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• Three groups plan to gather in Provo Wednesday after an SUV driver was shot at earlier protest

  01-07-2020 23:44
  
  Three groups say they will gather in Provo Wednesday evening to march for racial justice and in reaction to a Monday protest where an SUV driver was shot. In a probable cause statement released earlier Wednesday, police alleged the accused shooter — Jesse Keller Taggart, 33, of Salt Lake City — also broke the window of another car and blocked and intimidated other drivers that night.One group said it will gather Wednesday in support of Taggart and a woman who also has been arrested,
  
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• Portland Thorns, Chicago Red Stars play to scoreless draw in Challenge Cup

  01-07-2020 23:32
  
  Herriman • ThePortland Thorns and Chicago Red Stars played to a scoreless drawWednesday on the third day of the National Women’s Soccer LeagueChallenge Cup at Zions Bank Stadium.Theresult allowed the Thorns and Red Stars to pick up their first pointsof the tournament after losing their respective opening games. Each team had opportunities to win. Savannah McCaskill of the Red Stars had afree kick that went just wide of the goal, while Portalnd’s EmilyOgle’s shot
  
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• Cox widens lead over Huntsman by about 600 votes in updated tally

  01-07-2020 23:28
  
  An updated primary vote tally released Wednesday afternoon has slightly expanded Spencer Cox’s lead over Jon Huntsman in the race for Utah governor.The new count shows Cox pulling about 600 votes further ahead to attain a 11,700-vote lead on Huntsman. Cox has captured about 37% of the votes tallied so far, while Huntsman has about 34%.The update posted around 3 p.m. includes new results from jurisdictions including Salt Lake and Utah counties. However, the day’s counting is still in
  
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• Leaving their families to go to Orlando has Utah Jazz’s Mike Conley, Joe Ingles ‘still not 100% comfortable’

  01-07-2020 23:21
  
  Mike Conley is heading to Orlando with the Utah Jazz. He wants to be there for his teammates, he wants the chance to compete for an NBA championship.And yet, his decision to make the trip to Florida for the league’s July 30 restart was about as far from automatic as it gets, considering he’ll be leaving behind his two children, as well as his pregnant wife, Mary, who is due to give birth on Aug. 27, when the Jazz will be among the teams sequestered within the Disney World campus bubb
  
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• Sundance Institute cutting 24 jobs, expects ‘much harder’ economic times in 2021

  01-07-2020 23:17
  
  The Sundance Institute, the nonprofit arts organization founded by Robert Redford that fosters independent storytelling and runs the Sundance Film Festival, cut 24 jobs Wednesday.The staffers being let go — about 13% of the institute’s employees — will come from the institute’s offices in Los Angeles, New York and Park City, Utah, the institute’s executive director, Keri Putnam, said in an internal memo. The layoffs will be effective this week.Putnam wrote that Sund
  
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• A close race in Utah’s 1st Congressional District hardly budges after updated vote tally

  01-07-2020 23:11
  
  A tight contest between front-runners in the Republican primary race to replace outgoing Rep. Rob Bishop hardly moved on Wednesday with updated vote tallies.Businessman Blake Moore, continues to hold a small lead Tuesday over Davis County Commissioner Bob Stevenson. Moore leads by less than 800 votes — 30.3% of the popular vote compared to 29.4% for Stevenson.The election night returns yesterday had Moore with 30.3% and Stevenson, 29.6%.Hopefuls Kerry Gibson, former Weber County commission
  
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• Cox widens lead over Huntsman by about 500 votes in updated tally

  01-07-2020 23:09
  
  An updated primary vote tally released Wednesday afternoon has slightly expanded Spencer Cox’s lead over Jon Huntsman in the race for Utah governor.The new count shows Cox pulling about 500 votes further ahead to attain a 11,600-vote lead on Huntsman. Cox has captured about 37% of the votes tallied so far, while Huntsman has about 34%.Earlier in the day, former House Speaker Greg Hughes conceded the GOP race, leaving Cox and Huntsman the only candidates still in contention after Tuesday&rs
  
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• Thomas L. Friedman: This should be Biden’s bumper sticker

