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The Candidates to Replace Senator Dan Hemmert in Senate District 14

Dec 28, 2020Dec 28, 2020 John Mulholland

With State Senator Dan Hemmert stepping down to take a position with the incoming Cox administration, there is a special election in which county delegates will select somebody to fill the vacancy. Here are six candidates who are all vying to win votes. Staci Carroll Staci Carroll currently serves on the city council of American Fork and works for the BYU Marriott School of Business over diversity and inclusion. She talked about how American Fork drastically cut budgets at the beginning of the year due to covid. As the year…

Reyes got it Right; How about our Courts?

Dec 16, 2020Dec 18, 2020 David Rogers

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes recently signed on to the complaint filed by the Texas Attorney General suing four other states over inappropriate and unconstitutional procedures in conducting their elections. The harm to the state of Texas, the suit alleges, is that failure to follow constitutional procedures in the defendant states could have an effect on the Electoral College that negates the electoral votes cast in Texas (and other states). These allegations have merit and deserve their full evidentiary day in court. Yet, the Supreme Court refused to hear the…

The Utah GOP is asking the right questions

Nov 30, 2020Nov 30, 2020 David Rogers

The Utah GOP issued a statement last week supporting the Trump campaign’s decision to pursue charges of voter fraud, noting they “stand firmly” with the President and that his lawyers outlined evidence of what appears to be widespread improprieties in the elections practices in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Nevada. Their statement reads further: “If there is any truth to the concerns about connections between the Dominion voting machines, Smartmatic voting software, and coordinated attempts to interfere with the outcome of the election, it is in our country’s best interest to…

Unlocking Utah Politics, Episode 2: Disruption and Growth with Jeff Burningham Part 1

Nov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020 Stan Lockhart

Jeff Burningham shared his experience running for Utah governor. The race was disrupted by COVID19 and it was a difficult loss. Jeff’s message about the power of disruption and growth is applicable and timely for all of us.

Unlocking Utah Politics Ep 1: John Dougall

Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020 Stan Lockhart

I sat down with John Dougall, Utah State Auditor, to discuss the issue of hypocrisy in politics. We discuss examples of hypocrisy in local and national politics. How you can deal with when a candidate or official makes choices different than your personal values? How do you avoid becoming a hypocrite?

Is Utah the Last Sane Place Remaining?

Nov 19, 2020Nov 19, 2020 David Rogers

My history is not the same as the average Utahn. I was born in the Midwest and have lived in sixteen cities in twelve states over my lifetime, including three different locations in Utah. My formative grade school years were in Atlanta, so in essence, I am a Son of the South. But high school and college were in the Northeast, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. I never saw the Rockies until I was in my twenties when I traveled to BYU for graduate school. In essence, I have…

Dividing a Nation

Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020 David Rogers

I warned last week in an article entitled No Peaceful Outcome? that there might be attempts upon this presidential election to create confusion and perpetuate various forms of election fraud. We now sit a week after the official election with a media declaration of a Biden win. But there are ominous clouds hanging over this election, and the Trump campaign is not about to concede. Anecdotal evidence of fraud is being broadcast by Trump and his surrogates. Whether actual physical evidence can be brought remains to be seen, but the…

A Few Last-Minute Election Predictions

Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020 John English

Election Day is finally here, so let’s see how well a few Utah Politico Hub contributors can prognosticate. Answers from Beau Sorensen, Bob Aagard, and John English. 1. Who will win the 2020 presidential election and by how much? SORENSEN: Despite all the handwringing about what will happen if Donald Trump loses by a little, in the end it was much ado about nothing. Joe Biden takes back states that had turned red in 2016 (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan) and flips a few others (Arizona, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, and Florida).…

The Bottom Line

Oct 28, 2020Oct 26, 2020 David Rogers

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed…

No Peaceful Outcome?

Oct 27, 2020Oct 26, 2020 David Rogers

Since the days of George Washington, the peaceful transfer of power from President to President in the United States has become a unique historical precedent. We forget that in the vast fabric of history this was a first, a singular event. The cornerstone of our new Republic. In last week’s presidential debate, Joe Biden accused Trump of precisely what he and his Party are guilty of. Not accepting a peaceful transfer of power. Trump rightfully responded in the debate that the Democrats have not accepted his election results since November…