Situational awareness – December 16, 2019

 

Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City.


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Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:

  • Cox leads Huntsman by double-digits among Utah Republicans.
  • Hemmert drops out of the CD4 race.
  • Democrats call for Trump’s removal in impeachment report.

Trivia winner

Congratulations to Mike Mower! He was the third reader (out of dozens) who correctly identified Jason Chaffetz as the first Utah member of Congress not to live inside of the district they represented.

As our winner, Mike gets to ask the next Friday trivia question.


TICK TOCK

Days to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 42 (1/27/2020)

Days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses: 49 (2/3/2020)

Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 78 (3/3/2020)

Days to the final day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 87 (3/12/2020)

Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 197 (6/30/2020)

Days to the 2020 election: 323 (11/3/2020)