  01-07-2020 23:00
  
  I almost — but not quite — feel sorry for Donald Trump. He’s at war with two “invisible enemies” at once — the coronavirus and Joe Biden — and both remain highly elusive, the pathogen by nature and the politician by design.Biden, who made a rare public appearance on Tuesday, has been wise to stay out of sight. Trump is now in a full-on race to the bottom with himself, pushing uglier and uglier positions that appeal to smaller and smaller segments of the
  
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• Expectant fathers Mike Conley, Joe Ingles made tough decision to join Utah Jazz in Orlando

  01-07-2020 22:57
  
  Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (10), right, laughs with Utah Jazz forward Joe Ingles (2) during the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings NBA preseason basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. | Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — When the NBA shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic, and then as talks began regarding a possible restart to the season, the first thing that came to mind for both Mike Conley and Joe Ingles was the safety of their families.
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Scholar explores how the modern church’s views on sexuality and gender evolved and what that might mean in the future

  01-07-2020 21:57
  
  Perhaps no issues have roiled members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints more than questions about race, gender and sexuality.Scholar Taylor Petrey offers an original exploration of these topics and how they connect and intersect in his new book, “Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism.”On this week’s podcast, Petrey, the current editor of Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought and an associate professor of religion at Kalamazoo College, ex
  
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• UDOT warns of heavy holiday traffic on Thursday

  01-07-2020 21:47
  
  While COVID-19 may keep some people home, Utah officials are still warning drivers to plan for heavy traffic on Thursday as many travelers still will hit the road for the long July 4 weekend.The Utah Department of Transportation also warns drivers to be aware of construction restrictions in several areas statewide that may slow travel.Based on travel patterns from previous July 4 holiday weekends, UDOT suggests that drivers avoid the following times and places when holiday traffic is expected to
  
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• Utah man pleads guilty to killing 15-year-old girl, sparing him the death penalty

  01-07-2020 21:35
  
  A Utah man pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a 15-year-old girl after she threatened to tell police that he had been having sex with her.Shaun Patrick French pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, a first-degree felony that carries the potential of a life sentence.French had originally been facing the death penalty in the case, but the plea deal spares him execution. Prosecutors also agreed to drop charges of aggravated burglary, sexual exploitation of a minor and witness tampering charges in ex
  
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• Utah tallies another 499 cases of COVID-19, and one more death

  01-07-2020 21:33
  
  Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for our Top Stories newsletter, sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. The state of Utah recorded another 499 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Utah Department of Health announced Wednesday — with one more Utahn dying from the disease.A Salt Lake County man, between the ages of 65 and 84 and in a hosp
  
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• Northern Utah voters oust Lyle Hillyard, the state’s longest-serving senator

  01-07-2020 21:29
  
  Voters in Northern Utah’s Senate District 25 appear to have ousted Sen. Lyle Hillyard, the state’s longest-serving senator and the sponsor of an unpopular tax reform bill that was overturned earlier this year amid a citizens’ referendum effort.Partial election night returns showed Hillyard, R-Logan, trailing behind businessman Chris Wilson by a margin of more than 3,300 ballots. The incumbent lawmaker received 38% of the vote to Wilson’s 62% on Tuesday.Hillyard, an attorn
  
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• Leonard Pitts: You can support Trump or the country, but not both

  01-07-2020 21:26
  
  It comes down to a binary choice. Either he is a monster or an ignoramus.Either Donald Trump did nothing when informed that American intelligence believed Russia was paying a bounty to the Taliban for killing American military personnel in Afghanistan, or he had no clue, didn’t even know it was going on.A monster or an ignoramus? Well, if you believe Trump, he's the latter.Which makes you wonder if he understands how excuses work. Your excuse is supposed to exonerate you, show you innocent
  
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• Black Lives Matter movement plans virtual national convention

  01-07-2020 21:23
  
  New York • Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention in August to produce a new political agenda that seeks to build on the success of the protests that followed George Floyd’s death.The 2020 Black National Convention will take place Aug. 28 via a live broadcast. It will feature conversations, performances and other events designed to develop a set of demands ahead of the Novemb
  
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• After coming out as gay, Nathan Ivie loses in conservative Utah County

  01-07-2020 21:19
  
  Voters ousted key county government leaders in Utah, Salt Lake, Tooele and Beaver counties in Tuesday’s Republican primary election, but the highest-profile official rejected was Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie — who came out as gay last year in the conservative stronghold.“Absolutely, my sexuality was part of the issue. There’s no doubt,” he said Wednesday, after going down to defeat by a 60% to 40% margin in early returns to former Marine Lt. Col. Tom Sakievi
  
