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2012 Romney Fundraising in Utah Down from 2008

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With Rick Santorum out of the presidential race, Mitt Romney will soon make history as the first Mormon to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. But interestingly, the candidate has raised less money from the state with the most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints than he did in 2008. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics.

Salt Lake Tribune Washington Corespondent Thomas Burr

(KCPW News) With Rick Santorum out of the presidential race, Mitt Romney will soon make history as the first Mormon to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. But interestingly, the candidate has raised less money from the state with the most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints than he did in 2008. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics. KCPW’s Jeff Robinson asked him how Romney’s Utah 2012 fundraising compares with 2008.

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