Mayor Mia Love of Saratoga Springs secured the Republican nomination for Congress by a resounding margin at Saturday’s convention, garnering a whopping 70% of the vote from the GOP delegates of Utah’s 4th Congressional District. The excitement and energy Love brought was palpable in the convention center. Mia Love is clearly entering the race for Congress with the wind at her back, something that cannot be said for her Democrat opponent. [cont…]
The Patrick Henry Caucus getting some love from GOP voters?
December 27, 2011 by
Rep. Stephen Sandstrom (left) & Rep. Carl Wimmer (right). (Photo KSL.com) The Deseret News put a poll out this last weekend. It shows, among other things, that if the election for the 4th Congressional District were held today, Matheson would probably win. Meh. This same polling company also put Philpot at 26 points behind Matheson back […]
The top news in Utah politics this week…as far as Twitter sees it.
September 30, 2011 by
It’s Friday, and you know what that means: time to look back at the week in news. Sort of. This week, we’re going to look back at what’s being discussed in the myopic world of Utah politics on Twitter, specifically with the hashtag #utpol. Yeah. Really. I’m that scientific about it (and in case you […]
Utah is becoming even more Republican…if that’s even possible.
June 1, 2011 by
Last night, or early this morning, I engaged in some hyperbolic jousting over Twitter with the inestimable Deb Henry, a candidate for Vice Chair of the Utah Democratic Party. Amidst the trash talk, Deb reminded the world why she is running for Vice Chair of the Utah Democratic Party (yes, our state has one). http://twitter.com/heydebhenry/status/75806018684207104 […]
Half of life is showing up
October 19, 2010 by
It’s often been said that most of life is showing up (Woody Allen quantified it as “80 percent,” so who am I to argue?). So what does it say about our political candidates who won’t show up? In Utah, the presumed front-runners are not showing up. Complains Douglas Mortensen with Salt Lake’s Rotary Club: For […]
Utah still short a US attorney
October 8, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia Utah is still short a US attorney since Brett Tolman stepped down at the end of 2009. This blog has reported on this issue previously, noting that the Obama Administration has been looking at appointing a Republican in place of the Democrat proposed by Rep.e Jim Matheson. With Rep. Matheson failing to […]
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