An accusation that Jim Winder, Salt Lake County Sheriff, violated the Hatch Act by using government resources at campaign fundraising events has left Salt Lake County without its privately owned SWAT vehicle. Whether Winder will end up under investigation remains to be seen. Meanwhile, Salt Lake County’s SWAT may be hitching rides with squad cars for […]
Salt Lake County: Winder Loses County Its SWAT Vehicle After Using it on the Campaign
September 11, 2014 by
Does Doug Owens Have a Narrow Path to Victory?
August 4, 2014 by
It’s easy for us Republicans to prognosticate Mia Love’s imminent election to Congress. After a decade of Matheson and numerous futile campaigns to unseat him, we have a nationally popular candidate with a great story and a great campaign team. Victory appears to be on the horizon. But, as Darth Vader once warned an overconfident Imperial […]
Five Signs Doug Owens Doesn’t Plan on Winning
July 23, 2014 by
Democrat Doug Owens is running for Congress in Utah’s Fourth Congressional District. Or at least he is on paper. In real life, it looks like another thing. Whether he’s wowing us with his pie-making skills or telling us that the chaos in his campaign has been the plan all along, the Owens campaign seems doomed. And that’s […]
Ten Utah Races To Watch On Primary Night
June 20, 2014 by
Early voting in the Utah Primary ends today, and the Primary Election will be on Tuesday, June 24. With no statewide or federal offices grabbing headlines, it might be easy to forget that there’s a primary at all. But there is, and here’s ten races that you should keep your eyes on.
Complaint against CMV signatures filed
February 24, 2014 by
Even after the blows rained on County My Vote (“CMV”) by the passage by the Utah Senate of the nullifying SB54, the enemies of Utah’s nomination system seemed poised to strike back. CMV promised to unleash an onslaught of media coverage labeling the Utah Legislature as something akin to jackbooted Nazis, invoking Godwin’s law all […]
Campaign Fundraising: Free Speech or Extortion?
January 24, 2014 by
Utah has learned a lot about the state of campaign fundraising in recent months. We have John Swallow and Jason Powers to thank for that. With perhaps more creativity than we would like to give them credit for, Swallow and Powers found ways to duck, dodge, and hide from just about every Utah law designed […]
Picking the Best Candidate for Utah Attorney General
December 13, 2013 by
Tomorrow, the Republican Party will forward three names to Governor Gary Herbert who will appoint one of them as Utah Attorney General. All have great qualities, but only one of them has the right balance to manage the office, restore the public trust, and win reelection next year against a vigorous Democratic challenge for the […]
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