Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The freshman Republican congressman who garnered publicity for sleeping on a cot in his Washington office has been re-elected to represent Utah's 3rd Congressional District.
Based on early returns, Jason Chaffetz easily defeated Democratic challenger Karen Hyer.
Hyer is a former lifetime Republican who said she voted for Chaffetz in 2008 but switched her allegiance this year to challenge the 43-year-old former college football kicker and marketing executive.
Among the 69-year-old Hyer's complaints: Chaffetz doesn't live in the district he represents.
Chaffetz lives about two miles from the district boundary in Alpine and dismissed the criticism as hyperbole.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
