Situational awareness – February 10, 2020

Good Monday morning from Salt Lake City


  TICK TOCK  

There are 23 working days remaining in the 2020 Utah Legislature

The New Hampshire primaries are tomorrow (2/11/2020) 

12 days to the Nevada Democratic caucuses (2/22/2022)

19 days to the South Carolina Democratic primary (2/29/2020)

22 days to the Utah presidential primaries (3/3/2020)

31 days to the final day of the 2020 Utah Legislature (3/12/2020)

141 days to the 2020 Utah primary elections (6/30/2020)

267 Days to the 2020 election (11/3/2020)

350 days to the start of the 2021 Utah Legislature (1/25/2021)


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

  • A new poll suggests Reps. Ben McAdams and Chris Stewart could have tough re-election bids ahead of them.
  • Jon Huntsman taps Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi as his running mate.
  • President Trump’s budget proposal includes steep cuts in non-military spending.

  TRIVIA WINNER  

Congratulations to Natalie Gordon! She was the third subscriber with the correct answer to Friday’s question, “Which Utah county had a commissioner named Orange Peel?” 

The correct answer, of course, was Sanpete County.

As our winner, Natalie gets to ask this Friday’s trivia question. 

Other readers among the first four with the correct answer were Douglas DeVore, Ken Wallentine and John Geilman.

Great job, everyone!


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