Five independent and third-party candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate offered their thoughts about the U.S. political system and how to change it Monday night at the Salt Lake City Main Library’s Tessman Auditorium.
We talk with Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Peter Cooke, who just wrapped up his final debate with Republican Governor Gary Herbert. Then we talk with State Representative Derek Brown, who’s been an attorney, professor, and professional pianist. The freshman Republican from Sandy is running for another term.
Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz became the face of the Republican Party on national security issues this week as he sparred with the State Department while conducting a hearing into last month’s deadly attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. At the same time, the lawmaker happens to be a major surrogate for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.
While presidential candidate Mitt Romney enjoyed what most pundits consider to be a superior debate performance this week, former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt is coordinating the complicated effort to have a team in place should Romney’s campaign successfully lead him to the White House. And he’s certainly got his work cut out for him. 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.
Utah’s education system is run by the legislature, the state school board, the state superintendent as well as elected representatives in each district. But Wednesday Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor candidate Ben McAdams pointed out there are a lot more decision makers that are involved in the process, including county government. And as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, he says it’s time the county got more involved.
As the November election inches closer, one Utah candidate wants voters to think about the state’s long-term economic future when they go to the polls. Tuesday, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Peter Cooke held another press conference to tell reporters more needs to be done to save Hill Air Force Base, one of the state’s largest employers. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, the candidate struggled to offer any suggestions of his own.
Segment 1: “Escape from Camp 14” tells the story of the only person to have been born and raised in a North Korean prison camp – and to have escaped to the West. On Wednesday, author and journalist Blaine Harden joins us to describe life in the world’s most repressive regime and how one…
Utahns and voters across the nation will have more than two choices when they vote for president on November 6. And one candidate who’s trying to make sure they know that is Libertarian Gary Johnson. The former New Mexico Governor, who initially ran in the 2012 election as a Republican, will hold a town hall meeting tonight in Salt Lake City at Challenger School beginning at 7 p.m.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is “not the face of Mormonism,” according to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is perhaps the nation’s most prominent Mormon Democrat. And his comment comes at a time that national media outlets are picking up on an email being forwarded by church members asking them fast and pray for Romney’s candidacy.
Today on the show, we talked with Utah Senate Candidate Dr. Brian Shiozawa, the Republican nominee in District 8 including Cottonwood Heights, Midvale and Murray, followed by Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr.
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