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The Post-Primary Path Ahead for Hatch

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With the Republican primary election behind him and an overwhelming victory, longtime Utah Senator Orrin Hatch has survived a challenge from his right, which is more than can be said for some of his GOP colleagues in Congress. Does that mean we’ll hear a different tune from the Senator for the next few months when it comes to some of the most contentious issues in Washington?

Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr

(KCPW News) With the Republican primary election behind him and an overwhelming victory, longtime Utah Senator Orrin Hatch has survived a challenge from his right, which is more than can be said for some of his GOP colleagues in Congress. Does that mean we’ll hear a different tune from the Senator for the next few months when it comes to some of the most contentious issues in Washington? 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 what we might hear from Hatch now.

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