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Politics Up Close: Utah House Candidate Angela Romero, Congressional Candidate Charles Kimball

May 25, 2012 Jeff Robinson

Social justice and human rights are among the important issues for Angela Romero. The Democratic hopeful for the Utah House of Representatives defeated an incumbent state lawmaker, Brian Doughty, at the Salt Lake County Democratic Party Convention to capture the nomination for House District 26. Now, she’s running to represent the city’s west side neighborhood of Glendale, along with 9th and 9th, parts of downtown and West Valley City.

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Liljenquist Sticks With Debate Fight

May 24, 2012 Jeff Robinson

Republican Senate hopeful Dan Liljenquist isn’t giving up on his efforts to get more than one debate with his opponent, incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch, between now and the June 26 primary, saying he’ll even debate a cardboard cutout of the senior lawmaker if he doesn’t show up. But does his campaign stand to gain anything by sticking with this strategy?

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Winder Campaign Responds to Campaign Finance Allegation

May 21, 2012 Whittney Evans

West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder’s Salt Lake County mayoral campaign plans to formally respond to allegations of campaign finance and ethics violations Tuesday. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, a resident filed a complaint with the Salt Lake County Clerk’s office last week, but Winder’s campaign says it did nothing wrong.

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Politics Up Close: New Budget Report, SL County Council Candidate Mel Nimer

May 18, 2012 Jeff Robinson

The state of Utah’s general fund is being eroded by tax exemptions and earmarks, hurting important needs like colleges and universities, the courts, water safety and environmental protection. That’s according to a new report issued by Voices for Utah Children, which is making new recommendations to the Utah Legislature to fix the problem.

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Lee’s Budget Fails in Senate, Along with Several Others

May 17, 2012 Jeff Robinson

A good chunk of this week was spent in the U.S. Senate debating and rejecting several budget proposals. And among them was a plan heralded by conservatives that was put forward by freshman Republican Utah Senator Mike Lee. 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.

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Politics Up Close: Senate Candidate Breck England, Rep. Fred Cox

May 11, 2012 Jeff Robinson

If you recognize the name Breck England, it could because of his frequent op-eds in the newspaper, lambasting the Utah Legislature. Or perhaps it’s because the he’s co-written several books with famous Utah author Stephen Covey, and shared his expertise on LDS history. Now, the business consultant is hoping to win a seat in the Utah Legislature, running as a Democrat in Davis County.

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Hatch Looks to Avoid Lugar’s Fate

May 10, 2012 Jeff Robinson

He was elected in 1976, has served six terms in the U.S. Senate, and was just defeated in a Republican primary election by a Tea Party candidate. It sounds like we could be talking about Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, but that’s actually the story of Indiana Senator Richard Lugar. 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.

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Politics Up Close: House Candidate Jeff Bell, County Council Hopeful Missy Larsen

May 4, 2012 Jeff Robinson

Jeff Bell says he’s running for elected office because he got fed up. The Democrat says he’d rather be participating in the political process as a bystander, but the legislature has become too absurd. Bell can be heard online every week as host of The Left Show, one of many podcasts he created. We talked with him about his campaign for the Utah House of Representatives, where he’s running for an open seat.

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Pro-Hatch Group’s Utah Backers Revealed

May 3, 2012 Jeff Robinson

While much is known about FreedomWorks, the group that’s been fiercely opposing Utah Senator Orrin Hatch’s re-election, relatively little has been disclosed about Freedom Path, a nonprofit that’s backing him. But this week, more information about who is behind the group came out.

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Rampton Officially Files for Candidacy

April 27, 2012 Whittney Evans

Vince Rampton officially filed paperwork this morning to run for office alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Peter Cooke. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the Democrats outlined Rampton’s vision for the Lieutenant Governor’s office at the State Capitol.

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