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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

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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Utah’s Lee divides Congress; more federal land debate

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:16pm

I am sad to see Maine’s Olympia Snowe leaving the U.S. Senate.

Utah is not Maine, so normally I wouldn’t comment on Snowe, but I can’t get over the nagging thought that Snowe, a well-known moderate, is leaving because Utah’s voters elected Sen. Mike Lee two years ago.

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during a Tea Party town hall meeting at the National Press Club in Washington earlier this month.

Lee brings fiscal austerity approach home to Ogden

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 11:06pm

OGDEN -- U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, says the federal government could take lessons from Utah's state government and from Abraham Lincoln.

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Hatch can use the state firearm to slay the budget dragon

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 12:25am

Hatch can use the state firearm to slay the budget dragon

Fighting pork at last? Sen. Orrin Hatch said Tuesday he is taking his name off $1.2 billion in earmark requests in the 2011 federal budget, and I hope that's a good thing.

Fighting earmarks is all the rage. Before we shower Sen. Hatch with praise for saving the republic from fiscal disaster, a couple of thoughts.

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Lee gets connected

Standard-Examiner Editorial Board Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 8:36am

One of the pleasant fictions of this year's U.S. Senate campaign was that Republican Sen.-elect Mike Lee was some sort of firebrand, independent, Tea Party I'm-against-the-establishment -- dare we say Palinesque? -- renegade Republican. It was all nonsense.

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Utah's newest senator picks lobbyist as chief of staff

The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 9:29am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's newest U.S. senator has picked a prominent state lobbyist to serve as his chief of staff.

Republican Mike Lee has asked Spencer Stokes to lead his Washington staff and coordinate his transition from candidate to senator. The Salt Lake Tribune first reported the news.

Stokes is currently registered to lobby for 18 organizations in the state, including energy interests and a credit union.

The two first met when Lee worked for Utah's former Gov. Jon Huntsman.

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Lee, Herbert power to GOP wins

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 9:47pm

SALT LAKE CITY - Conservative Republican Mike Lee will be Utah's next U.S. senator.

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Lee, Granato meet in final Utah U.S. Senate debate, spar over federal budget, Social Security

Brock Vergakis, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 8:20pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Health care, government spending and birthright citizenship dominated the final U.S. Senate debate between Utah Republican Mike Lee and Democrat Sam Granato.

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Public invited to hear candidates in Riverdale

Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 10:57pm

RIVERDALE -- U.S. Senate Republican candidate Mike Lee will speak at 7 p.m. today at a meeting of the Weber 9/12 Project at Christian Heritage High School, 5120 W. 1050 South.

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