District: Utah - 1st District Political Highlights: Utah House, 1979-95; Utah Republican Party chairman, 1997-2001 Born: July 13, 1951; Salt Lake City, Utah Residence: Brigham City Religion: Mormon Family: Wife, Jeralynn Bishop; five children Education: U. of Utah, B.A. 1974 Elected: 2002 Committee Assignments: Armed Services (Readiness; Tactical Air & Land Forces); Natural Resources Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Republican House Seniority: 41st ranked House Republican Twitter: 3,134 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Rob Bishop (R) Dave Thomas (D) Craig Axford (GREEN)
Votes
109,265 66,104 4,027
%
60.9% 36.9% 2.3%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Rob Bishop (R) Steve Thompson (D) Charles Johnston (C) Richard Soderberg (PC)
Votes
199,615 85,630 4,510 4,206
%
67.9% 29.1% 1.5% 1.4%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Rob Bishop (R) Steven Olsen (D) Mark Hudson (CNSTP) Lynn Badler (LIBERT)
Votes
112,546 57,922 5,539 2,467
%
63.1% 32.5% 3.1% 1.4%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Rob Bishop (R) Morgan Bowen (D) Kirk Pearson (CNSTP) Joseph Buchman (LIBERT)
Votes
196,799 92,469 7,397 6,780
%
64.9% 30.5% 2.4% 2.2%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Rob Bishop (R) Morgan Bowen (D) Kirk Pearson (CNSTP) Jared Stratton (LIBERT)
Votes
135,247 46,765 9,143 4,307
%
69.2% 23.9% 4.7% 2.2%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Rob Bishop (R) Donna McAleer (D) Sherry Phipps (CNSTP)
Votes
175,487 60,611 9,430
%
71.5% 24.7% 3.8%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Rob Bishop (R) Donna McAleer (D) Craig Bowden (LIBERT) Dwayne Vance (IA)
