Category Archives: Utah delegates
SALT LAKE CITY — This Saturday, almost 7,000 Republican and Democratic state party delegates will meet to nominate candidates in key races including U.S. Senate, Congress and governor. To better understand the work delegates do, the Deseret News and KSL-TV … Continue reading
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s too close to call whether Gov. Gary Herbert and Sen. Orrin Hatch have enough delegate support at Saturday’s state Republican Party Convention to avoid a primary, a new poll shows. The Utah Foundation survey of … Continue reading
SALT LAKE CITY — A secret poll of state senators found them favoring one of their former colleagues in the race for U.S. Senate. Republican Dan Liljenquist came out on top in an informal poll conducted by the Office of … Continue reading
By Daryl Acumen, For the Deseret News I’ve been asked who I thought won the first Senate debate, held April 14. My answer is that all three candidates won the debate that night, depending on how you define “winning.” Hatch … Continue reading
Commentary: By Daryl Acumen, For the Deseret News On March 14th 2012, Deseret News staff writer Jared Page published a story titled “Utah GOP battling efforts to manipulate party caucuses.” In it, he describes FreedomWorks’ statewide effort to persuade its … Continue reading
Commentary: By Kristen Price, For the Deseret News As a delegate to the Utah State Republican Convention, I was invited to attend the state school board meeting on April 13 to get a better understanding of the controversial Common Core … Continue reading
Commentary: By Kristen Price, For the Deseret News As a delegate, I am spending a lot of time attending candidate presentations, usually two or three a day. With the exception of Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, all of the candidates I … Continue reading
By Rosemary Young, For the Deseret News Yesterday was a busy day as a delegate: a gubernatorial debate in Farmington from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., a visit with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, in Bountiful and on to the Davis … Continue reading
Commentary: By Judy Moore, For the Deseret News At my precinct caucus meeting, I nervously sat at a collection of four desks with my husband, my neighbor and my mom. I watched as people, a lot of them I knew, … Continue reading