Twelve Things You Need to Know for Wednesday
by Bryan Schott
06/27/2012 | 792 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 132 days until the 2012 election and 215 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Orrin Hatch crushes Dan Liljenquist, virtually assuring him another term in Washington [Tribune, Deseret News, ABC 4, Daily Herald, Standard-Examiner, KSL, KUTV].

As expected, Mitt Romney cruises to an easy win in Utah's presidential primary [Tribune, Deseret News, ABC 4].

Mark Crockett holds a narrow 239-vote lead over Mike Winder for Salt Lake County Mayor, but a recount is likely [Tribune, KSL, ABC 4].

John Swallow overwhelms Sean Reyes in the Attorney General race [Tribune, Deseret News, Daily Herald].

Donna McAleer bests Ryan Combe for the right to face Rob Bishop in the 1st Congressional District in November [Tribune, Deseret News, ABC 4, Standard-Examiner, Park Record].

John Dougall ousts longtime Auditor Auston Johnson for the GOP nomination [Tribune, Daily Herald, ABC 4].

Rep. Brad Daw loses his primary fight against Dana Layton [Daily Herald]. 

Turnout was higher than expected for the Utah GOP primary [Tribune]. 

What lessons can we learn from Tuesday's primary elections? [Utah Policy

Rep. Jim Matheson says he intends to vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Summit County Council votes to ban fireworks this year [Park Record]. 

Many of the new liquor licenses approved by lawmakers last week were immediately snapped up by businesses [Tribune].
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
today's headlines
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
utah tweets
RSS Feeds
Utah policy stories feed
Policy buzz feed
Daily news highlights feed
Washington watch feed

With support from UtahWebStuff.com