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Dan Liljenquist and Sen. Orrin Hatch participate in a debate at KSL in Salt Lake City on Friday.

Hatch-Liljenquist square off in debate

Last updated Monday, June 18, 2012 - 9:27am

SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch faced his challenger Friday in the pair’s only debate ahead of the June 26 primary when voters will decide whether to send the longtime senator back to Washington for a seventh and final term.

Hatch rebuffed efforts by former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist to face off in televised debates, and turned down an offer by KSL for a primetime event, instead agreeing only to appear on a morning political radio show. Hatch said he wanted to focus more on town hall meetings.

The hour-long debate was broadcast live on KSL Newsradio with host Doug Wright, who served as the moderator.

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Liljenquist plans meeting tonight

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 9:52pm

BRIGHAM CITY — U.S. Senate hopeful Dan Liljenquist will hold a town hall meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today at 50 W. Forest St.

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United States Senate candidate Dan Liljenquist talks with constituents during a campaign activity Monday at Meadows Park in Clinton. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Liljenquist frustrated by Hatch's refusal for more debates

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 6:31am

OGDEN -- Dan Liljenquist is so frustrated with Sen. Orrin Hatch's refusal to debate before June's primary election that he's going to hold debates whether Hatch is there or not.

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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, center, flanked by campaign volunteers Jordan Furr, left, and Sherrie-Kaye Miller, both of Mechanicsburg, Pa., telephones a potential voter from a call center at his Pennsylvania campaign headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, April 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Challenges facing Romney in wooing female voters

Laurie Kellman The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 5:08pm

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is starting to hone his appeal to female voters, acutely aware as he turns to the general election that he has little choice but to narrow President Barack Obama’s commanding lead among this critical constituency.

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Romney campaigning like GOP nomination locked up

Robin Abcarian Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 10:01am

BROOMALL, Pa. -- With a trio of decisive primary wins vaulting him from front-runner to a nearly secure place at the top of the GOP presidential ticket, Mitt Romney is campaigning campaigned like the presumptive nominee.

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(M. SPENCER GREEN/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney declares victory in the Wisconsin presidential primary at the Grain Exchange, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Milwaukee.

Romney turns from primaries, toward Obama

Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 9:28am

MILWAUKEE — Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people in the crowd as a Secret Service agent watches at right during a campaign stop at a building supply store in Green Bay, Wis., Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Romney, Obama trade jabs

Beth Fouhy, Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 10:41am

MILWAUKEE — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney urged Republicans to shift focus to the general election, giving a subtle push to rival Rick Santorum as voters headed to polls Tuesday in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

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