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• Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley reinstated after investigation into 2013 text, but he faces penalties

  01-07-2020 21:16
  
  Morgan Scalley is still employed by the University of Utah, but his future prospects as the football program’s head coach are very much in doubt.The results of an outside investigation into a social media post, which referenced a 2013 text message from Scalley that included racist language, were released Tuesday afternoon. The findings did not yield a termination, but Scalley is no longer the head coach-in-waiting of his alma mater.In a letter released alongside the findings from Kansas Ci
  
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• Dixie State University to consider dropping ‘Dixie’ from its name

  01-07-2020 21:09
  
  After years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name in another example of the nation’s reexamination of the Confederacy and slavery.Dixie State University, about 300 miles south of Salt Lake City, has faced scrutiny in the past over its name, but resisted changing. Settlers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, many of them from the South, moved to the St. George area in the 1800s. The university’s d
  
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• Coronavirus hits the Washington County jail, 59 inmates test positive

  01-07-2020 20:32
  
  Fifty-nine men incarcerated at the Washington County jail have tested positive for the coronavirus, jail officials said Wednesday.It’s the largest outbreak yet in a Utah jail facility, with nearly 20% of the jail population infected.Chief Deputy Jake Schutlz said Wednesday that officials aren’t quite sure how COVID-19 entered the facility, but said their first cases came from the jail’s intake unit. Before jailers realized those inmates had the virus, they had already been move
  
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• Morgan Scalley will remain Utah’s defensive coordinator, but he’ll face a pay cut, and head coaching offer is pulled for using racist slur in text message.

  01-07-2020 20:28
  
  Morgan Scalley is still employed by the University of Utah, but his future prospects as the football program’s head coach are very much in doubt. The results of an outside investigation into a social media post, which referenced a 2013 text message from Scalley that included racist language, were released Tuesday afternoon. The findings did not yield a termination, but Scalley is no longer the head coach-in-waiting of his alma mater. In a letter released alongside the findings fr
  
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• June was a bad month, but Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah still plans to reopen schools

  01-07-2020 20:01
  
  Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday the state has “done a pretty good” addressing the pandemic even as he acknowledged the recent spikes in infection rates.Herbert said “we certainly plan on” schools opening on time in August. He addressed reporters and a small, physically distanced crowd Wednesday at the UPS facility at Salt Lake City International Airport, where he welcomed 500,000 masks that arrived aboard an extra-tall Boeing 747.The cloth masks are to be distribute
  
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• Greg Hughes concedes governor’s race, leaving only Spencer Cox, Jon Huntsman on the field

  01-07-2020 19:54
  
  Former House Speaker Greg Hughes has conceded the GOP race for Utah governor, leaving Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and former Gov. Jon Huntsman the only candidates still in contention after Tuesday’s election.Initial results posted Tuesday night showed Cox with a slight lead, claiming 37% of the vote compared to Huntsman’s 34%. Hughes trailed with 21% support.“Every day of this campaign was an adventure. Moments that were surreal, exciting and truly inspiring,” Hughes wrote Wedne
  
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• Hughes concedes governor’s race, leaving only Cox, Huntsman on the field

  01-07-2020 19:43
  
  Former House Speaker Greg Hughes has conceded the GOP race for Utah governor, leaving Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and former Gov. Jon Huntsman the only candidates still in contention after Tuesday’s election.Initial results posted Tuesday night showed Cox with a slight lead, claiming 37% of the vote compared to Huntsman’s 34%. Hughes trailed with 21% support.“Every day of this campaign was an adventure. Moments that were surreal, exciting and truly inspiring,” Hughes wrote Wedne
  
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• Robert Gehrke’s post-election rundown: Why the math is working against Jon Huntsman

  01-07-2020 19:35
  
  After taking some time to digest the numbers from Utah’s gubernatorial primary, things aren’t looking good for Jon Huntsman’s camp.The problem he’s facing isn’t that the remaining votes won’t go his way. I think there’s a likelihood that they will. The problem is that there doesn’t seem to be enough of them for him to close the 11,000-vote deficit.With Utah County’s late results last night, more than 401,000 votes have been counted. I would b
  
