7 percent were undecided. Prior to the election ''FiveThirtyEights forecast gave Bishop a 100 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 73 percent of the vote to Bowen's 24 percent. On election day Bishop was re-elected with 69 percent of the vote to Bowen's 24 percent. Bishop was again re-elected in 2012 and 2014. General election results External links District 2 The 2nd district included Millcreek, Sandy, St. George and parts of Lehi, Murray and Salt Lake City. The district's population was 86 percent white and 8 percent Hispanic (see Race and ethnicity in the United States Census); 92 percent were high school graduates and 33 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $55,863. In the 2008 presidential election the district gave 58 percent of its vote to Republican nominee John McCain and 40 percent to Democratic nominee Barack Obama. In 2010 the district had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+15. Democrat Jim Matheson, who took office in 2001, was the incumbent. Matheson was re-elected in 2008 with 63 percent of the vote. In July 2009 Matheson said he would seek re-election rather than running for governor or for the U.S. Senate. In 2010 Matheson's opponent in the general election was Republican nominee Morgan Philpot, a former member of the Utah House of Representatives. Independent candidates Dave Glissmeyer, the founder of ProTel NetWorks; and Wayne L. Hill; and Constitution Party nominee Randall Hinton, a web developer, also ran. Claudia Wright, a teacher, also sought the Democratic nomination. Scott McCoy, a member of the Utah State Senate, suggested in November 2009 that Matheson should be challenged in the Democratic primary in response to his vote against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but said he would not run. Philpot was unopposed in the Republican primary. Matheson raised $1,803,801 and spent $2,465,527. Philpot raised $386,467 and spent the same amount. Glissmeyer raised $8,987 and spent $11,150. In a poll of 200 registered voters, conducted by Western Wats between September 30 and October 3, 2010, Matheson led with 46 percent to Philpot's 30 percent. A poll of 226 likely voters, conducted by Dan Jones & Associates, the results of which were published in October 2010, found Matheson leading with 57 percent to Philpot's 31 percent, while Glissmeyer and Hinton had the support of 1 percent apiece, less than 1 percent backed Hill, and