The Conservative Front

On a great win in the face of tremendous odds. Chris Cannon seemed to have everything going for him: endorsements of most of Utah’s Republican leadership, name recognition, a bigger budget, experience from previous campaigns, PAC money from outside Utah, all that and yet volunteerism and a great grass roots effort were able to unseat [...]

I spent the evening at Chaffetz Headquarters in Springville. At about 11:00 PM, Chris Cannon called to offer his congratulations, and to concede the race for Utah’s Third congressional District. The totals as of right now (with all but one rural precinct reporting) are: Jason Chaffetz – 59.96% (27,266) Chris Cannon – 40.04% (18,208) In [...]

9:40 PM With 30% of precincts reporting, Jason Chaffetz has taken a sizable lead. Current results: Chaffetz: 61% (10,583) Cannon 39% (6798) Watch current results on-line at http://www.electionresults.utah.gov/xmlData/30003.html

Today is the Republican Primary. Do the right thing, and vote. I voted Jason Chaffetz for US Congress in Utah’s Third District. I think it’s time for a change, and I’m not talking about the empty change-for-the-sake-of-change that Obama wants. I mean substantive change. Chris Cannon has served Utah reasonably well, but he now seems [...]

Meet at the Chaffetz’s home tonight (May 15, 2008) at 7:00 PM MT. For directions, contact the following people: Jason Chaffetz: jason at chaffetz dot com Jennifer Scott: jennifer at chaffetz dot com Connie Smith: connie at chaffetz dot com Deidre Henderson: deidremh at hotmail dot com Dell Smith: dellsmith51 at yahoo dot com Kellie [...]

Jason Chaffetz kicked off the next phase of his campaign today. Jennifer Scott, Chaffetz’s Campaign Manager, said today that they are kicking off “the biggest grass roots effort in the history of [Utah's] Third District.” The campaign plans to take advantage of new technologies to help distribute news and information, similar to the methods used [...]