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• Utah’s public colleges are charging fees for services that many students never use, audit says

  01-07-2020 18:58
  
  Utah’s public colleges are frequently charging fees for services that students don’t use — and increases get approved each year with little or no input from those expected to pay them, according to a state audit released Tuesday.The University of Utah, for instance, charges a $3 fee each semester to support the program to study abroad, regardless of whether students participate or not. And Utah State University requires $32.69 per semester to access the library, which the state
  
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• NBA commissioner Adam Silver ‘pretty confident’ in Orlando plan, but prepared to stop if needed

  01-07-2020 18:25
  
  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) | Julie Jacobson, APSALT LAKE CITY — With the change of the calendar to July, the NBA is now on track to resume play this month in Florida to finish the 2019-20 season, but league commissioner Adam Silver expressed a few reservations Tuesday that could either stop play before it starts or before it’s supposed to end.
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• Maxine Bounous, one of the first American ski instructors, dies at age 94

  01-07-2020 17:41
  
  Maggie Loring fondly recalls a cover of an early edition of Ski Magazine she has hanging in her office. On it, Junior and Maxine Bounous are skiing down the face of Mount Timpanogos. It had to be one of the first descents of the second-highest peak in the Wasatch Mountains and commemorates perhaps the world’s first heli-skiing expedition. Still, that wasn’t why it was preserved in a corner of Loring’s mind.What Loring remembers is that Maxine, who stood just under 5 feet tall,
  
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• A suspect is in custody after Riverdale stabbing leaves one dead, another critically injured

  01-07-2020 17:28
  
  One person was killed and another was critically wounded in a stabbing Tuesday night in Riverdale. Police have taken one person into custody and are searching for a second suspect.According to FOX 13, officers responded to the area of 4155 Riverdale Rd. shortly before 10 p.m. Upon arrival, one person was found dead while a second person was in critical condition.“It’s a very said thing, especially when we’ve got another individual that’s critically injured and fighting fo
  
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• A suspect in custody after Riverdale stabbing leaves one dead, another critically injured

  01-07-2020 16:21
  
  One person was killed and another was critically wounded in a stabbing Tuesday night in Riverdale. Police have taken one person into custody and are searching for a second suspect.According to FOX 13, officers responded to the area of 4155 Riverdale Rd. shortly before 10 p.m. Upon arrival, one person was found dead while a second person was in critical condition.“It’s a very said thing, especially when we’ve got another individual that’s critically injured and fighting fo
  
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• Why Donovan Mitchell is among those with the most to lose when the NBA returns

  01-07-2020 16:05
  
  Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell (45) and Boston Celtics’ Kyrie Irving (11) fall on the court during the first half on an NBA basketball game in Boston, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018.| Michael Dwyer, AP As a member of the 2017 NBA draft class, Mitchell is in line to potentially receive a max extension this offseason, a payday that could be threatened by injury SALT LAKE CITY — When the NBA returns to action on July 30, with the Utah Jazz taking on the New Orleans Pelicans, there will be
  
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• Robert Gehrke: Utah’s hospitals can’t handle another holiday coronavirus surge

  01-07-2020 15:00
  
  As the Continental Congress met to declare independence from Great Britain, nearby Boston was gripped with a lethal smallpox epidemic.More Revolutionary soldiers died of the disease than in battle, and, not long after signing the Declaration of Independence, John Adams received a letter from his wife Abigail. She was caring for their children who were sick from inoculations in a town gripped by the disease.“A most excruciating pain in my head and every limb and joint I hope portends a spee
  
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• Retiring Utah pastor brings caring, courage and commitment to causes

  01-07-2020 15:00
  
  It was not until Aug. 7, 1970, when his brother, Ken, was buried alive while sand-surfing down a Michigan dune, that Steve Klemz began to lean toward the ministry.Sure, young Steve was reared in a devout Lutheran home. He took religious education classes every Saturday for four years, spent his summers at church youth camps, was comfortable leading prayers and was confirmed in the faith.Indeed, church was in his bones.But that dark night, the all-American kid with dreams of playing professional
  
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• What a sports fan should know about the coronavirus

