Romney Voters Cross Over to McAdams in Huge Numbers
by Bryan Schott
11/07/2012 | 736 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
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Ben McAdams can thank Mitt Romney voters for helping to power him to the win on Tuesday night.

McAdams got 50,702 more votes than Barack Obama did in Salt Lake County. Those extra voters were likely Mitt Romney voters who crossed over to vote for McAdams.

McAdams actively targeted those cross-over voters in his campaign against Mark Crockett. He says he’s not surprised that his message was able to attract them in such high numbers.

“My message of working across party lines resonated. They wanted a leader who can bring us together and work with both sides. That’s why they came over to my side.”

McAdams ended up winning his seat by about 30,000 votes. He says even he was a little taken aback by the final margin of victory.

“Our internal polling showed us with a 5-point lead. We did see undecided voters start to break toward us by about a 2-1 margin in the closing days of the campaign.”
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 17735 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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