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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love walks to greets supporters during an election night party, in Lehi, Utah. Love has cut into Democratic challenger Ben McAdams' lead as vote-counting continues in the race that remains too close to call a week after Election Day. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mia Love Endorses Kim Coleman In 4th Congressional District Primary

SALT LAKE CITY-Former Utah State Rep. Mia Love confirmed she will be endorsing Kim Coleman in the four-way GOP 4th Congressional District Primary race Wednesday. Love says she supports Coleman “because she is working her tail off and had the guts to jump into a race early that was going […]

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Congressman Ben McAdams tests positive for coronavirus

Congressman Ben McAdams tests positive for coronavirus

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday, an announcement that comes shortly after the first known case in Congress. McAdams said he first became sick with “mild, cold-like symptoms” shortly after returning to Salt Lake City from Washington on Saturday. […]

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Utah Dem backs Trump inquiry, still undecided on impeachment

Utah Dem backs Trump inquiry, still undecided on impeachment

MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams of Utah said Friday he supports the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, a shift from one of a handful of undecided House Democrats. McAdams said he has not made a decision on whether the president should be impeached, but he […]

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McAdams wants ‘all the facts’ before impeachment decision

McAdams wants ‘all the facts’ before impeachment decision

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams of Utah wants “all the facts” before deciding on whether to support impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. McAdams said in a statement Wednesday that the summary of Trump’s phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart suggests the president “was improperly […]

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Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence speaks during the vice-presidential debate with Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Pence visits Utah to promote trade deal with Mexico, Canada

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence once again called on Congress to ratify the Trump administration’s new trade deal with Mexico and Canada during a visit to a congressional swing district in Utah. Speaking to several hundred employees and local leaders at Merit Medical, a disposable medical […]

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State lawmaker announces bid to unseat Democrat Ben McAdams

State lawmaker announces bid to unseat Democrat Ben McAdams

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah state lawmaker is the latest Republican to announce a challenge to Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams, who won a razor-thin race last year. Utah Senate Majority Whip Dan Hemmert on Wednesday said he wants to represent conservative, free-market values against a growing interest in […]

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Utah GOP hires former top Mia Love aide

Utah GOP hires former top Mia Love aide

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah GOP has named a former top aide to former Congresswoman Mia Love as its new executive director. The Deseret News reports Laurel Price is the first major hire by new State Republican Party Chairman Derek Brown, and he says she will be key to the […]

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This photo shows the Utah State Capitol, Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers are entering the final day of what has been a relatively quiet 45-day legislative session. By constitutional rule the Legislature must end its session Thursday, which often means the stroke of midnight. Lawmakers are wrapping up negotiations on a number of bills, including proposals to change the state's liquor and gun laws, and putting the finishing touches on a roughly $13 billion state budget.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Political lines gave slight edge to GOP in state House races

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of Utah state House elections using a statistical method for calculating partisan advantage found that Republicans won about three more seats than would be expected based on the party’s share of the vote in the 2018 midterm election. That is the […]

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Freshman Utah congressman holds town hall in GOP stronghold

Freshman Utah congressman holds town hall in GOP stronghold

LEHI, Utah (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams fielded questions ranging from the border wall to impeaching President Donald Trump during in his first town hall meeting in a Republican stronghold of his Utah district. The freshman congressman met with a crowd of constituents Tuesday in Lehi, saying he […]

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Mother of Utah man freed from Venezuela jail last year dies

Mother of Utah man freed from Venezuela jail last year dies

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Laurie Holt, a Utah woman who struggled for nearly two years to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail, died on Sunday. She was 50 and died less than a year after her son returned to the U.S. Holt died unexpectedly at her home […]

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