  01-07-2020 14:08
  
  I miss sports dearly. Don’t you?And not just the games. I hadn’t realized how sports filled in the little gaps in my days. I’d turn on a game while writing, or use a game as an excuse to connect with friends and family. I’d just idly think about some player’s statistical anomalies as I fell asleep. All of that was gone.Sports are returning now, though; and naturally, there are questions. I thought I’d do my best at wrapping up the plans, the dangers, and what
  
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• Rich Lowry: Our age of superstition

  01-07-2020 14:00
  
  We live in a society gripped by a quasi-religious fervor and obsessed with symbols and irrational fears.Anything that is thought to have the slightest association with racism, no matter how attenuated the connection or how innocent the explanation, must be crushed and expunged. The mere presence of a possibly offending word is deemed a threat, whether it is truly offensive or any real people have actually taken offense. We are engaged in a war with shadowy forces that we can't truly understand,
  
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• Letter: Voting by mail is a boon for parents

  01-07-2020 14:00
  
  Absentee ballots are an essential piece to voter enfranchisement. Between work and family obligations, access to polling stations is not simple for every eligible adult. While taking children with you to vote can be a positive experience, disruptions at polling stations are a big no-no. I have skipped many primaries and one regular election for this reason. Many other parents shy away, too.In 2014, I took my three very young children to the polling station. They were not great voting companions.
  
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• Letter: Postal Service is facing bankruptcy

  01-07-2020 14:00
  
  The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the country has had a drastic effect on the United States Postal Service, as it has on so many activities of our daily lives. It is projected that the Postal Service is facing bankruptcy this fall without emergency help from Congress.The Postal Service traces its origin to the United States Constitution. Our Founding Fathers granted Congress the power to establish post offices and post roads in Section Eight of Article One of the document. The post office agency
  
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• Letter: Our vote is our only power

  01-07-2020 14:00
  
  To conservatives frustrated by the migration of traditionally Democratic voters to the Utah Republican Party:It is the natural consequence of an ideological majority that (1) views voting Democratic as akin to breaking the 11th commandment, and then (2) mercilessly rules with a gerrymandering fist. Maybe it would be different if so many of you wouldn’t rather follow your “tribe” over a cliff than consider an alternate path.So that’s what disenfranchised voters are now doi
  
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• Letter: Can we trust the police?

  01-07-2020 14:00
  
  Regarding Mr. Patrick’s journey down memory lane, “Don’t like the police? Call a hippie.” (The Public Forum, June 21), the reality is, what was an issue then remains an issue now as it relates to law enforcement: abuse of authority and lack of accountability.We also find a segment of our society continues to feel betrayed by, and fearful of, those whose mission is “to protect and to serve.”As I understand it, “defunding” involves redefining the dut
  
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• Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox has slim lead over former Gov. Jon Huntsman in early election results for Utah governor’s race

  01-07-2020 07:16
  
  Early election results in Utah’s closely-watched race for governor show a close contest between Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.On election night, partial statewide ballot results showed Cox with 37% of the vote to Huntsman’s 35%. Former House Speaker Greg Hughes trailed behind at 21%, while former GOP Chairman Thomas Wright brought in about 8%.Changes to this year’s primary election in light of the COVID-19 outbreak mean it may take some time to determin
  
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• Robert Gehrke’s election night thoughts: Hillyard loses and other surprises from early returns

  01-07-2020 06:59
  
  Quick thoughts on early returnsLooking at the first round of election returns, here’s the takeaway.Spencer Cox leads the governor’s race, which isn’t all that surprising. Jon Huntsman is banking on crossover voting from independents and Democrats. We know that as of a few days ago, most of those people hadn’t voted. So either they voted late and this will be close or they changed their registration and didn’t end up voting, in which case Cox will hang on. The l
  
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• Burgess Owens declared the winner in Utah’s 4th District Republican primary

  01-07-2020 06:56
  
  Former NFL player Burgess Owens jumped out to a strong lead in Utah’s 4th Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday night, with the eventual winner taking on Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams in November.Owens had 43.5% of the vote, followed by state Rep. Kim Coleman with 23.8% and Jay “JayMac” McFarland, a former KSL NewsRadio host with 21.7%. Trent Christensen, a venture capitalist CEO, came in with 11%.Owens said his healthy lead showed that his message resonated with vote
  
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• Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox has tiny lead over former Gov. Jon Huntsman in early election results for Utah governor’s race

