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Weber commission OKs November election workers

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:09pm

OGDEN — The Weber County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved the poll workers hired for the 2012 primary elections and discussed the election plan.

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U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (center) debates Republican candidates for U.S. Senate Chris Herrod (left), who is now a state representative, and Dan Liljenquist, of Bountiful, earlier this month in Salt Lake City. (Associated Press file photo)

Learn truth of advocacy groups' U.S. Senate race ads

Josh Loftin, Kevin Freking The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 10:57pm

WASHINGTON — Interest groups spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to influence Utah’s U.S. Senate race are making claims that often skirt the truth.

This week, delegates at the state Republican convention will attempt to wade through the numerous ads and campaign speeches and select a nominee to represent the GOP in November’s general election.

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Surprises highlight Davis County GOP nominating convention

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 7:58am

WOODS CROSS — Any notion that the Republican Party has been in power so long in Davis County that the results of elections are almost scripted, was turned on its ear Friday night in the party’s nominating convention.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the spring reception for the Republican Committee of Chester County Tuesday, April 10, 2012 in Mendenhall, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama-Romney showdown starts with a harsh tone

Charles Babington The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 8:49am

MENDENHALL, Pa. — The 2012 presidential general election has begun. It won’t be pretty.

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Meet congressional candidates tonight in Huntsville

Dave Greiling Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 11:19pm

HUNTSVILLE — A Meet the Candidates Night for Republican 1st Congressional District candidates will be held tonight the Ogden Valley Library, 131 S. 7400 East.

The candidates are incumbent Rob Bishop and challengers Leonard Fabiano and Jacqueline Smith.

Doors open at 7 p.m., and the event begins at 7:30. The Weber County 9/12 Project is hosting the event.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Romney wealth in focus on campaign trail

Beth Fouhy, Steve Peoples The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 3:50pm

APPLETON, Wis. — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney on Friday defended his personal wealth amid intensifying criticism from his main GOP rival and President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, unlikely allies working to portray the former businessman as out of touch with most Americans.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses an audience during a campaign stop on the campus of Lawrence University, in Appleton, Wis., Friday, March 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Mitt Romney campaigns as a winner in Wisconsin

Michael Finnegan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 3:45pm

APPLETON, Wis. - Mitt Romney opened his campaign Friday for Wisconsin’s Republican presidential primary as though victory were a foregone conclusion.

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Clark bows out of Davis commission race

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 10:38pm

FARMINGTON — Democratic candidate Platte Evans Clark has withdrawn from the Davis County Commission race.

Clark was challenging Steve Andersen, of Farmington, for the Democratic Party nomination.

Andersen, now unopposed for the party nomination, will face the Republican Party nominee in the Nov. 6 general election.

The Davis Democratic Party convention will be held at 2 p.m. April 14 at Farmington Junior High, 150 S. 200 West.

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People head to their respective meetings Saturday during the Weber County Democratic Convention at the Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College in Ogden. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Democrats turn out to select delegates, hear candidates

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 2:45pm

OGDEN — More than 300 Democrats turned out Saturday to choose their state delegates, listen to candidates’ speeches and get revved up for November.

“We’re going to go out and change this state,” said Jim Dabakis, Utah State Democratic Party chairman.

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Morgan candidates seek to improve county, education

Deanne Winterton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 7:17pm

MORGAN — All three candidates for the Morgan County Council will be unopposed, and none of the incumbents is running for his or her current seat.

But one face won’t be new. Robert Kilmer, who has filled an at-large council seat since 2011, filed for the four-year District 3 seat. He will be replacing Howard Hansen, who has served on the board for four years.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop on Saturday, March 17, 2012, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. At left is Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno, and at right is Ann Romney. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Romney wins Puerto Rico, GOP campaign continues

Ben Fox, Phil Elliott The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 5:51pm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Mitt Romney scored an overwhelming win Sunday in Puerto Rico’s Republican presidential primary, trouncing chief rival Rick Santorum on the Caribbean island even as the two rivals looked ahead to more competitive contests this week in Illinois and Louisiana.

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Heavy turnout at Republican caucuses in Davis County

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 11:51pm

LAYTON — They came and just kept coming.

Turnout was somewhere between heavy and very heavy Thursday night at a Republican caucus at Northridge High School for northern Davis County Republicans.

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Alyn Paradis recites a portion of the Utah Republican platform during a caucus meeting at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden on Thursday. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Hatch the 'elephant in the room' at GOP caucus in Ogden

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 6:05am

OGDEN — It quickly became clear that Sen. Orrin Hatch was the “elephant in the room” for a group of Ogden neighbors.

At a Republican caucus Thursday night, 34 residents of the 12th precinct came together in a Ben Lomond High School classroom to decide who among them would go to the state and county conventions to represent their views.

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Jon Greiner has filed for a Weber County Commission seat. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Full slate of candidates in Weber County

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 11:26am

OGDEN — Former Ogden police chief and state Sen. Jon Greiner is back in the political arena, filing his candidacy for Weber County Commission Seat C.

Also filing for the seat are fellow Republican Matthew Bell, chairman of the Weber County Republican Party, and Democrat Corey Combe.

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Democratic candidate for governor visits Davis businesses; others seek office

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 11:52pm

LAYTON — Retired Maj. Gen. Peter S. Cooke, Democratic candidate for governor, made a series of whistle-stops Thursday, visiting businesses throughout Davis County.

Cooke’s visits were coordinated around a noon luncheon at the Joy Luck Restaurant in Bountiful. There, Cooke addressed Bountiful city elected leaders, city staff and “regular, everyday Bountiful residents,” said Rob Miller, campaign spokesman.