Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City. Today is the 256th day of the year. There are 110 days left in 2016.
Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 15-points in Utah. Clinton collapses at a public event, and her campaign reveals she is suffering from pneumonia. The Mia Love/Doug Owens race is trending toward Love’s re-election now.
The clock:
- 57 days until the 2016 presidential election – (11/8/2016)
- 133 days until the first day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (1/23/2017)
- 178 days until the final day of the 2017 Utah Legislature – (3/9/2017)
Ten talking points for Monday:
- Donald Trump has a 15-point lead over Hillary Clinton in Utah according to our latest poll. Gary Johnson is stalled at 13% while independent candidate Evan McMullin checks in at 9% [Utah Policy].
- Hillary Clinton collapses at a 9/11 memorial service. Her campaign reveals she has pneumonia as she cancels a campaign swing through California because of the illness [Bloomberg].
- Republicans are fuming after Hillary Clinton called some of Donald Trump’s supporters a “basket of deplorables” [Talking Points Memo]. Meanwhile, in defending Trump’s supporters, one of Trump’s sons posted a picture to social media that included a famous white nationalist symbol [NBC News].
- Gary Johnson needs to average 25% in the next two national polls to qualify for the presidential debates [Reason].
- A national election handicapper says Mia Love now has the edge over Democrat Doug Owens in Utah’s 4th Congressional District after initially rating the race as a “toss-up” [Deseret News].
- Gov. Gary Herbert‘s spokesman, Jon Cox, is leaving government service to head up Rocky Mountain Power’s government affairs efforts in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming [Tribune].
- The results of an audit into the office of embattled Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott are expected this week [Deseret News].
- Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings is still seeking to fund his wide-ranging probe into public corruption stemming from the John Swallow scandal [Tribune].
- Boring but important. Retired federal prosecutor Brent Ward, who prosecuted St. George businessman Jeremy Johnson, allegedly had close ties with John Swallow that may have affected his job performance [Tribune]. Ward responded to the allegations, saying they were not truthful [Tribune].
- A labor union alleges the Utah Transit Authority is spending taxpayer funds to keep employees from unionizing [Tribune].
On this day in history:
- 1609 – Henry Hudson discovered what is now known as the Hudson River.
- 1958 – Little Rock High School in Arkansas was ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to admit black students.
- 2001 – President George W. Bush labeled the previous day’s attacks “acts of war” and asked Congress for $20 million to rebuild and recover.
