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Delegate Allan Ronnow cast his ballot for the U.S. Senate race on Saturday during the 2012 Utah Republican Party Convention in Sandy.

Local representatives forced into Republican state primary showdown

Last updated Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 11:24pm

SANDY — Rep. Brad Galvez, R-West Haven, admits he is uncomfortable in running against a friend after being redistricted into a race with Rep. Lee Perry, R-Perry.

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Bishop, Stewart win GOP primary bids for Congress

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 11:25pm

SANDY — Congressman Rob Bishop, R-Brigham City, did what most candidates couldn’t do Saturday at the Republican State Convention — avoid a primary decisively.

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Hatch forced into primary against Liljenquist

Josh Loftin, Kevin Freking The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 21, 2012 - 6:13pm

SANDY — Utah Republicans denied U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch a clear path to a seventh and final term Saturday, forcing the 78-year-old lawmaker into a June primary with 37-year-old former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist. Hatch fell short of the outright nomination by fewer than three dozen votes from the nearly 4,000 delegates at the party 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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(CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, right, during the Republican debate, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. Attacked as a lifelong Washington insider, Gingrich parried criticism from Mitt Romney Saturday night, telling the former Massachusetts governor, “The only reason you didn’t become a career politician is because you lost to Teddy Kennedy in 1994.”

Gingrich, Romney begin final pitches

Kasie Hunt, Shannon McCaffrey The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 4:58pm

WASHINGTON — Republican president hopeful Newt Gingrich doubled down on his criticism of federal judges and the Supreme Court on Sunday as chief rival Mitt Romney defended his record against likely Democratic attacks. With close to two weeks before GOP voters start choosing their nominee, Gingrich is courting the conservative primary voters he will need to win in Iowa and sustain his campaign against Romney, whose superior organization and pile of cash has him seeming ever more confident as he looks ahead to the general election.

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New rule could prolong race for GOP nomination

Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 8:33am

WASHINGTON — Don’t look for a quick winner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. After watching Democrats successfully ride their historic primary battle between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama all the way to the White House in 2008, the Republicans quietly adopted a new rule designed to extend their nominating process this time around.

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Van Hooser won't seek mayoral vote recount

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 12:10am

OGDEN — Susan Van Hooser says manpower costs and the validity of the original election results persuaded her not to seek a recount of last week’s mayoral primary vote.

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