There are 10 days until the Utah Republican and Democratic state conventions, 76 days until the Utah Republican Presidential Caucuses, 209 days until the 2012 election and 292 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Rick Santorum drops out of the presidential race, essentially giving the nomination to Mitt Romney [Politico].

Romney's campaign is a historic moment for the LDS Church [Tribune].

With Romney at the top of the ticket, it could be a nightmare scenario for Utah's Democrats [Tribune].

Romney's supporters say the easy part of the presidential race is now over [Deseret News].

Newt Gingrich's check for his filing fee to get on the ballot in Utah bounced [Tribune, KSL].

FreedomWorks says they are not pulling out of the effort to unseat Orrin Hatch ahead of the GOP state convention [Tribune].

Financial reports show Dan Liljenquist has spent more than $300,000 of his own money to run against Hatch. Democrat Jim Matheson has nearly $1 million to spend on his campaign [Tribune].

A nursing home group has donated $175,000 to the Utah Republican Party, which helped to boost turnout at the party caucus meetings last month [Tribune].

Utah Republicans weigh selecting two different sets of delegates for their state conventions [Utah Policy].

Utah's Democrats try to make political hay out of a security breach at the Utah Department of Health that exposed the personal information of more than 800,000 Utahns [ABC 4, Tribune].

A group of property owners wants the Utah County Commission to place their land in an agricultural protection zone as an alternative to plans to re-route the Provo River [Tribune].

Social media is exploding over allegations that they are being ejected from the City Creek shopping center for what they're wearing [ABC 4].