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Tea Party Sentiment Bodes Ill for GOP's Robert Bennett in Utah
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThere were already ominous signs for Utah's three-term Sen. Robert Bennett heading into this Saturday's GOP state convention. A head count showed that only one-fifth of the delegates from 2008's conclave had been re-elected to this one, signaling a changing of the guard -- and the party's mood. Bennett could hardly be cheered by a new survey, conducted for the Deseret News/KSL-TV, that found 55 percent of the 3,500 delegates strongly or somewhat agree with the Tea Party movement's campaign for states' rights and a smaller federal government. Bennett has become a target for Tea Party ...
Utah's Bennett Vulnerable to a Challenge for the GOP Senate Nomination
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThree-term Sen. Robert Bennett of Utah is one of the targets of conservative activists unhappy with Republicans who they regard as too entrenched in Washington ways, and a Rasmussen Reports poll, conducted April 8, paints him as vulnerable with only 37 percent support from likely Republican primary voters. Bennett may not even get as far as a primary. The twist in Utah is that candidates contend first in a state convention, which will be held May 8, and if any one of them gets 60 percent of the delegates, he or she gets the nomination. If that doesn't happen, the two top vote-getters face off ...
Most in Utah Want Anybody-but-Bennett for Senate Next Year
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFifty-eight percent of Utah residents say their three-term Republican senator, Robert Bennett, should not get a fourth term. But what might save him is the fact that no strong challengers have emerged, according to a Deseret News/KSL-TV poll conducted Nov. 19-23. ...
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