Monthly Archives: November 2011

What do Romero and McAdams disagree on?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Adam Brown

Looking across all 1,416 votes, Romero and McAdams disagreed only 64 times Ross Romero, the Democratic leader in Utah’s Senate, announced in September that he would run for Salt Lake County mayor.A few weeks later Ben McAdams, Romero’s Democratic colleague … Continue reading →

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Why Mitt Romney is not the inevitable nominee

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Adam Brown

Romney is no more “inevitable” than Howard Dean in 2004 or Hillary Clinton in 2008. Mitt Romney has polled consistently with around 20% support for months. Meanwhile, we’ve seen a variety of opponents rise rapidly than fall. First it was … Continue reading →

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Do Wimmer and Sandstrom agree on everything?

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Adam Brown

Wimmer and Sandstrom have voted against each other 257 times We now have two Republican members of the state legislature planning to run against each other in the newly-created 4th Congressional district. It’s been clear for months that Carl Wimmer … Continue reading →

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A new report on Utah’s nominating system

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Adam Brown

Do Utah’s election laws and practices allow “full opportunity” for people to become candidates and for “voters to express their choice?” This is a guest post by Morgan Lyon Cotti, Senior Research Analyst at the Utah Foundation. Utah Foundation released … Continue reading →

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