</ref> Candidates who did not wish to affiliate with a ballot-approved political party could appear on the ballot by submitting a petition. Candidates for the Utah State House of Representatives must have submitted a petition with the signatures of at least 300 registered voters residing within the political division or at least 5% of the registered voters residing within a political division, whichever was less. The names on the petition must have been verified by the county clerk(s) as registered voters. Holographic (physical) signatures were required. Electronic signatures of any kind were not acceptable.<ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/register/becoming-a-state-candidate|title=Becoming a Candidate for State Office (How to Become)|accessdate=January 9, 2014}}</ref>

===General Election===
The General election took place on November 6, 2012. The candidate that received a majority or polarity of the votes would win the election. If no candidate received a majority or polarity of the votes a Runoff Election would be held.

==Candidates==
The individuals listed below were candidates for State Representative from the 53rd District in 2012.

===Republican Party===
* [[Melvin R. Brown|Melvin Brown]], Member of the Utah State House of Representatives since 2006.<ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/election-resources/2012-candidate-filings#House|accessdate=February 9, 2014|title=Utah House of Representatives Candidates}}</ref>
* [[John B. Zimmerman]], Candidate for the Utah State House of Representatives, 2012.<ref>{{citation|url=http://elections.utah.gov/election-resources/2012-candidate-filings#House|accessdate=February 9, 2014|title=Utah House of Representatives Candidates}}</ref>

==Republican Nomination==

===Campaign===
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===State Convention===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- Republican convention, 1st round results.<ref>{{citation|url=http://utahgop.wordpress.com/|accessdate=February 9, 2014|title=Election Results: Utah House of Representatives}}</ref>
! Name !! votes !! % !!
|-
| Melvin R. Brown || 36 || 65% ||
|-
| John B. Zimmerman || 18 || 33 ||
|}

==General election==
The General election will took place on November 2, 2012.

===Results===
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! colspan="7" |
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align="center"
! colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate
! style="width: 5em" |Votes
! style="width: 7em" |Percentage
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| style="width: 130px" | '''[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]'''
| '''Melvin R. Brown'''
| align="right" | '''13,115'''
| align="right" | '''100.00'''
|-
|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="4" align="right" | '''Totals'''
| align="right" | '''13,115'''
| align="right" | '''100.00'''

|-bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Utah Legislature]]
[[Category:Utah elections]]