Despite the Republican National Convention held this week in Tampa, Florida, Republican Congressional candidate Chris Stewart has been here in Utah. The candidate made it out of the state GOP convention earlier this year as his party’s nominee for the 2nd District, despite the huge number of candidates running.
Progressive public policy is the goal of Democratic State Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck. The Salt Lake City lawmaker has served in the legislature since 2008, contributing significantly in the debates over LGBT rights, immigration, social justice and ballot issues. We talked with her, followed by Alan Matheson, Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s senior adviser on environmental matters.
Today on the show, we talked with State Rep. Kraig Powell of Heber City about his effort’s to open up caucus meetings in the Utah Legislature to the public, and interviewed Democratic Treasurer candidate Christopher Stout.
Today on the show, we looked at automatic license plate scanners with the ACLU of Utah and Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder, talked about public lands policy with Black Diamond Equipment CEO Peter Metcalf, and chatted with Donna McAleer, the Democratic nominee in Utah’s 1st Congressional District this election year.
Depending on which person you ask, the American Legislative Exchange Council is a useful tool for state lawmakers to learn how to promote limited government and free markets, or a secretive, closed-door group where corporate lobbyists have premium access to politicians and get to write their legislation for them.
GOP Presidential contender Mitt Romney is in London for today’s opening ceremony for the 2012 summer Olympic Games. Meanwhile, some are hoping documents set to be unveiled next month about the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City will reveal more about Romney, who was president of those games.
There are many critical issues on the table this election year in Salt Lake County, like canyons development, SkiLink, human services and incorporation, to name a few. And today, we talked with two candidates running for the county council about those topics.
Josie Valdez spent more than two decades with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Now, the Murray Democrat is looking to win a seat in the Utah Senate, even beating a former Democratic lawmaker in last month’s primary election. She joined us to discuss her qualifications and ideas.
Constitutional lawyer Merrill Nelson is looking to make a comeback to the Utah Legislature. After serving in the early 1990s, he’s running again to represent Tooele County and other rural areas. We also spoke with Democratic Salt Lake County Council Candidate Sam Granato.
Democratic Congressional candidate Jay Seegmiller served one term in the Utah House of Representatives after defeating the House Speaker back in 2008, but fell to his GOP opponent in 2010, tough year for Utah Dems. We talked with him about his job creation plans and strategy for winning Utah’s 2nd congressional district.
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