(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Senate Democrats are urging the governor and legislative leaders to hold a special session to allocate funds for SNAP recipients. The caucus wants a portion of the state’s rainy-day funds used to support families relying on SNAP and food banks, noting that federal funding […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Democratic Party has unanimously endorsed Kamala Harris to become the party’s presidential nominee. UDP Chair Diane Lewis says Harris’s experience as a criminal prosecutor makes her the perfect candidate to defeat Donald Trump, who’s a convicted felon. Lewis also says Harris has support […]
Republicans and Democrats in Utah get their turn picking a presidential nominee today as part of “Super Tuesday.” The Utah GOP opted out of the state-run presidential primary election, instead they will cast their ballots at neighborhood caucus meetings. Republicans will select their state and county delegates and participate in […]
(Undated) — Counties in Utah are beginning to turn blue according to a state democratic representative. Cache County and a handful of other Utah counties are beginning to see a “clear progression” in blue turn out. A chair of the Cache County Democratic Party told the Salt Lake Tribune that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Democrats took their first step in attempting to win a Utah Senate seat for the first time since 1970. Caroline Gleich, Archie A. Williams III [[ the third ]] and Laird Fetzer Hamblin all filed to be the Democrats nominee in the 2024 election. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A number of candidates are reportedly considering a run to replace Congressman Chris Stewart after he officially announced his resignation yesterday. The chair of the Utah Republican Party says he knows of at least 13 people who are thinking about running. Former GOP Senate candidate […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state representative from Murray is getting a promotion to the state Senate. The Utah Democratic Party announced yesterday that Representative Karen Kwan won a special election and will replace state Senator Karen Mayne. The West Valley City senator announced her resignation a few weeks […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Salt Lake County Democratic Party is pushing back on criticism of its probe of sexual harassment allegations against state Senator Gene Davis. Davis’ lawyer called the process unfair earlier this week after his client was suspended from party activities for two years and asked […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Salt Lake County Democratic Party wants State Senator Gene Davis to resign. This comes after an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Davis. The party called for his “immediate and unconditional resignation.” They also suspended him from party events and from receiving party support […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Democrats are planning to introduce several gun control measures in the state legislature, though they admit the bills probably won’t be supported by Republican lawmakers. House Minority Leader Brian King says he plans to introduce several bills following a mass shooting that killed 19 […]
