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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Cage match: LaVar Christensen vs Dan McCay
Rep. LaVar Christensen and Rep. Dan McCay are squaring off to fill a vacant seat in the Utah Senate. These two have served a long time together in the Utah House–long enough to cast a lot of opposing votes. So … Continue reading
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Tagged cage match, legislature
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Analysis of voting patterns in the 2018 Utah Legislature
The Utah Legislature concluded its 45-day General Session last Thursday at midnight. Once again, I’ve scraped the voting records to produce this statistical summary. Update (3/14/2018): The Utah Legislature’s website initially showed HB457 as having passed. Their records were corrected … Continue reading
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Tagged absenteeism, consensus, legislative life, legislature, nominate, partisanship, rankings, sponsorship
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