  01-07-2020 06:30
  
  Early election results in Utah’s closely-watched race for governor show a close contest between Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.On election night, statewide ballot results showed Cox with 37% of the vote to Huntsman’s 35%. Former House Speaker Greg Hughes trailed behind at 20%, while former GOP Chairman Thomas Wright brought in about 8%.Changes to this year’s primary election in light of the COVID-19 outbreak mean it may take some time to determine a winn
  
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• Burgess Owens out in front in Utah’s 4th District Republican primary

  01-07-2020 06:19
  
  Former NFL player Burgess Owens jumped out to a strong lead in Utah’s 4th Congressional District Republican primary Tuesday night, though it could take a few days before its clear which candidate will take on Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams in November.Owens had 43.5% of the vote, followed by state Rep. Kim Coleman with 23.8%, Jay “JayMac” McFarland, a former KSL NewsRadio host with 21.7% and Trent Christensen, a venture capitalist CEO came in with 11%.Owens said his healthy lead s
  
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• Incumbent Sean Reyes holds early lead in Utah attorney general race

  01-07-2020 06:17
  
  Incumbent Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes emerged Tuesday night with a lead in early returns over challenger Utah County Attorney David Leavitt in their hard-hitting Republican primary.Reyes received 54% of the vote compared to 46% for Leavitt, according to partial unofficial returns.Officials expect that it may be days or weeks before a clear winner emerges because of delays in normal processing of by-mail votes due to COVID-19. It could take days for ballots cast as late as election day to ar
  
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• Utah’s 1st District GOP race is a tight one between Blake Moore and Bob Stevenson

  01-07-2020 06:14
  
  Businessman Blake Moore claimed an early lead Tuesday in a tight four-way Republican primary race in Utah’s 1st Congressional District, where nine-term Rep. Rob Bishop is retiring.Early returns showed Moore with 30.3%, followed by Davis County Commissioner Bob Stevenson with 29.6%; dairyman and former Weber County Commissioner Kerry Gibson with 23.4%; and Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt with 16.7%.Officials say it may be days or weeks before a clear winner emerges because of delays in counting
  
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• Robert Gehrke’s election night thoughts: Utah GOP turnout gets high with a little help from their friends

  01-07-2020 05:58
  
  Utah Republicans appear headed to setting a new turnout record — with, to quote Ringo Starr, a little help from their friends.As of Tuesday evening, state elections officials were reporting more than 400,000 Utahns had voted in the primary election. State figures show that, of those ballots already processed, a little more than 90% of them were cast in the Republican primary.With untold tens of thousands of ballots still being cast on Tuesday, the turnout will shatter the previous record,
  
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• Police arrest two people after shooting of man who drove through crowd of protesters in Provo

  01-07-2020 05:55
  
  Police have arrested two people on Tuesday in connection with a shooting during a protest in downtown Provo.Jesse Taggart, a 33-year-old Salt Lake City resident, and Samantha Darling, a 27-year-old from Ogden, were taken into custody at the Utah County Jail, Provo Police reported on Twitter.Taggart was charged with attempted aggravated murder, aggravated assault, rioting and threatening the use of a weapon in a fight, the post states. Darling, police said, was charged with obstruction of justice
  
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• Robert Gehrke’s election night thoughts: Oklahomans headed toward health care

  01-07-2020 05:41
  
  You probably recall two years ago, when Utahns voted for Proposition 2, making Utah one of 36 states (plus Washington, D.C.) to extend Medicaid coverage for low-income residents. Since then about 56,000 Utahns have enrolled in the program, which has become increasingly vital in the age of COVID. Tuesday night, Oklahoma appears headed toward expanding Medicaid. The initiative held a small lead Tuesday night, but a few precincts remained to be counted. The Oklahoman called the race, saying th
  
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• Robert Gehrke’s election night thoughts: We shoulda used Ranked Choice Voting

  01-07-2020 05:09
  
  Polls are closed and it’ll be days, maybe weeks, before we know who won the Republican nomination for governor.But here’s a sure bet: Whoever ends up winning, won’t get a majority of the vote. That may not be a huge problem — a plurality of voters have elected a governor before and we’re still here.However, think about it this way: A majority of Republicans — probably about 60% of them — will have voted for someone other than the person who will represen
  
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